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    "Fletcher, Pack & Co., and Minor Lumber Co, Bay Mills, 5-25-[18]87. From Churchill House"

    No. 1 Fire House was located on the corner of Third Avenue and River Street.

    Reynold's Jewelry Store operated in this same location in downtown Alpena until the mid-1920s.

    The Centennial Building was built in 1876 and has held several different businesses in its 140+ years.

    Looking across the Second Avenue Bridge towards downtown Alpena. The wooden bridge is seen in its closed position. To open, it would pivot from the center to run parallel with the river. Vessels coul

    Comstock's Tenement House was located on River Street at the corner of Sixth Avenue. These men worked at the Comstock Lumber Mill along the river.

    Logs banked on the Thunder Bay River ready to be processed at the Comstock Lumber Mill.

    Logs banked on the Thunder Bay River ready to be processed at the Comstock Lumber Mill.

    Logs banked on the Thunder Bay River ready to be processed at the Comstock Lumber Mill.

    Visible in the images are the Centennial Building, Trinity Episcopal Church, Globe Hotel, Union Hotel, and First Congregational Church. Bottom right of the images is the yard of Beck Brewery.

    A view of Third Avenue from River Street looking southwest.

    Looking Southwest along Third Avenue. The three-story building with the cupola is the Union School. Central Hotel was located on Lockwood Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues.

    In the first image, Trinity Episcopal Church (Washington Avenue is on the left, Methodist Episcopal Church (Chisholm Street) is center, and First Congregational Church (Second Avenue) is on the right

    Looking towards the Thunder Bay River and Bay from River Street. The large building center is the Maltz Opera House. The hotel behind it(right)is the Churchill House where the City Hall is now locate

    The sorting gap was where logs were sorted according to owner by reading the mark on the end of each log. The logs were then sent to the relevant mills.

    View of lumbering operations along the Thunder Bay River. The three-story building with the cupola is the earlier Alpena County Court House located between Eight and Ninth Avenues.

    Ox-Bow banking grounds. The "ox-bow" was named for a twisting stretch of the Thunder Bay River that resembled a yoke used to harness oxen. The banking grounds (on the banks of the river) were where l

    The D.D. Hanover Harness Shop was located on Chisholm Street in the back portion of the building that fronted with the original Owl Cafe (corner of Second and Chisholm Street). The brick building to

    Above taken from "The Town That Wouldn't Die" by Robert Haltiner.

    See "Alpena Gleanings and Stones from Her Granite Gardens Part V" by Robert Haltiner, pages 56-59, for more information.