On the edge of the Village of Dundee, a dam had been constructed on the River Raisin in 1946. A building containing a grist mill was built on the far side of the river. In 1910, it was converted to the Dundee Hydraulic Power Company but Detroit Edison soon came into the area and ran them out of business. Then in 1935, Henry Ford purchased the facility and began to use if for making manufactured goods. After Ford died, the plant was purchased by Wolverine Manufacturing Company of Dearborn, Michigan.

In 1970, the building was sold to the Village of Dundee for $1.00 and it became the Old Mill Museum. Walter and Madelyn (Hanson) Berns were quite active working with this volunteer organization.

Part of the facility became the Old Mill Hall Banquet Room and the Heiden Family Reunion was held there on September 3, 1995 and August 27, 2000.

Even though it was no yet a widely used concept, Wolverine was an early entry into the recycling arena. They took bales of used envelopes and other paper products and turned them into gasket material for the auto industry. My father, Art Heiden worked there briefly and my uncle, William Frank Heiden worked there for several years. During two summer college vacations and one Christmas break, I worked at Wolverine with my uncle and 4 or 5 other employees. One summer I worked the 4 pm to midnight shift and really liked it...for one summer anyway. The UAW wages were very nice compared to the money I earned another summer working 70 hours per week at the Texaco gas station in town.