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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ANH_the-ties-that-bind_Alpena-MI.html
From the time of Alpena's inception it was divided by the Thunder Bay River, although most of the community was centered on the south side. A wooden scow served as a ferry, connecting Second Avenue on the south side with Dock Street on the north; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ANF_treaty-of-saginaw_Alpena-MI.html
"By the Treaty of Saginaw, made at Saginaw [Saquina] September 24, 1819, by General Lewis Cass, Governor of the Northwest Territory, on the part of the United States, and the Chippewa Nations, Thunder Bay River became a part of the boundary o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ANE_winter-layups_Alpena-MI.html
Shipping on the Great Lakes has always been seasonal. The poor visibility, heavy seas and ice that came each year with the gales of November prompted ship owners and captains in the 1800s to "lay up" their ships. Every winter ice choked docks and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AND_the-third-ward_Alpena-MI.html
Located across the river from where you are standing is an area known historically as Alpena's Third Ward. The first dwellings there were erected in 1858 or '59 at the river's edge, while the majority of the land remained woods and swampland. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ANC_thunder-bay-river-lumber-industry_Alpena-MI.html
From 1858 to 1926, Thunder Bay served as a major center of the Great Lakes lumber trade. Schooners and steamers shipped lumber around the Great Lakes and to eastern cities. Beginning in 1845, Thunder Bay Island also served as a "wooding," or fueli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ANA_thunder-bay-fishing-industry_Alpena-MI.html
The first known fishing camp near Alpena was established on Thunder Bay Island in 1835. By the 1840s, both Thunder Bay Island and nearby Sugar Island served as a base for the area's fishing fleet, comprised entirely of sailing vessels. In 1846, op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AN9_propellers_Alpena-MI.html
The screw steamer or "propeller" first appeared on the Great Lakes in the 1840s. These vessels featured wooden hulls and shallow bottoms like early sidewheelers, but their steam engines powered one or more screw propellers at the stern of the ship…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AN8_alpena-city-hall_Alpena-MI.html
Located on the Government Square, City Hall remains one of Alpena's most prominent structures. In 1904 when the city council chose to construct the building of Bedford (Indiana) limestone rather than local limestone or concrete from Alpena's bloss…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AN5_steaming-open-the-frontier_Alpena-MI.html
Steam power first appeared on the Great Lakes in 1818. The earliest "steamers" were expensive to build and operate. Constructed of wood, the vessels had shallow bottoms and were powered by large sidewheels.
For a time, these "sidewheelers" reign…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ALP_the-loss-of-the-pewabic_Alpena-MI.html
The Civil War created an insatiable demand for copper. At a time when Michigan's Upper Peninsula produced the majority of America's supply, vessels like the Pewabic played a critical role in the war effort. On a typical trip between lakes Erie and…