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    Account Ledger for the Alpena and Western Railway Company recorded by secretary and treasurer Thomas N. Goodburne of Detroit. This railway ran 200 miles from Alpena to Frankfort, Michigan starting in 1901 to early 1900s.

    Old foot bridge to the breaking gap on the Thunder Bay River, Alpena, Michigan, 1908.

    The Churchill School was a two-story brick six-room building erected in 1896 and was first named the Garfield School. It was located on Washington Avenue. The school was destroyed by fire in 1946.

    During January 1898, George N. Fletcher and Sons commenced the erection of a large paper mill on Fletcher Street near Pine Street opposite their Sulphite Paper Pulp factory. The first paper was made on January 7, 1899 and was manila paper. The factory closed in the December 2000.

    During January 1898, George N. Fletcher and Sons commenced the erection of a large paper mill on Fletcher Street near Pine Street opposite their Sulphite Paper Pulp factory. The first paper was made on January 7, 1899 and was manila paper. The factory closed in the December 2000.

    During January 1898, George N. Fletcher and Sons commenced the erection of a large paper mill on Fletcher Street near Pine Street opposite their Sulphite Paper Pulp factory. The first paper was made on January 7, 1899 and was manila paper. The factory closed in the December 2000.

    Not to be confused with Huron Portland Cement, the Alpena Portland Cement Company began production in 1901. It was located on the bay just north of the city limits. After closing for seasonal repairs in 1909, the company never reopened.

    The Michigan Alkali Company opened a quarry in Alpena, and the first shipment of limestone left in 1903. There was much waste in their production. J. B. Ford, Vice-President of the company, found a solution - make cement from the "waste." The Huron Portland Cement Company was formed, and cement ...

    The 1900 Alpena City Directory listed 28 saloons in the City of Alpena. One was located in the Union Hotel at the junction of W. Washington and Second Avenues. Edward Fitzpatrick was the owner.

    St. Paul Lutheran Church School students taken next to the church which burned on March 29, 1923. Arthur Linke is shown in the back row, far right, c 1900.

    Edward C Spens, in his drugstore, dealt in a variety of items according to the Alpena City Directory. These included not only drugs, but paints, oils, and wallpaper.

    The Taber Tannery was built in 1895 on the north side of Thunder Bay River, near the Ninth Street Dam and railroad, close to the hemlock extract works. It was named the Alpena Hide and Leather Tannery. Production began when a shipment of 1,400 hides arrived from Brazil.

    Bird's Eye View of Alpena, Mich., looking East.

    "South from Fletcher Tower, June 2, 1907"

    "Gilchrist Mill and Log Pond, 1907"

    "Island Mill Log Bank, Jan 5, 1908"

    "Old Broadwell Street Pumping Station of Alpena City Water Company, Mar [March] 22, 1908"

    "Ox-Bow, May 10, 1908"

    "Start of Saginaw Street Sewer at River, 1902"

    "Alpena Excelsior Company. 1908. Johnson Street at Elm"