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- 1854 - Alpena county
Alpena, originally called Anamickee, a new county in the N. E. part of Michigan, bordering on Lake Huron and Thunder bay. The area is estimated at...Read MORE... - 1895 - Alpena
Alpena, a city, the capital of Alpena co., Mich, on Thunder Bay, at the mouth of Thunder Bay River, about 125 miles N. by E. from Saginaw City. It...Read MORE... 
Kimball Lumber Co. Mill
Fletcher Pulp and Paper Mill
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1902 - EXCURSION IS IN A WRECK. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE DETROIT & MACKINAW RAILROAD. ONE KILLED AND MANY HURT.
Others May Succumb to Their Injuries - Seven of the Passengers Are in Serious Condition - Tender of the Locomotive Jumps the Track, Engineer Applies...Read MORE...- 1903 - BAD WIND STORM FOLLOWED BY HAIL. SWEPT OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN LAST NIGHT AND WROUGHT MUCH DESTRUCTION. FARMER INSTANTLY KILLED DURING STORM.
Alpena, Mich., July 29. - A terrific wind and rain storm accompanied by hail, passed over Alpena county, last night, and wrought much destruction....Read MORE... 
New Depot, Alpena, Mich.
Postcard- 1916
Alpena, a city, the capital of Alpena co., Mich., on Thunder Bay, at the mouth of Thunder Bay River, and on the Detroit and Mackinac R., about 125...Read MORE... 
Richardson Dam, Alpena, Mich.
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Kimball Lumber Co. Mill
Fletcher Pulp and Paper Mill
Alpena, Michigan, USA
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New Depot, Alpena, Mich.
Alpena, Michigan, USA
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Richardson Dam, Alpena, Mich.
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1854 - Alpena county
Alpena, originally called Anamickee, a new county in the N. E. part of Michigan, bordering on Lake Huron and Thunder bay. The area is estimated at... Read MORE...
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1895 - Alpena
Alpena, a city, the capital of Alpena co., Mich, on Thunder Bay, at the mouth of Thunder Bay River, about 125 miles N. by E. from Saginaw City. It... Read MORE...
1902 - EXCURSION IS IN A WRECK. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE DETROIT & MACKINAW RAILROAD. ONE KILLED AND MANY HURT.
Others May Succumb to Their Injuries - Seven of the Passengers Are in Serious Condition - Tender of the Locomotive Jumps the Track, Engineer Applies... Read MORE...
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1903 - BAD WIND STORM FOLLOWED BY HAIL. SWEPT OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN LAST NIGHT AND WROUGHT MUCH DESTRUCTION. FARMER INSTANTLY KILLED DURING STORM.
Alpena, Mich., July 29. - A terrific wind and rain storm accompanied by hail, passed over Alpena county, last night, and wrought much destruction.... Read MORE...
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1916
Alpena, a city, the capital of Alpena co., Mich., on Thunder Bay, at the mouth of Thunder Bay River, and on the Detroit and Mackinac R., about 125... Read MORE...
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