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- Alpena Labor Journal
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- Alpena Argus
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- Alpena Evening News
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- Alpena Labor Journal
Daily (except Sun.) Vol. 16, no. 130 (Dec. 31, 1914)- Published as Alpena news and the Alpena daily echo, Oct. 24, 1917. Issue called: Centennial ed., June 30, 1959.
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Alpena’s story is rich with heritage and a changing cultural landscape that is both interesting and intriguing. This cozy Northeast Michigan community has had a knack for reinvention and the history books are dotted with the lineage of trailblazing pioneers who refused to let the town die.
Throughout the 18th century, newspapers spread like wildfire through the colonies ensuring consistent communication and information sharing across the growing country. Start the day smarter....
Biographical & Historical Information: The earliest known Alpena newspaper was the Thunder Bay Monitor (c1863-c1866). The Alpena newspapers had various names and publishers with some of the newspapers running in the same time frame.
The first settlement was a trading post, established in 1835. Alpena was laid out as village in 1853 and became incorporated as a city in 1871. While the great Michigan forests were being logged in the second half of the 19th century, Alpena was a major sawmill town.
