OSCODA – The “Dam Store” west of Oscoda in Foote Site Village, is still looking for a buyer. The party store and bait shop is located at 1870 West River Road and has been a stopping place for area residents, as well as the huge influx of visitors to Old Orchard Campground each summer. During a stop last weekend, visitors lamented the proposed sale, gathering outside for photos of the old sign saying, “There goes my childhood memories,” and “I hope the new owners don’t change it too much.” And another told a story about his grandfather taking him there to buy bait. “My memory might not be so good, but I think you could get food back then and they had live bait like minnows and suckers. We went fishing in the AuSable,” he said. Foote Site Village got its name because it’s located close to Foote Dam.
