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    From Centennial History of Alpena County, Michigan (1892/1903) by David D. Oliver, page 31: "The Trowbridge dam slacks the water up the river a short distance above the North Branch, and the perpendi

    From Centennial History of Alpena County, Michigan (1892/1903) by David D. Oliver, page 31: "The Trowbridge dam slacks the water up the river a short distance above the North Branch, and the perpendi

    Sleigh pulled by horses crossing the third Second Avenue Bridge heading into downtown Alpena, Michigan. This bridge across the Thunder Bay River was built in 1886. Cohen's Store (or Alpena Furniture

    Believed to be Arthur Linke at about 9 months of ago, c 1890.

    Interior of the John A. Lau Saloon on North Second Avenue.

    Widdis Transfer and Storage Company was owned and operated by Fred G. Widdis. His business card advertised "Passenger, baggage and freight transferred to and from all trains, boats and any part of th

    Unknown young woman from the Linke or Knechtel Family.

    Railroad logging crew in front of a Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railway car.

    People in front of a logging camp during the winter could be family visiting or cooks with their helpers and chore boys.

    Logs were easier to transport during the winter on ice roads. A sprinkler wagon sprinkled water on the road to freeze into an ice path for the horse teams to pull a log sled.

    Second Avenue, believed to be north of Dunbar Street looking south, showing the residential portion as a wide, tree-lined (possibly Elm trees) street.

    This St.Paul Lutheran Church was built on South Second Avenue in 1890, and destroyed by fire on March 29, 1923. The current building replaced it 3 years later.

    Downtown Alpena at the corner of Second Avenue and Chisholm Street. In the Alpine Block were J. Gavanagh Law Office and Owl Cafe on the corner on the left. The steeple is the Methodist Episcopal Chur

    The Alpena Fire Department's sleigh and horse team crossing the Second Avenue Bridge from the north during the winter.

    The Alpena Fire Department's sleigh and horse team crossing the Second Avenue Bridge from the north during the winter. The now Alpena Furniture store is in the background.

    A view of downtown Alpena along Second Avenue looking north from E. Chisholm St with the Maltz Opera House (Maltz Block) in the center to the right, W.H. Davison on the corner of 2nd and Chisholm, an

    Second Avenue, looking south, in Downtown Alpena. Maltz Theatre and the Maltz Block are on the left. At this time the Maltz Opera House was only on the second floor with its entrance along Water St.

    St. Bernard's School elementary class seated on the steps of the school with Father Thomas D. Flannery standing beside.

    St. Bernard's School elementary students sitting on steps of school.

    St. Bernard's School elementary students sitting on steps of school.