Knechtel Collection

    This girl (Linke?) is riding a penny-farthing next to the Linke's Greenhouse on Lincoln Street. The bicycle was donated by Arthur Linke to the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan, where it can be se

    Arthur Linke with calf.

    Believed to be the Thunder Bay River and vicinity. The location is unknown. Pictures taken in January 1963.

    Young girl standing in Linke's Greenhouse.

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

    Believed to be Arthur Linke at about 2 years of ago, c 1892.

    Believed to be Arthur Linke at about 11 years of age, c 1900.

    Children sitting outside in summertime. Believed to be Leo and Margaret Linke.

    Child smelling bouquet of flowers. The young woman is possibly Dorothy Linke.

    Known as the Dean of Alpena Businessmen, Adam Ludewig came to Alpena in 1871, and owned and operated a bookstore in various Alpena locations for over fifty years. He received many public honors inclu

    The Michigan Alkali Company opened a quarry in Alpena, and the first shipment of limestone left in 1903. There was much waste in their production. J. B. Ford, Vice-President of the company, found a s

    By 1890, the lumber industry was in decline. New industries cropped up based on wood as a resource. They used hardwoods and pulpwoods previously ignored. Moench Tannery was one of these new industrie

    The Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad Company reached at the corner of Werth and Piper Roads in 1886. This company was reorganized in 1894 and named the Detroit And Mackinac Railway. This train a

    The Woodmen of the World is a fraternal organization for those engaged in the part of the timber industry. The Alpena branch was known as the Huron Shores Woodmen, and may have been headed by Chief o

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

    The 1900 Alpena City Directory listed 28 saloons in the City of Alpena. One was located in the Union Hotel at the junction of W. Washington and Second Avenues. Edward Fitzpatrick was the owner.

    Alpena's U.S. Fish Hatchery was completed in 1882, and proceeded to plant fish in surrounding waters until 1933. In 1928, the hatchery was moved from its original location on Water Street to the rear

    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

    St. Paul Lutheran Church School students taken next to the church which burned on March 29, 1923. Arthur Linke is shown in the back row, far right, c 1900.

    Father Louis T. Bouchard was born June 21, 1876 in Canada. His family moved to Muskegon, Michigan, where he received his education. His clerical education was taken at Grand Seminary, Montreal, and h