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    This narrated slide show was a group project for a graduate class offered through Central Michigan University. It reviews and explains some of the resources available to study the history and people of Alpena.

    Alpena's U.S. Fish Hatchery was completed in 1882, and proceeded to plant fish in surrounding waters until 1933. In 1928, the hatchery was moved from its original location on Water Street to the rear of City Hall. On September 23, 1933, the hatchery was ordered closed as part of the ...

    By 1890, the lumber industry was in decline. New industries cropped up based on wood as a resource. They used hardwoods and pulpwoods previously ignored. Moench Tannery was one of these new industries. C. Moench Sons' Tannery Company was first operated by John C. and Henry L. Moench of Cattaraugus, ...

    Second Avenue looking north towards bridge at the approximate location of the pre-Maltz Opera House (State Theatre), c1870.

    Second Avenue on the north side of the bridge. McRae Block (1882) is on the right where the Post Office is now located. The Cohen Store is on the left where Alpena Furniture stands today. St. Mary's Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church steeples can be seen in the background.

    Independence Day Parade 1962 #282 French's Machine Shop: William "Bill" French was Alpena's "Mr. Fix-it." Bill started work with his father. Both of them worked on assembling the Alpena Flyer, an automobile built in Alpena between 1910 and 1913. He later opened his own shop. He loved steam engines and ...

    Maltz Block from west, 1892, North Second Avenue, downtown Alpena, Michigan. Law Office on 2nd floor. Advertisement on outside wall for "A Big Whale" exhibition and the Herbert L. Flint Hypnotism Act. Jacob Levin Cigar Shop was located in this building. The Maltz Opera House (built 1879) is located in ...

    Hanover Block, 1905. Built 1904. North Second Avenue, downtown Alpena, Michigan. Joseph H. Cobb, lawyer, second story. B. H. Young storefront on left. Godfrey Dentist in middle. Montgomery Ward opened in this building in 1938. Trelfa number Sep-45

    Davison Block, East Chisholm Street, Alpena, Michigan. Ellis's Laundry on right. Trelfa number 4-1967

    McDonald & Creighton Block, 1880, Second Avenue and River Street (south corner), downtown Alpena, Michigan. "Insurance Agency" Trelfa number 4-365

    Masonic Block, 1906, South Second Avenue, downtown Alpena, Michigan, Edwards store (left), D. D. Hanover (Buggies & Harness shop), Sinclair Company. Holmes Grocery Store is on far left with peak tower (built 1894) Trelfa number 4-464

    Masonic Block (built 1891, 1894, 115 to 119 South Second Avenue, downtown Alpena, Michigan. Sinclair Company. Brebner & Johnston. First Congregational Church on far left. Trelfa number 4-2049

    (Reverse) Postmarked Oct. 23, 1912, 9 am, Applegate (?), Mich. To: Mrs. Wm McLean, Richmond, Mich. Oct. 22, 1912 Hello Cora and how you's all are. how is little George. We are all quite well. Aunt Jane is hear yet don't know when she will go. Cora I am going ...

    Chief of Police Dougal McKenzie prior to the Lyon Brother incident in March 1926. The Lyon Brothers killed Special Investigator for the American Railway Express Company, Frank McGrath, in Norwalk, Ohio. McGrath was shot when he went to question the Lyon Brothers about a robbery at the Express Company office. ...

    Chisholm Street, looking West, Alpena, Mich.

    Independent Order of Odd Fellows' (I.O.O.F.) parade float in downtown Alpena.

    Cohen Block and store, North 2nd Avenue, 1895.

    Centennial Building, 1880, corner of 1st Avenue, Washington Avenue, and Chisholm Street, Alpena, Michigan.

    Beebe Block, corner of 2nd Avenue and Washington Avenue, Alpena Michigan, 1894. Trelfa number 4-2006

    Beebe Block, Globe Hotel and Trinity Church, East Washington Avenue, Alpena, Michigan.