Thanks to Union City natives and historians, Marty and Ron Chard, who have generously shared their collections of photos, postcards and articles for this project.
Union City Creamery during the flood of 1908.
The creamery is the building with the smoke stack to the right of the Coldwater River Bridge. Coldwater River through the middle of the picture. In the foreground are the narrow gauge railroad tracks crossing the mil race that carried marl from Turtle Lake two miles north to the cement factory in the south east corner of town.
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Union City Heritage Water Trail 