{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1816", "width": "2556", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "-^^0^\\no-\u00c2\u00ab, /V V v-^f^-v^^ ^f^ \u00e2\u0080\u00a2-^Pv^^\\n0^ ^o\\n%*--\u00c2\u00b0\\\\n*^ f\u00c2\u00b0 V -^TT ^o^", "height": "1691", "width": "2541", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "*3 ^l^r^ -v\\nV\\n-^^H^\\nO^ o\\n.v^\\n^^^-^y ^^o/ ^^^V ^^-\\\\y \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^o/^ V ^ft-\\\\y ^^o/*", "height": "1691", "width": "2541", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "SOUVENIR\\nm^ m^rmr^?;Wi-^.i-\\ni-* \u00c2\u00abpfvi rfWa-i A\\nSfe .y.i^ fifi^\\n^3::^^\\nmm\\nWILLIAM BBULTON,\\nMiiailihfeiliit", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "SOUVENIR\\n-OF TJIK-\\n^Y OF :/\\\\bPENA,\\nV,Y-\\n1^\\nJ\\nWILIrlAM BOULTON.\\nCOPYHIOnTED nV WrT,l,IAM HOI LTOX.\\nLSHIi.\\n/\u00e2\u0096\u00a07^i0\\n7\\nh", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "4^\\n1^.^.,^%\\nlt V-.- 1\\n.cUb-\\nCirV OF AI;I KNA. l- i;().M MA^^ONIC HLOCK.\\nil- i Mi a IMiiiiciyrapli Uy Win. l .nnll ii.", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "^iTv OF Alpena.\\nAlpena, truly named The Carlsbad of America, is a lively, energetic\\nand magnificently located city of 15,000 inhabitants, delightfully situated on\\nthe shore of that famed harbor. Thunder Bay, in the northeastern part of the\\nlower peninsula of Michigan.\\nThunder Bay River divides the city into two parts. This river is naviga-\\nble for vessels drawing twelve feet of water, for a distance of a mile from the\\nmoiith of the river, to the dam, and forms a large inner harbor, with two miles\\nof wharfage. On the bay shore of the city, wharves can be cheaply built, at\\nwhich vessels can lay safely during any storm. Alpena has the best harbor on\\nthe Great Lakes. It is easy of access; it is free from dangerous shoals, and the bay affords safe anchor-\\nage for thousands of vessels. The situation of Alpena, as a lake poi-t, and for the purjMse of commerce,\\nis not excelled by any city on the Great Inland Seas.\\nThe cit) of Alpena was incorporated in 1871, at which time she had less than 3,000 inhabitants.\\nHei- territory comprises nearly -l-,000 acres, and has a frontage on the ba}^ of three miles. The mo.st of\\nthe land within the city limits is but a few feet above the level of the bay waters, and is free from\\nmarshes or swam|is. About three sections have Iteen platted into lots, most of which contain one-fifth of", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "an aci i pacli. The lmsin( ss [lurlinii of the c\\\\i\\\\ is on Ixitli sides of (he river, near the. mouth, while the\\nresident poi tion extends along the bay shore for two miles, and back from the shore over a mile. Alpena\\nhas over 2,000 residenies. over 100 brick business j)laces. brick and stone High School that cost $4^0,000,\\nan elegant brick opera house, two fine stone churches, five brick churches, five wooden churches, brick\\ncourt house, stone jail, brick county poor house, a fine magnetic sulphur spring bath house, oue daily\\nand three weekly newspapers, tliree job printing offices, twelve lumber mills, four shingle mills, one sul-\\nphite papei- pulp factory, one hemlock bark extract factory, one stave mill, one sjwol factory, two foun-\\ndries and machine shops, one roller process Hour mill, four j)laning mills, one furniture factory, one mar-\\nble works, three ])hotograpli galleries, two breweries, a lai ge stone malt house, gas works, electric light\\nworks. Holly water works, telephone exchange. W. U. T. line, the famous Churchill house, which is not\\nexcelled by any hotel in the State, railroad communication, four lines of passenger steamboats, three\\nfrom Detroit and one from IJay City, and a full sujiply of drug stores, grocery stores, dry goods and mil-\\nlinery establishments, boot and shoe stores, hardware houses, merchant tailoring establishments, book\\nstores, furniture dealers and undertakers, U. S. fish hatchery, weather office, steam laundries, bottling\\nworks, harness sho])s, carriage factories, livery stables, and many other business enterprises.\\nAs regards societies. Alpena has two F. and A. M. lodges. Royal Arch Masons, Koyal and Select\\nMasoTis. Knights Templar. I. F. lodges, five tents of the K. O. T. M., a nund)er of hives of the L.\\nT. .M.. the A. r. W., Foresters. National liiion. A. O. H.. Woodmen of tlie World. Knights of St.\\n,)ohn and St. .]e;in de Ijaptiste, a ost of the (i. A. I!., a company of the State troojjs, and many other\\nsocial organizations.\\nThe religious denominations consist of the following, all of which have churches: Episcopal. Con-\\ngregational, three Catholic societies, Methodist. Presbyterian, Baptist, Norwegian and Lutheran. The\\n4", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "various churches are worth from five to forty thousand dollars each, and four are beautiful structures.\\nThe Y. M. C. A. has a parlor, gymnasium, reading room, play room, bath room, etc., and a membership\\nof over 200.\\nThe streets of the city, with few exceptions, run at right angles, and the total length of open graded\\nstreets is )3 miles. The sidewalks are built by the city and have a length of 48 miles. Tile sewers ex-\\ntend all over the city, thoroughly draining the resident part, and preventing stagnant pools to breed dis-\\nease. A city as enterprising as Alpena, must have paved streets, and there are six miles of the principal\\nstreets paved with cedar blocks, and half a mile with crushed stone. In the business portion the streets\\nare paved full width, and 24 feet wide in other places. A small portion of the sidewalks are of artificial\\nstone.\\nThe water works supply water both for domestic and fire purposes, and are owned by a stock company,\\ncomposed of citizens. Two set of pumps are used. The system is the Holly, and the fire pressure is\\nfurnished by the pumps. For fire purposes it is not surpassed by any in the State. All that is neces-\\nsary is to telephone the engineer, attach the hose to a hydrant, and the water is furnished with sufficient\\npower to reach the top of any building in the city. Twenty streams, of great power, can be used at one\\ntime. On the bay shore, in the Sixth ward, are the steam pumps for supplying water from the bay for\\ndomestic purposes, and at the dam are powerful rotary pumjjs, run by water power, that furnish the high\\njn-essure streams. There are 22 miles of water mains, 200 fire hydrants, two hose companies, and, in\\naddition, there are two steam fire engines, but are seldom needed. The amount of water pumped during\\nthe year 1802, was o87,2()7,320 gallons.\\nThe Gas Company have four and diie-half miles of mains, and the plant is valued at $00,000. Its\\ngreat competitor is electricity. The Electric Light Company have an extensive plant. Like the gas and\\n5", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "water, it is iiii Alpena cDiiioratidii. (iwned aiul oontrolloil l)y citizens. l (itli the arc and incandescent lights\\narc used. The fon.ier is niDstiy u.sed for lighting the streets, and the latter for business places, churches\\nand private residences. There are 75 arc lights used and 1,700 incandescent lamps. The Brush system\\nis used for the arc lights and the Thompson-Housen for the incandi scent.\\nBanking Inisincss is attended to l)y the Alpena National Jiank and tlie omstock Bros bank. The\\npublished statement of the national hank has sliown deposits of over $350,000, which serves to indicate\\nthe amount of Imsine.ss done.\\nommunication between the two sides of the river is maintained l)v three bridges a steel swing\\nbridge, a steel tixed bridge and a wooden bridge. Their value is \u00c2\u00a725.000.\\nThe telephone exchange has wires running all over the city, and 170 telephones are in constant use.\\nTwo mails arrive daily by I ail. and four letter carriers distribute tlie mail about the city. In 181)2,\\nthe post office receipts amounted to J,ti53.3S. The number of stamps sold was: One cent, 20,013; two\\ncent, 201,104; postal cards, 34,r)04, and over 80,000 stamped envelopes. The money order department\\nissued 501 foreign money orders; 3,207 donu stic orders, and 1,051 jiostal notes.\\nThe number of ciiildren of school age in the city is 4,23;{. To accommoilate the scholars there are\\nthe Central school building and six waid school buildings, besides which the St. Bernard Catholic society\\nhave a large and beautiful stone school hous(\\\\ The public school |)ro[)ertv is valued at \u00c2\u00a770. 500.\\nDuring the year lS02. the passenger steamers calling at this port made 353 round trips, of which\\n144 were between Bay City and Alpena, and 200 between Detroit and St. Ignace the Detroit steamers\\ncalling at this port on the way up and down.\\nEach season about 3.000 vessels enter and clear from thi^ port of Alpena, and the.se vessels exptu ted\\nin 1802, from this port, the following products: Lumber, 172. .IOO.OOO feet: lath. 50,351,000; .shingles,\\n6", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "25,500,000; fedar posts, 481,000; railway ties, )(;;5,()()(); tamarack pond net stakes, 1,703; cords of cedar,\\n125. From this port tliere were also shipped, partly by vessel and ])artly by rail, the following: Sul-\\nphite paper pulp, 7,121,445 pounds; hemlock bark extract, (J.OOO barrels; excelsior, 700 tons; fish, 700\\ntons; gross of spools, 185,000; gill net floats, 100,000; huckleberries and blackberries, 2,000 bushels;\\nseveral hundred bushels of plums and crab apples, and several hundred cords of building and lime stone.\\nAlpena is a busy seaport diiring the navigation season. At times the river harbor is alive with\\ngreat steamships, magniflcent palace steamers, majestic sailing vessels, barges and tugs, and some of the\\nbusiest weeks 10,000,000 feet of lumber are exported in addition to other products.", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "ri V OF Ahl KNA. KliO.M ITV HALI,.\\nvl Kiiii a I liotii.^mpli l)V Will. Ituiiltmi.", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "4|IST0RKAL-.\\nAlpena has no ancient history or ivy covered niiiis of former greatness. She is a\\nti modern city, and a lively and progressing one. Her remarkable rise, from the wilder-\\nness to her present proud position of metropolis of the northern portion of the lower\\npeninsula of Michigan, is yet fresh in the memories of many of her present inhabitants.\\nJ To-day she is a living monument testifying truly to the energy, perseverance, industry\\nand good government of her sons.\\nThirty years ago her lots and streets were covered with forests of pine and other woods. A few In-\\ndians roamed about the tract. Thunder Bay river ran swiftly by to the bay its waters clear and spark-\\nling, as they did not then, as they now do, have to force a passage through many miles of log jams. Fish\\nin countless numbers swam about the clear waters. Solitude reigned through countless vears.\\nThe skirmishers of American civilization, the trapper of furs and the fur buyer arrived. He was\\nclosely followed by the hardy fisherman, who discovered that the waters of Thunder Bay and adjoining\\nshores of Lake Huron were alive with the delicious trout and whitetish. The enterprising and energetic\\nlund)e.rmen then appeared on the scene, and in 185U, began tcj lay the foundation of Alpena s prosj)erity.\\nLumber mills were erected, the woodman s axe resounded in the woods, and soon the great lumber manu-\\nfacturing industry was created. Houses and business places were erected. Land was platted. Streets\\nwere laid out. hurdles and school houses were constriicted. and in a few years a young city, full of life\\nand vigor, had replaced the forests. As the inhal)itHnts increased in wealth thev Ijegan to build finer\\n9", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "residences. The earlier scliool houses, clmrclies and jmhlie Imiidiiigs were rejjlaceil with better, more\\ncoimnoilious and more l)(^a\\\\itit id editices. Shade trees were pLanted alon ]f the streets, that, to-day, so\\ngreatly heautify the j)ul)lic thoroughfares and give so grateful a shade to the jjedestrian as he strolls\\nalong the walks. Miles upon miles of tile drains were laid. Gardens were planted. Pretty lawns laid\\nout. Then came a demaiul For |)ave(l streets. Laborers were set to work, and to-day there are nearly\\nsix miles of the principal streets paved with cedar blocks. Electricity reached out its hand and then Al-\\npena was bound to the rest of the world with the telegraph wire. Then came the telephone and brought\\nthe business community in close communion, and was closely followed by the electric light. Steamboat\\nmen found it was protitable business to run their palace steamers to Alpena, and the business has been\\nso lucrative that four lines of steamers now run regularly to the city. But these were not sufficient to\\nsatisfy the people of Alpena, and in 1880 a railroad line was extended to the city.\\nAlpena is a city of homes; a city of gardens; a city of churches; a city remarkable foi- its jnire and\\ninvigorating atmosphere, and it is fast becoming a city of beautiful maple shade trees, of pretty lawns,\\nand fine residences. All these thousands of houses, hundreds of brick blocks, miles of streets and side-\\nwalk, churches, school houses and public buildings have been obtained in exchange for the pine, cedar,\\ntish and stone, and more too, for while tliis great work lias Ixh m done and this flourishing city erected,\\nthe energetic sons and daughters of Alpena ha\\\\( lived well, have enjoyed all the comforts of life and\\nmany of the luxuries, while a few have acciimulated great fortunes. It has been a good exchange, and\\nAlpena jyeople have reaped a rich harvest from theii- pine forests. Hut best of all hundreds of laboring\\nmen own the pretty homes they dwell in, and it is the |)i-oud boast of the people of Alpena that more\\nlaboring men own houses and lots than can be found in any other city in proportion to the number of\\niidiabitants. .\\\\11 these pnl)ii inipro\\\\-emints liavc been made on a cash basis. The ))aved streets, extensive\\n10", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "tile sewerage, scIidoI huililiugs iiiid uther public edifices do iiut represent a large bunded iudebtediiess that\\nthe future citizens will have to pay. It is nearly all paid for. The city financial statement, made in\\nApril, 189B, tells the gratifying and highly commendable story. It shows the financial condition of the\\ncity of Alpena is not excelled by any city in the State. The only city bonds ever issued were for the\\nconstruction of the fine steel bridge, between Second and Dock streets. Of those bontls only six thousand\\ndollars remain unpaid. The floating debt caused mostly by [)aving and tile draining and the building of\\nthe fixed steel bridge at Ninth street, and the beautiful Central school house, amounted to $2(), J -^.0G, and\\nmade the entire debt of Lhe city of Alpena, March 1st, 1S!).3, amount to a little less than $33,000. To\\noffset the debt there were in the city treasurer s hands nearly $10,000, besides a large amount of taxes\\nuncollected. Alpena has but very little debt, while as a credit, in addition to the items above stated, she\\nhas school houses valued at $7U, 500; bridges worth $25,000; a public library valued at $3,000; cedar\\npavement to the amount of .$07, 000; stone pavement worth $1,300; fire department apparatus and engine\\nhouses valued at $1G.000; sewers worth $55,000. The total value of the city property was estimated by\\nthe Comptroller, in his report for the spring of 18113, at $2( 1,000. Can any city in the United States\\nmake a better financial showing?\\nThe assessed valuaticm of Alpena city, in the year 1802, was $3,923,968, and its real cash value to-\\nday is at least six millions of dollars. All this great value has been created during the last 35 years. In\\nadditi()7i to the great wealth accumulated by the unceasing toil and industry of the sons and daughters\\nof Al|)ena, they have well enjoyed the past years. They have been bountifully fed; they have been well\\nentertained; the younger generations have been well educated; life has been a pleasant one in the city,\\nand no one can truly say that the people of Alpena have not been ])rovident and have built a city wisely,\\nbeautifully and free from debt. The pioneers of Alpena have done tlieir duty, and they leave to their\\nsons and daughters an inheritance of great value.", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "coifNHU OF \\\\VASHIN(rroX AVEXl K AND FIKST Sl KEKT.\\n(rriHii a )*lin(t ;:ra|tli U\\\\ \\\\Vm. Itoiillon.^", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "^jPENA AS A ^lEAlrTH AND TlxEASURE I^SORT.\\nAs A ])leasure ami healtli resort, the uorthern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan\\nhas, (luring tlu; past few yeai S, become noted for its excellence. Each succeeding 3ear\\nbrings a larger number of tourists to pass the summer months. The steamers that run\\nfrom Detroit to Alpena and St. Ignace have not ])een able to accommodate all who desir-\\ned to make the pleasant and invigorating voj age u[) what is termed The Shore. Dur-\\ning the excursion season, comprising about three months of the year, those who desired to\\nmake a trip (m either of the fine palace steamers that called at the port of Alpena, eight\\ntimes ever} week, had to engage their staterooms weeks in advance, at Deti oit. Trip\\nafter trip these magnificent steamers not only had every stateroom occupied, but a large number of .cots\\nhad to be provided to accommodate the crowd aboard. In fact, the number of people who made the\\npleasant summer voyage was dependent upon the amount that could carried by the steamers. The\\ngreat demand for staterooms caused the enterprising Detroit S; C leveland Steam Navigation t o. to build,\\nduring the winter of lS ,)2-8, two of the largest and most magnificent steel steamers on the (Ireat Lakes,\\ncapable of comfortably carrying twice as many passengers as the old steamers could do. The new palace\\nsteamers are remarkably fast imes, being able to steam 20 nnles per hour, and having every appliance for\\nthe safety and comfort of jiassengers.\\nThe citv of Al[)ena is right in the heart of this favored pleasure and health resort region, so justly\\ncelebrated for its jmre atiiiosphei e. invigorating and health-giving breezes, and best of all. for summer\\n13", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "time, its ivt ivsliiiiji;, cool evt iiiii^s an;; iii ^hts. H\u00c2\u00abiv the tired ami worn out business uiau can eujoj-\\na week or two of needetl rest to recuperate his wearied mind. Here the invalid can get a restful sleep\\nand strengthen a weakened system. Here the tired de\\\\ otee of society can regain the lost vigor and cast\\notf the weariness caused by months of hard and physically wearying toil, experienced by those who are\\nthe slaves of fashion.\\nTil such .\\\\lpena offers great inducements. A healthy climate, cool, invigorating, ozone laden summer\\nbreezes, cool evenings and nights, pleasant drives about the city, good society, all the modern improve-\\nments, except street cars, and they are not yet an actual necessity, as the distances between the hotels,\\nbusiness places, depot and Opera House are not great. A few miles north of the city lies that beautiful\\ninland siieet of water known as Lang Lake. Fifty minutes drive will take a person from the heart of\\nthe city to the southerly part of the lake. A person can go to the lake on a bicycle in forty minutes, as\\nthere are good carriage roads leading to it. The lake is about ten miles long, and from one to two wide.\\nThe fishing and boating is e ]ual to any lake in Michigan. During the summer season it is a favorite re-\\nsort for Al|)ena people, and camping and picnic parties are numerous, and give great pleasure to those who\\nattend them. Five miles fi om the city, in Thunder Bay. is a large island, known as Sulphur Island, and\\nis easilv reached from Alpena. day tliere with a picnic party can be very pleasantly passed. At the\\neast of North i oint. and about twehe miles from Alpena, lay, amid tlie clear waters of that majestic in-\\nland ocean, Lak( Huron, a group of pretty islands, the outmost one of which is owned by the United\\nStates government, and is called Thunder Bay Island. Located on the island is the Thunder Bay Island\\nLife-Saving Station and Thunder Bay Lslaiid Lighthouse. A trip to the island on a bright summer day\\nmakes one of tht^ most pleasant excursions that a pleasure tourist can desire. The life-saving men usu-\\nally inve an exiiilntion of the manner in which thev rescue lives from wrecked vessels, and the exhibition\\n14", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "will he. greatly eujo^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Pll. A visit to the liglithonse is also well worth the trip across the island. Steamers\\nan l vessels are passing up and down the lake at all times. There are many other interesting places well\\nWorth seeing, and the [)leasure tourist cau pass two or three weeks in a delightful manner, combining\\npleasure with recreation. A visit to the great lumber mills will prove an interesting trip, and the visitor\\nwill be amazed at the wonderful manner that the machinery eats up logs. About one thousand logs\\nmake a daily meal for the big circulars, gangs and band saws in a mill. A few hundi-ed yards from the\\nhotel the visitor can see the method of sorting and rafting logs. In the early part of the season the im-\\nmense log piles, ccmtaining many millions of feet of saw logs, can be seen, and will be an object of great\\ninterest to those who are not familiar with lumbering scene.5. The log piles, or rollways, as they are\\ntermed, are but little over one mile distant from the business portion of the city. Take a drive up the\\nbanks of Thunder Bay river, and you will be amazed at the immense amount of logs you see. The river\\nfor 20 miles is full of logs.\\nThe city of Alpena contains many objects of interest to visitors, and the visitor need not be a mil-\\nlionaire who comes to the city, as charges for rooms and meals are reasonable. Fashion has not yet set\\nher high jiriced edict to forbid the visit of persons of moderate means.\\nTo the invalid, Alpena offers a choice prize in her famed magnetic sul[)hur spring water, but of that\\ngreat healer the next chapter shall tell the truthful history.", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "FIRST ST KEET srU llli; SIM.MXii CO. l^\\\\ l ll IIOL SE\\nll- l n l lli.|iii;l:l|ill li\\\\ Will. r.iHlllnll.i", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "In the year IsOU a inimber of Alpena people were possessed with tlie salt fever, and\\na company was organized to drill a well down into the earth for several hundred feet, and\\ntap the salt deposit that was believed to be under the city. At a depth of about 900 feet\\na vein of water was struck that was possessed of a strong odor, and had wonderful mag-\\nnetic qualities. A knife blade held in the water became strongly luagnetized. The\\nmagnetic vein was regarded more as a curiosity than as of great value, and its wonderful healing power\\non rheumatic diseases was not known. In 1870 persons afflicted with rheumatism were induced to bathe\\nin the water that flowed out of the well. The immediate residt was relief from torture that rheumatic\\npei sons endure. A coiirse of baths for a few weeks completely cured persons of their rheumatic disease.\\nThe attention of those financially interested in the well was then turned toward making a ])ractical\\nuse of tlie irreat healinir waters. A bath house was erected, and a fine hotel, the well known Fletcher\\nHouse, was built, furnished and opened to the public. A slight attem[)t was made to advertise the cura-\\ntive properties of the mineral waters. Many [leople came to tf)wn. and many sufferers derived great ben-\\nefit from bathing in the water.\\nAlpena at that time was not in a condition to be made into a health or pleasure resort. She had\\nneither railroad communication or good lines of steamboats. Not a foot of the streets had l.ieen ]iaved.\\nTliere were no aniusements or recreations for tourists. The citizens had not much time for leisure. To\\nget to Al|)ena or to leave it in the summer season was uncertain, and depended U|)on the weather. In\\n17", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "fact the enterprise whs at least 12 years too soon, and thus the attendance at the bath house and hotel\\nwas not large enoni^h to [)ay expenses. In winter season the only manner of commuuieation between Al-\\npena and the nearest railroad, distant loO miles, was by sta^^je, and when roads were bad five days time\\nwere re(juired to make the journey. With all these difficulties to eontt^iid against, it is not to be wonder-\\ned at that the enterprise was not a financial success, besides those who furnished the funds to drill and\\n])ipp the well, and erect the bath house and hotel, needed their money to carry on the lumber business\\n.thev were engaged i)).\\nThe well was drilled near where the Huron Lumber Co. mill is, on Eiver street, not far from the\\ncity hall. In a few years the mineral water had destroyed the iron pipe, and the famous well became\\npartially filled up with fallen rock. The Fletcher Htmse was closed, and the mineral well and resort be-\\ncame a piece of history.\\nFor about 1 2 years following, the people of Alpena kept vigorously at work. The lumber business\\nwas made a vast one. The agricultural interests of the county were develo])pd. The city was immensely\\nimproved. Streets were jiaved. A railroad was extended to tlie city. Palace steamers that made their\\ncalls with the regularity of an ex])ress train, ran to the city. The Fletcher House was replaced by a much\\ngrander one. the well known hurchill. Modern improvements a|)peared, and Alpena became well known\\nas one of tlie finest places in Michigan, as a pleasant summer resort. It was accomplished without l)oom-\\niiig oi- advertising, beyond wliat tlie local papers did. and a few pamphlets. The people of Alpena had\\nbuilt and improxed the city for tiieir own personal benefit, and they did the work so well that it attracted\\nthe attention of people from otiier [daces, and who found Alpena a pleasant (uty to ])ass a few weeks in\\nduring the warm season.\\nIn the vear INUI energetic business men of the city decideil the time had come to again tap the\\n18", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "healing spriug, flowing luuulreds of feet beneath the city. A company was organized of citizens, and\\nshares of stock to the amount of iJSilO.OOO were quickly subscribed. One-half the stock was taken by men\\nof moderate means, in one an d two hundred dollar shares. The balance was si;bscribed by the rich men\\nof the city. A fine site was purchased, occupying half a block, with First street in front, and Water and\\nEiver streets on the sides. On the front is a large and beautiful grove of shade trees. On that site was\\nerected as pretty, well arranged and elegantly furnished a bath house as can be found in the State. It\\nis t lose to the business center of the city. The steamboat wharves are near by. The depot is but a few\\nlilocks distant. In front, across the street, is that elegant hotel, the Churchill, while the (xollinof House,\\na vei-y pleasant hotel, is near by. The l)ath house is open the entire year, and all kinds of baths can be\\nobtained. The bath house has parlors, office, reception rooms, warm rooms, and the batJi rooms are large,\\nand well lighted. An experienced physician is in charge. The company is known as the Al2:)ena Sulphur\\nSpring Co., and to date it has expended on building, sinking and jiiping well and improving and beauti-\\nfying the grounds, the sum of \u00c2\u00a740,000.\\nThe work of drilling the well commenced on the ;50th of October, 181)1. and on tlie 12th of Febru-\\nary, 1802, the work was completed and salt rock reached. The total depth of the well is 1,207 feet, and\\nthe time occupied in drilling was 2,025t1 lurars. The well was commenced with a diameter of seven\\ninches, and at -ISS feet deep was reduced to five inches and nine-sixteenths. At a depth of U8t) feet the\\ndiameter of the well w;is reduced to fi^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2e inches. The first strong stream of water was found at a depth\\nof 480 feet: a second at r.TO feet: a third at -JOO feet; a fourth at 508 feet, and a fifth at 005 feet. The\\nflow of water was then so tremendous that other streams struck were not noticed. The water found at\\nand above )05 feet is strongly tinctured with sulphur, but does not contain the magnetic quality. The\\nmagnetic water is found at a (lei)th of 700 feet. Considerable difficulty was experienced in stationing\\n19", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "the |)i|K lit tlif ri^rht [jlace, so as to get the inugnetif water as free as possible t nmi utlier streams, hut\\nafter iiiucli cliaugiiig of the pipe it was satisfactorily placed. By means of the iron piping, three differ-\\nent streams of water are obtained from tlie famons well. The first contains the stream above oS8 feet,\\nami is not remarkable for its mineral pro[)erties, and may be termed ordinary drinking water. The sec-\\nond stream is from that part of the well between 588 feet and 7 0 feet, and is very strongly flavored with\\n8ul[)liur. These two streams are not nn])leasant ti drink. Tiie third is the magnetic stream. The water\\nof the second stream rushes out of the pipe with great velocity, and the pressure is equal to that of a fire\\nhydrant with fire pressure.\\nProf. W. F. Edwards, of the school of Pharmacy of tlie State University of Michigan, gives the fol-\\nlowing analysis of the water: Sodiac carbonate, 283 sodic chloride, 4.885 magnetic chloride, 1.3417\\nsodic sulphide, 0.4812; calcic sulphate, 3.1314; bydric sulphide gas, 0.12t57.\\nThe price of baths has been placed at reasonable rates. For 1893 the charge is as follows: Plain\\nmagnetic bath. 50; magnetic bath with attendant. 75 cents: all other baths, $1.", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "L()(i I lI.E AT OX ROW. TITV OF ALl ENA.\\niKtiMMII l il(itliKlM|i|l h\\\\ \\\\\\\\lll, I .iPlllKMI.l", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "A1-B1 ]I!T L Ai KS l^l MliKl! :\\\\1ILL. FLl-rrcii Kli I AI Ei; PlLl I AfTUifV\\nU i iii :i I linlii^riipli by Win. I .uiillnii,", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "The IxniisTi ^iES of ^^pExXa.\\nThe business of manufacturing pine lumber, lath and shingles has\\nbeen, and is to-day. the c-liief in(histry of Alpena. For years to come\\nit will continue to be a large and lucrative industry, giving employ-\\nJW .sum msiit to hundreds of families. It has built up the city; it has been the\\nMIW v -^Q chief agency in converting thousands of acres of wilderness into fertile\\ni^ farms, and, at present, thousands of [)eople depend upon it for a living.\\nYears ago the bulk of the pine timber in the county had been con-\\nverted into lumber. Enterprising mill men had secured immense ti-acts\\nof pine in the adjoining counties, and for years past hundreds of mil-\\nlit)ns of feet of pine logs were lumbered yearly in tlie forests of Presque\\nIsle, Montmorency and Alcona counties, and floateil down Thunder Bay\\nriver and branches, to the Alpena lumber mills. The raili oad. which extended from Alpena to the back\\npart nf .\\\\lcoiia county, lias bmuglit in immense (juantities of pine anil cedar. Millions of feet of logs\\nhave been rafted from Lake Superior, Georgian Bay and Presque Isle county.\\nThe inq)ortant (luestion now ai ises. how long will the ])ine industry last; The answer is, that it\\nwill last for manv years to come. Hundr ds of millit)ns of feet of pine are yet owned by Alpena lumber-\\nmen in Presque Isle count\\\\ and that timber will come to this city by the northern extension of the De-\\ntroit. Bav Citv ct Alpena railroad. Stn-eral hundred millions of feet of jiine logs are yet to be floated\\n2;}", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "down Thiiiuler Bay river. In tlio Cleorgitui Bay reojioii Alpena hiinhermen own hundreds and liimdreils\\nmillions of feet of ine timber, and during the winter of 1892 8 the first lumbering operations com-\\nmenced in that region, for getting out logs for the Alpena mills. These logs wull be towed to Thunder\\nBay. boomed at White Fish Point, some three miles distant from the city, and rafted to the mills as they\\nare needed.\\nTilt- different ])inrrie.-; mentioned are capable of supplying the mills of Alpena for years to come,\\nand thus the people are assured of the continuance of the great pine manufacturing industry, and the\\ncertainty that many hundreds of men will find employment in the lumber mills.\\nPine constitutes only a portion of the vast forests of Alpena, l)ut for many years after the first set-\\ntlement began it was the only timber that had any commercial value. After a few years cedar began to\\nbecome of value, and it has grown into a large and profitalile industry. Ai)out one million pieces were\\ngot out in the vicinity of Alpena in the year lSi)2, and more will beshi])])ed the present year. In the year\\n1887 G. N. Fletcher St)ns commenced operating their new sulphite paper ]n\\\\\\\\\\\\ factory, and spruce, a\\nwood that |)reviouslv had been of no value, became one of the most valuable kinds of timber in the coun-\\ntv. It makes the best kind of paper pulp, with an extra strong fibre: and since that year about i.UOO\\ncorils per vear weie sold to the |iulp factory. Last winter the price |)aid, delivered at the factory, was\\nS-f per cord. The spool fjictorv was the next new industry operated, and it made valuable birch wood\\nthat previoush had but little value. The hendock bark extract factory brought into market the large\\namount of hendock timber in the conntv. and the exci lsior factory provided a profitable use for basswood\\nand |)oplar. Last year the stave works wei-e built, and that ci eated a great market for the elm timber.\\nA few years ago all tlie vahie there w;is in maple was for firewood purj)oses, and a large amount of the\\nfinest birdseve maple was cut into cord wood. Now niajile is known to be valuable for furniture purposes.\\n24", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "The forests of maple, beech, elm, hemlock, spruce, cedar, tamarack aiul other woods, iu Alpena\\nOiinty, are immense, and the adjoining counties are as equally boiiutifully supplied. There is an im-\\nmense amount of timber yet to come into market, and it will take the place of ])ine in creating and main-\\ntaining business.\\nAlpena has great advantages to otfer to institutions that use hardwoods, and a better place can not\\nbe found for the erection of a large furniture manufacturing establishment. There is plenty of raw\\nmaterial. It can be readily got to the city, and the shipping facilities, in navigation season, are not sur-\\npassed by any city. In the winter the railroad furnishes as good shipping facilities as are possessed by\\nmany other towns.\\nThere need be no doubt in regard to the bright future of Alpena. Nature has dealt out its choice\\ngifts with a generous hand.", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "iKN ri{Al. SCIIOOl, SKCON I) S l l. KKT.\\niKiiMii:! I hiiiii.;!:, .1, l,j Wm, l,i nliyii,", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "^xRICUlrTURE AND 4{0RTIGIILTURE.\\nLess thax tliirty jeiirs ago Alpena was but a wilderness. The inhabitants\\nnumbered but a few hundred, and not one of them could be classed as a real resi-\\ndent. Their sole object was to cut as quickly as possible the pine into lumber, catch\\nwhat fish there were, and then leave for some other part of the counti-y. Everything\\nconsumed as food was imported from other places, except fish and wild berries. A\\n]ierson who talked about growing farm and garden products in Alpena county, ex-\\np^ posed himself to ridicule. The general belief was that agricultural products could\\nnot be raised in the county.\\nAbout the year 18()4 some of the residents determined to test the question.\\nGarden seeds and potatoes were jilanted, and the result was a genuine surprise to the people of the little\\ntown. The vegetables grown proved to be equal to any grown in the State of Michigan, and the fact was\\nmade clear that Alpena county was in the finest potato and vegetable section of the country, and, to-day,\\nthis region is celebrated for the superior excellence of the potatoes, cabbage, celei y, beets, tomatoes, tur-\\nni|)s. cauliflower, onions, lettuce, and all other kinds of vegetables commcm to the temperate zone.\\nThe success that attended the efforts at raising vegetables caused some citizens to test the soil and\\nclimate and see what it could do toward growing fruit. Apple, plum and cherry trees were planted. A\\nfew years time were required to allow the young trees to attain a fruit-growing age. and then another\\nprophecy of the early settler was proved false, and it was shown that Al|)ena county had no superior as a\\n27", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "place where apples, ])luins hihI clierries could be grown in great abundance, and of a superior quality.\\nStrawberries are a native crop, growing wild in great abundance, but the gardener soon siirplanted them\\nwith choic-e cultivated plants.\\nFor fifteen successive years the Al[)ena County Agricultural Society has held an exhibition, and\\nevery one has fully demon.strated. by the magnificent exhil)its, that no better vegetables can be grown in\\nthe United States than can. and have been for years, be ])roduced in the gardens of Alpena county.\\nThe fruit orchards are yet young, but the last few years the production of aj)ples and plums has\\nbeen large, and has reduced to a considerable extent the impoiis of such fruits. In the fall of 18!t2 the\\nfine quality of the crab apples exhibited at the county fair attracted the attention of (mtsiders, and re-\\nsulted in several hundred bushels being exported to other cities.\\nPlums have proved to be a crop tiiat pays good interest on the money and time invested. One or-\\nchard, in 1892, brought its owner over one hundred dollars per acre, and several hundred bushels of the\\nluscious fruit were exported to Detroit. The attention of citizens interested in the agricidtural growth\\nof Alpena connty has been attracted for some years to the growth of ])liims. Hundreds of trees have\\nbeen ])lanted and are beginning to return a rich reward. So thoroughly have many of the citizens been\\nccnivinced in regard to tlie profitableness of pluin culture thiit arrangements were made in 1892 for hav-\\ning 20.(H)() pluni t7 ees sliipped to Al|)ena in lMt;5. to be planted at various parts of the county. In a few\\nyears .\\\\l[)eiia will su|)|ily the niaikets of many cities of the State with ])lums. In a few years more the\\ncrop of apples will more than supply the home market, and hundreds of bushels will be exported to the\\nui)])er j)eninsula of Micliigan. The wild fruit crop is al.so a very valuable one. It consists of huckle-\\nberries, cranberries, l)lackberries and i-aspberries. Every season thousands of bushels of such wild fruit\\nare ex|)oi ted t Detroit, and find n readv sale.\\n28", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "The experience of the last twenty years has proved that the soil of Alpena will produce as much\\ngrain to the acre as will any other part of Michigan. The standard and unfailing crops of farm produce\\ngrown are wheat, oats, barley, buckwheat, rye, garden corn, timothy, clover and peas. The soil is fertile,\\nand the climate is all that can be desired for the growth of .such products.", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "PEXA S J^ITURE.\\nIn the foregoing chapters have been i-elated some of Alpena s ad-\\nvantages, showing her historj what her citizens have done in the past,\\nwhat they are doing to-day, what her resources are, and the bright fu-\\nture there is in stoi e for her.\\nNature has done much for Alpena. She has Ijeen given the be.st\\n^^-^^S^^^^^ l^^iS harbor on the Great Lakes; her climate is an healthy one; the soil is\\n-.;n*^S^S^^:g i;^^-3%^rr- fruitful, and responds to the labors of the agriculturist with generous\\ncrops immen.se forests of hardwood and other timber yet await the ax of the woodsman the stone quar-\\nries are inexhaustible; the finest mineral spring in the wiuld is right in the heart of the city, encased in\\none of the most handsone and conveniently arranged bath houses in the country nearly all the modern\\nimprovements are found in the city: the schools are equal to the best in the land the finest palace\\nsteamers on t-he lakes land at her wharves; the mail, the i-ailroad, the telephone, gas and electric light\\nare at the call of hei- children: she is the metro[\u00c2\u00bboli-i of northern Michigan, without a rival, and the ener-\\ngy of her sons and daughters will m-uut-iin her in lii-i- pre-iant [iroud position.\\nThere is one thing mcire to be imted. because it possesses a gift to the future of inestimable value.\\nIt is her admir.ible water jiower [U-ivileges. The great moti^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e power of the future is electi icity. Steam,\\nas the ruling king, is so(m to be deposed, and its place taken by the yotmg giant, electricity. To gene-\\nrate the electrical power chea[)lv, it is necessary that water power be obtaintMl. That portimi of the\\n31", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "country tliat possesses good water ])o\\\\ver will l)ei oiue a gieat manufafturing feuter. The necessity of\\ncoal to makt! steam will no longer exist. AVater will be confined with dams, and liberated as needed to\\ncreate the electrical power, vvhicli can be transmitted for miles t)ver a slender wire, and made to turn the\\nwheels of mechanical industry.\\nThis vast natural advantage Aljiena has in abundance, and right adjacent to the city. The raj)itls\\nin Thunder Bay river, oidy one mile from the moutli. have already been harnessed and made to work for\\nman s benefit. A few miles further u| the river is another ra|)ids that can be used to store the giant\\npower. About seven miles from the city the river has already a second dam. This water power of\\nThunder Bay river, even as it now is, ccmld supply electrical power sufiieient to di-ive all the mills now in\\nAlpena, and leave an abundance of power for other purposes. The time is coming when this great agent\\nwill be harnessed and made to drive the mills and factories of Alpena.\\nWith all these great advantages, why should any sane person doubt the future prosperity of Alpena?\\nAre men fools that they will cast aside the jewels that nature has bo bountifully beshiwed, and run after\\nwill (T the wisi^ Not the slightest danger exists that the energetic scms and daughters of Alj)ena will do\\nsuch an insane act. They will continue on the path of prosperity, blazed out by their fathers, and when\\nthey resign in favor of their children, will leave an Alpena as much greater and better than it is now, as\\nAlpena of to-day exceeds the Alpena of thirty years age).", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "1\\n*^^i^^tf fi fffiliiifemrfi\\n^..^^i^ii^\\nWr^-\\n^^^^E?-l\\nM H -m t\\nP\u00c2\u00bb^^ UMUUUI\\n-1\\nMUfflrv i\\nfe R\\n;**^fJJ^\\n^^^^^HM\u00c2\u00a3:^r lyjl j^ji^\\n.--ss^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^^r^\\nTTT IM\\ni^^^mmm\\n^BK^^SmK^ jA\\n^^v\\nSIf^^*** it\\nl^^^^^tfMI^^^\\nALPENA THIKIY YEARS AGO.\\nRiy t\u00c2\u00bb*", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "V\\n-^--o^\\nA\\no V\\no V\\nb _A^ c\\no\\n^y^w.\\no.", "height": "1681", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "v..\\n-^U-n^\\n1^%^\\no V\\nr- Augustine c\u00c2\u00b0V\u00c2\u00ab, n^ o. 4* ^-o\\n008BS BROS\\n.IBRABV BlNDiKc\\nA.\\n\u00c2\u00b0o\\niOT^\\n4 o", "height": "1691", "width": "2411", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\nI i l lillllli ill Hi i.i 11 iii\\n016 097 647 0\u00c2\u00ab", "height": "1769", "width": "2514", "jp2-path": "souvenirofcityof00boul_0048.jp2"}}