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    Stacking lumber along the banks of the Thunder Bay River prior to being loaded on ships.

    The second Alpena County Jail was built in 1887 of Alpena limestone at a cost of $10,000. It was located on Chisholm Street directly across from the Alpena County Courthouse.

    Sawmill interior.

    Above was derived from the "History of the Lake Huron Shore" (1883).

    People standing outside lumber camp buildings during winter.

    River Street (lower left) running between Third Street to Harbor Drive. Corner of Second and Third, northwest corner, is Spens Drug Store. Northeast corner is Jacob Levyn Tobacco Store.

    The Langworth and Hiser Variety Store was located at 344 Dock Street (North Second Avenue). They sold crockery and glassware.

    Log jam at the Ox-Bow. The Ox-Bow is a twisting section of the Thunder Bay River near Island Park on Chisholm Street. It was so named because it resembles the wooden yoke used with oxen, which were u

    Skidding logs using a steam driven donkey engine.

    Men posing on log piles.

    Load of logs being pulled out of forest by horse team.

    Alpena Fire Department hose cart of Fletcher Street. The Hose House was located on Fletcher Street.

    Possibly snowplowing or scraping the streets in winter.

    Chisholm Street taken from about First Avenue looking northwest to intersection of Second Avenue. Davison Block is far right.

    Northeast corner of Second Avenue and Chisholm Street. W.H. Davison store is far right.

    Chisholm Street looking northwest from Second Avenue. The original Owl Cafe is far left.

    Parade on Dock Street (North Second Avenue). Photograph taken from the bridge. Bolton and McRae Store (left) is at the corner of Fletcher Street.

    A parade on North Second Avenue between Chisholm and River Streets, just turning on to West River Street.

    Horse and cart in front of an Alpena store.

    Horse pulling "big wheels" with log attached.