Branch County MI Archives Photo Place.....Safford's General Store 1 - Algansee ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Burt Fuller burtf@msn.com December 8, 2005, 3:38 pm Source: Branch District Library Website Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/branch/photos/saffords29519gph.jpg Image file size: 104.8 Kb A general store in Algansee village known as Safford's Store (built in 1880) was chosen as the place to have the first library, and thanks to a Kellogg Foundation grant, the library opened in 1938, with Doris Williams (née Dove) as the first librarian. Source: Branch District Library Website File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/branch/photos/saffords29519gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb