Okemos Area
New Book by Sherrie Paty Barber '66
A Tree Grows in OkemosTracing the history of the Okemos Founding Pioneers
Generations of Okemos Alumni
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Link to an interview with Ron Wheeler about his family in Okemos
http://www.homtv.net/index.asp?view=programming&page=show&id=180
An interview with John Grettenberger about his family in Okemos
An interview with Ted Wonch about Okemos
Historical information and pictures
The history and lure of Chief Okemos (click the picture to read)
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by Sherrie Paty Barber '66
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Originally the A.F. Barnes Store and built ca. 1893. This building was located at the south-east corner of "Old Grand River" (now Hamilton Rd) and Okemos Rd. By the 1950's, the store was remodeled and occupied by Dr. Breckenfeld.
Okemos 1910
Downtown Okemos circa 1915
A Look at Okemos Today
Walking Tour of the Village of Hamilton (Okemos) 2017
by Jane Rose, Friends of Historic Meridian
Women's Prison taken in 1970, Photo's by Rick Halm class of 1974
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Ken Wilkie '74 at the Women's Prison
Cedar Bend Heights circa 1925
Indian Hills Golf Course 1929
Okemos Grain Elevator Fire of 1947
Electric Feeder line fell on the building. It burned to the ground in 1947
Rebuilt 1948
John and Noami (Wilkins) Whitmyer rebuilt the Okemos Elevator in 1948 after it was destroyed by fire in 1947. Picture circa 1949
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Okemos Grain Elevator 1965
Owned by John F. Whitmyer
The Okemos camel back bridge on Okemos Rd. (Okemos Central in the background) 1999
The Okemos Community Church 1978 
Postcard by Ralph F. Turner
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Okemos Community Church 1963
Yankee Store on Grand River Ave. 1964
Meridian Mall 1964
Schmidts grocery store sign 1965
Meijers Thrifty Acres, in October 1969
At the corner of Grand River Ave and Okemos Rd.
Okemos 1970s
Tacoma Hills, Lagoon Dr., flood of 1975
Crest Drive-In 1959