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    "Fletcher, Pack & Co., Bay Mill, 1895"

    Hauling logs to the mills in Alpena.

    Scene of the Thunder Bay River below Ninth Street Bridge showing the extensive lumber industry along the river.

    These sawyers cut bolts of cedar (shown), which were then split into shingles.

    Trelfa number Cr-6

    Trelfa number 4-115

    Once done by horses, the steam loaders made loading logs onto railroad cars much easier. The horse-drawn piece of equipment shown on the right is a "big wheel." The big axle allowed it to be driven o

    Loading or unloading logs on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway car.

    Loggers with large wheeled log towing apparatus with horse team attached.

    Loggers rolling logs off log pile for transportation in winter.

    Loggers loading logs on pile at Fletcher lumber camp in the summer.

    "Jenny Sorting Gap, at Lower end of Fairgrounds, 1894"

    Much hardwood was cut after most of the white pine had disappeared. Maple and oak, especially, were used for flooring and trim. The doors and trim at the Alpena City Hall are good examples, which wer

    A group of lumberjacks, holding cant hooks, are either pulling logs from the river or putting them into the river for transporting them. (Possibly Thunder Bay River in Alpena County.)

    Hemlock. These men are peeling bark from a hemlock log. Tannic acid was extracted from the bark and use in the tanning of leather.

    "Logs for Churchill Mill, 1910"

    This dam was later replaced by the Ninth Street Dam.

    "Logging Crew Huron Handle & Lumber Co."

    "Log Storage, Huron Handle & Lumber Co."

    Now called Rotary Island Mill Park.