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- Lumber barons (logging company and landowners) were among the first to provide the City of Alpena with basic infrastructure and services such as roads and stores. Logging operations were at a peak from 1836 through 1921, and the thriving lumber trade birthed many small towns along the coast such as Bell.
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Lumber barons (logging company and landowners) were among the first to provide the City of Alpena with basic infrastructure and services such as roads and stores. Logging operations were at a peak from 1836 through 1921, and the thriving lumber trade birthed many small towns along the coast such as Bell.
In 1899, local lumber barons invested in Alpena Portland Cement. In 1903, Michigan Alkali opened a quarry in the area and began mining and shipping limestone to produce soda ash to make plate...
By the close of the 1850's, the cry of lumbering interests rose to push for improvements at the growing settlement, and in late 1857 a group of influential lumber barons signed a petition requesting that the Federal Government appropriate funds for the construction of a pier and lighthouse at the river mouth.
May 7, 2018 · Prominent lumber baron Millard D. Olds owned vast tracts of land east of town, along what is now US-23 and the Alpena State Road. Much of the land there is swampy, however, which can make parts of it particularly difficult to work on.
Dec 12, 2014 · Hartwick Pines Logging Museum. Barges were loaded with cut timber in Saginaw, the center of the Michigan lumber industry, in this undated photo. In the last big year of logging — 1897 — the ...
Fishing and Lumbering. Founded in 1871, Alpena began as an early commercial fishing port and soon grew to be one of the nation’s most profitable lumber harvesting locations. Lumber camps dotted the region and logs were floated down the Thunder Bay River to the harbor where they were sawn and/or loaded on ships to help build the rest of the nation.
Many men made huge fortunes from the logging industry. These men are often called lumber barons, and Michigan had many. There also many other results of logging, including the growth of cities around the mills, the quick spread of farming (the land was easier to clear) and the change in Michigan’s environment after the trees were gone.
