Clio’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Clio. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗It was originally named Varna after one of the city's first settlers. Pere Marquette Railroad came through and put a station there in 1861. Its name was changed in 1866 to Clio, the muse of history.
National Hugging Day was celebrated for the first time globally in 1986 in Clio, Michigan.
On July 23, 2007, Governor Jennifer Granholm announced Clio as a community chosen by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), to take part in the Blueprints for Downtowns program. Clio would receive a comprehensive, market-driven strategy toward developing an
action-oriented downtown that would result in economic growth, job creation
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Clio’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clio’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMauk and Hammer-Houghton Elevator, 1982: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Clio
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Clio, decade by decade
1970s
1990s
2 historic places in Clio
2 places in Clio are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mauk and Hammer-Houghton Elevator (1982) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.