Complete History
of
Alpena County
Michigan

Written by William Boulton
Price, Twenty-Five Cents

Entered according to Act of Congress, on the 2d day of June, 1876, by William Boulton, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

Alpena:
Argus Book and Job Rooms,
1876

CONTENTS

Introduction

Early History
First buildings - Saw-mills - Fire-water - County Organization - First Officers - Taxes

Alpena in 1858-60
City Wards - Business - School - Mail - Lumbering - Visiting ships - Name changed - First steam saw-mill - Population - Library

1864-65
Saw mills - Bridges - Military - Disappointed arrivals - Liquor - Diet - Medical

1866- 1870
New townships organized - Alcona county set off - Population increases - Social activities - Humor

1871-72
Alpena city incorporated - Newspapers - I.O.O.F. - Taxes - Temperance - Presque Isle set off - First Banks - Great Fire of 1872

[A work in progress....more to come!]