Fred Trelfa Collection

    Hauling logs to the mills in Alpena.

    "Partridge on nest, June 11, 1913"

    "Mud Hen gets mad, June 1917"

    "Start of Saginaw Street Sewer at River, 1902"

    "Below 9th Street Bridge, 1912"

    "Fletcher, Pack & Company River Mill, 1890. On Paper Mill site"

    "W.L. & H.D. Churchill Lumber Docks at mouth of Thunder Bay River, West Side"

    Masonic Block is on the left. Second Avenue Bridge is far center. The boy by the power pole on the right is said to be Fred Trelfa, Alpena historian and photographer (1886-1979).

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

    "Nellie Grant and Friend at M.B. [Michigan Bell] Telephone Long Distance Switchboard, Johnson Block, 1910"

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

    According to the 1887 City Directory, the Alpena Gas Company had a capital of $60,000. The president was W. L. Churchill with James Field as vice-president. Peter DeMill Jr. was manager. The Gas Comp

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

    In the third image, Fire Station No. 1 is visible in the center.

    Looking Southwest across the Thunder Bay River from the Paper Company.

    Aerial view of the water mill at Oldfield Dam (also known as Richardson Dam) on the Thunder Bay River above Ninth Avenue.

    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.