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    Log mark or marks for David McNeil in Alpena, Michigan, 1889.

    Log mark or marks for Monroe Klock in Alpena, Michigan, (date).

    The structure to the left is a "burner," which was used to burn scrap wood and sawdust.

    "Minor Lumber Company, Bay Mill and Docks, 1889"

    Logs were piled or "banked" along the river banks; then they were rolled into the river and floated down to the sorting gap before being sent to the saw mills.

    "Minor Lumber Co. & Fletcher, Pack & Co., Bay Mills, 1889"

    "Minor Lumber Company, Bay Mill and Dock, 1889"

    "Minor Lumber Co., Bay Mill, 1889. The Old Prentis Mill, purchased by the Minor Lumber Company in 1886, after failure of Prentis, 1884"

    Present day Lafarge cement plant is located on Trowbridge Point. The Obed Smith School at N. Second Avenue and Spratt Street is center.

    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 1889 Alpena City Directory published by R.L. Polk & Co. Directory contains a series of business listings, local history, governmental notes, and residents by their last name.