Alpena County Fairgrounds
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Slides
- Description
- "The Alpena Driving Club was organized February 19th, 1894, with W.L. Churchill as president and Dr. Ritchie as secretary. On July 4, 1894. the Alpena Driving Club gave their first race on their new half mile track at the fairgrounds. Over 800 wagon loads of cedar bark and 500 railway carloads of clay were used in constructing the track. The clay was brought from Iosco County and placed on the cedar bark. The Club also erected a new grandstand, 40 x 150 feet, and capable of seating 1,200 persons. The ground inside the track was stumped, leveled and seeded down. The total expense was over $5,000."
- Notes
- Above taken from "The Town That Wouldn't Die" by Robert Haltiner.
- Date of Original
- c 1890
- Dimensions
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Width: 4756 px
Height: 3557 px
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 4756px
Image Height: 3557px
- Subject(s)
- Collection
- Ann Taber Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Alpena County Fairgrounds:
Michigan, United States
Latitude: 45.0676892454481 Longitude: -83.4521906509399
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Alpena County Fairgrounds:
- Donor
- Tim Taber
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to United States law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Ann Taber Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
- Contact
- Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public LibraryEmail:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
