Celebrate with your friends and family at this new event! Love puzzles? Love snacks? Love drinks? Put it all together on this night of fun and join The Katydid for our St. Patrick’s Day Puzzling Party! This e...
March 1st – 30th, 2024 – Grandpa Shorter’s Exclusive Did you know that the Easter Bunny, just like Santa, loves to get letters from fans? Yep! So, write a letter to the Easter Bunny and drop it of...
Easter Bunny Pictures with Kids March 29th, 2025: Easter Bunny visits at GSG. 9:30AM-11:30AM, 1PM-3PM Bring your camera and your kiddos for fun with the Easter Bunny. Receive a treat from the Easter Bunny. Ap...
Three Generations of Entrepreneurship, Tradition & General Mishaps
This is the story about Grandpa Shorter's Gifts
Believe it or not, it all starts with a grandpa. My grandpa’s grandpa in fact. Homer Shorter moved to Northern Michigan in 1860, just a few years after white settlers began to homestead Emmet County. He homesteaded on the banks of the Maple River in 1885 where he stayed until his death in 1932. The Emmet County Graphic called him a “Pioneer Resident of the County”.
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Grandpa Shorter's Gifts is Petoskey's original souvenir store, since 1946. Family owned and operated in the heart of downtown Petoskey, Michigan, specializing in Petoskey Stones, mixed stone jewelry, Minnetonka Moccasins, Michigan merchandise, Pendleton, and so much more.