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Alpena was settled around 1835 and originally called Freemont but was changed by the post office to Alpena. [MPN] The first railroad communications from the south came in 1886 with the arrival of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena. The Alpena & Northern railroad was constructed northwest into the forests around 1893 after the area became a logging ...
Feb 15, 2014 · Feb 15, 2014. Retired teacher Ron Cady of Alpena currently is sharing his passion for trains with the public via a new exhibit at the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan. This new Historical ...
In November of 1905, the railroad was renamed the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad, as tracks were laid towards Alpena, MI. White's plan had been to market the cut over land to farmers immigrating from Europe; not only could White's railroad transport the farmers to the area, but it would ship farm products and goods to and from the region.
The Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena railroad was built to bring logs in to the White Lumber Company in Boyne City from northern Michigan's forests. The railroad was owned by the White family, which owned a large saw mill on the southeast edge of Lake Charlevoix. (Lake Charlevoix boats had access to Lake Michigan via the Round Lake canal at ...
Feb 1, 2023 · The Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena railroad was a common-carrier railroad which mainly transported logs from the forest to the White Lumber Company in Boyne City. The original line was built in 1893 from Boyne City reaching Boyne Falls and a connection with the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad.
See: 1885 NWL list. TRUEMAN ALEXANDER (Ontonagon County) Purchased the used Lima Shay #2060 which was built in 1908, from R.E. Anderson of Ontonagon, MI. SHAY-Koch. R. A. ALGER A CO. RAILROAD (Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency and Presque Isle Counties) See: Alpena & Northern Railroad 1873 The company is composed of R-A Alger, M.S. Smith and Geo. W ...
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 ...
