Cabins and Supplies on U.S. 2: Miller’s at Little Hog Island (1958)

A 1958 glimpse of U.P. travel: Miller’s General Store at Jim and Mort Miller’s Cabins near Little Hog Island, where U.S. 2 drivers stopped for gas, supplies, and a night near Lake Michigan.
Jim and Mort Miller's Cabins, Little Hoe Island, 35 miles west of St. Iphace, Mich. on U.S.A. Scenic Highway 1958

Two cars idle at the pumps outside Miller’s General Store — part of Jim and Mort Miller’s Cabins — near Little Hog Island along U.S. 2, about 35 miles west of St. Ignace (1958).

This is pure mid-century Upper Peninsula travel: a roadside stop where you could gas up, grab supplies, and head for the water, woods, or a cabin on Lake Michigan. The big “CABINS AND SUPPLIES” paint job tells you exactly who they were serving — tourists, anglers, and hunters rolling west on U.S. 2.

Do you remember places like this on U.S. 2 — or have family stories from Little Hog Island or the old cabin camps?

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Michael Hardy

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