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Mar 11, 2014 · It’s the railroad that served Alpena from when its predecessor came into town in 1886 until Lake State Railway bought the line in 1992. The tracks are still in place and the freight still runs ...
On March 14, 1989, the Alpena County Board of Commissioners approved a recommendation to change the name of Phelps Collins Field to Alpena County Regional Airport. By mid 1990 the County of Alpena began to make improvements to the airport’s passenger terminal with the help of the Michigan Bureau of Aeronautics grant programs.
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Apr 16, 2022 · Courtesy Photo This photo provided by the Alpena County Library Special Collections Department shows the Globe Hotel on fire in 1978. ALPENA — During the late 1800s and well into the mid-20th ...
Hits: 5322. Railroad: Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad Company. The Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena was a successor to the Boyne City & South Eastern railroad. The line was built in 1893 by the White family lumber interests east from Boyne City into the forest and a connection with the Grand Rapids & Indiana at Moore near Boyne Falls.
The Alpena and Northern Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated briefly in northern Michigan during the 1890s. The company incorporated on July 28, 1893, with the intention of building an 85-mile (137 km) line from Alpena to Mackinaw City , on the south shore of the Straits of Mackinac .
The historic port city of Alpena is nestled between a vast emerald forest and a clear blue bay. 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 ...
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. This small village lying on the False ...
