Knechtel Collection

    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