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Alpena City Directory 1883 Masters & Folkens IS THE PLACE T O BUY BOOTS AND SHOES. II! • • 9' z 0 • ...... > C C .J .J --. -ca LI.I a:: C ~ =-:: c.:» LI.I :z n. •- l'UI.K A cu.'11 Claeboygan, and four yean1 later wa11, organized 1111 -a separate county. The first attempt to locak lwn• w:ll! rnacfo in 1830 by Jonathan Birch, who, ha\·ing found that there wcro excellent facilities for lmilding a dam at the Rapfd~, c<_>1nmencecl gottiiig out lumlhir ·preparatory to erecting a saw-mill; he wa., not, how- ever, a llowed to put hid de11ign into execution, u tho Indians, who were opposed td allowing any improve- ments to be made, forced hirn to abandon hi11 pur- poae. It waii not until 1860 that any permru1ent !~cation wu maclo hore, when Mes~r11. Flctcl}er, J . S. l\Iinor, J. K. Lockwood, E. A. Hreckenriclgl', Olilficld and Daniel Carte r, commcncccl a 11ut-vcy of the vil- lage, which wa11 then l'alle,1 Fremont, commencing on wlaat is now kno wn Bl! Rive r 11trect. Shortly aft'c r this the name of the place wa,; chansrecl to Alpena, and it has rcrnai11cll 110 ever 11inc,·. l11 180♦, the total ,number of inhallitantK wa11 074, and the town, which (was alr<"ady llcginning to aKJ111me a more civ- i\ii:cd appoarance, consi11ted of "I. mill11, a hotel, a few stores, 2 mill boarding bou11c11, and aliunt a dozen private dwelling,. 011 the north 11iclc of tho river; and :s mills, a court ho 1111c•, a 11torc11 a11<t KUmo :.!0 or au 1lwelling11 on the ""11th 11ick The tir~t lnml>ering was commencc,1 in Novcmlll'r, 186~, ancl to l\Ir. E. K. Potter l,e\011g11 the honor of h:winl; 11eall·•I t he first log aud mea><un•cl till' ti r11t cargo of I nm lier tliat ever left Alpena. In tl11• " l'ring or l ite following year, the lirNt 11tca111 mill W:tt< c•rcctc,I, nn,1 it commlmcccl 01>era- tion11 in the fall, .. inc·c• which time 110 rapid ha11 been the advance macle liy thi" uity :II( n lumberi11g and commerc ial ,•e11lre that it would uceuvy too much " l'acc· tu give a c·umpll•l•· n •conl or the proJ.(res11 ur B. FI LUCE & SON, UiB'CJ~Oll AGmBTB. haar.- (Jo. of lri Aamea, OAPITAL, P ,000,000 l - GOLD PENS TBB BllST, AT o..a·s . '* P O ST.OFPI O B . B O Jt BT?~B. Al.l'IISA l "l'I'\ " l>IRK(.."l"OK\". Alpena'" n101<l i111port11111 •i111l111<I~~-- 'l'Ja,- follc'iwing report11 for the year11 18H, 1882, nn,I for tho flr11l 11cvcn mooth11 of IR8:t, t<IJo"' the almo11t phenomenal growth of till' c·ity, and reftl•c·t_thc n•ry hig/1l•11t cn•dit on the energy, JntorpriMc a111I l11111inc·1111 nhility which mnt<t have liecn diftJ1l11ycd by h1•r citi,.cnK lo raill<l bor in & few fthort yc.>ar11 from a poi<ition of comparative in- ftig!1ifleanco lo the placo 11hu now holilK at1 nwtrol'oli11 of tho Huron 11horl'. In tho c-ompilation of the 11ub- joinccl rC'p0rl, Ii" in tho c11111• o r all the nlhel'II, which appeu in _1hi11 t<kl•t.ch, i;:rt•nt c·nr<' """ l,een taken to i111111rc nei:11racy. Shipml'nt11 from Alpena, hy n ~M;clK which n •port~ nt the cu11tom house in 18i4, I RR2, an<l <l11rin.1t the figit i months of the year 1_883: ...... 1"1t.!. 1,c 7 mnoilia. IKIII. Lumber, feel. .. .... ~ .000.000 llM,434,3311 69,100,000 f •tb. J)lec('II ..... .... 83,116,000 BG, 082. 000 ....... ..... 8blnglCA ........ . .. o.~.000.000 64,678,000 . ............ rt: rt: Tics .... . . : .. ··· ········· i118.0711 ......... ... Poau (cedar) . .. , .... 100,000 fl5G, 7"25 4111.000 Poles .. .. _. ........ ·· · ····· ···· 0,:.!!"IO 9,400 ,Veucl• (rcporh.'(I) ... 492 710 ,om The fullowi11y will 11how tl1c _amou nt 0£ lnml,cr manufactured during the pa., t 6 year11, au,1 a)KO tl1c total cut of ·h1tnber, lath nn,I 1<hin.i.:let1 hy u ch mill for l fl82: !~:'.::: :: : : : : :: : : ::::::: :: :·. ·. : :: ::. :: ::: : :: . : :!::~:~ 1880 ... ..... .. .. ... ............... . .. .. .. ... ... . 120,000.000 1881. ... . . .. . ... . .. . ... ...... .. . , ... ..... . ... . . 1211,600,000 188'1.............. . ... .... . .... . . . , ~ ..... .. .. 194,434,11811 To111I ...•.. .• . . .. ..• .. .. .. .. Ml .883, 771 -· - ·· ---- 10 ~ m :I a· CD a, - SEWING IACHil{ES. A. C. tsaboook ..Ua only BEST KNOWN MAKES. ,. .,.