Fred Trelfa Collection

    The letters on the tug represent the Thunder Bay River Boom Company.

    "Alpena Gas Works"

    "St. Bernard's Church & School, 1904"

    "July 19, 1909...before the Council sat Richard Collings encouraging the Council to approve paving the street with brick, and John Monaghan fighting for the streets to be paved with cement. Up until

    Intersection of First Street and Washington Avenue. The 1876 Centennial Building is at the far right.

    "East from Court House, 1900"

    "Richardson Lumber Co., Mill, 1915"

    "Car Wheel from the Old Trowbridge Pole Railway from the Trowbridge or 7-Mile Dam to Trowbridge Point."

    Old Mill Crew: Top (not shown) 2. Geo Christopherson 3. Aug. Lange 1. Chas. Clifford 2. Albert Putkamer (Puttkommer) 3. Billie Zink 1. (not shown) Jno. B. Maniville Center setting 1. Tom Kelley - Saw

    There were also hoop mills, which made wooden hoops to hold the barrels together.

    "Telephone Operator Party for Nellie Grant, 1911"

    "City Sewer Excavation, South Second Avenue, 1928"

    "Map of Michigan. Published by Tackabury Atlas of 1873. Showing Alpena as Fremont"

    The Monaghan Commission House was a wholesale dealer for farmers' fruit and produce. The agent was George Monaghan, and the shop was located at 111 Water St.

    St. Anne's Church is in the distance.

    The telephone office was located on the Northwest corner of Second Avenue and River Street.

    A photo taken from the Masonic Block building in 1890 of Second Ave in downtown Alpena The Maltz Opera House is at the center with the Second Avenue Swing Bridge and St. Mary's Church in the distance

    "Churchill Wood Wagons, 1890"

    "Original W.L. & H.D. Churchill Saw Mill. Burned July 19, 1889"

    "Thunder Bay Region, as surveyed by Capt. Bayfield, R.N., in 1822"