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Welcome
Welcome to
the ALHN site for Alpena County in Michigan! We are obviously under
construction, but we're busy trying to get everything organized and
updated. In the meantime, if you have any requests, or suggestions, go
to the "Contact Us" link and send us an email. Keep checking
back often as we will continue to add new items. Please let us
know at any time what you think!
Myra Herron, Site
Coordinator
Scott Grinder,
Administrator/Webmaster
Alpena is another county named by Henry R. Schoolcraft
combining "al" with "pinai" meaning "the partridge". The Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians lived in this area when the earliest settlers arrived
in the early 1830's. Alpena became a lumbering center with vast timber
stands and many rivers. Small burial mounds have been found on the banks
of the Thunder Bay and Devil Rivers. and the oldest artifacts in the
area are copper and stone tools dating to 1500BC. There are 80
shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay Underwater Preserve and it is a popular
scuba diving area.
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County Seat :
Alpena
Formed:
1840
Organized: 1857
Size: 565 sq. miles
Population:
30605 in 1990
28961 in 1890 |
Townships:
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Alpena |
Green |
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Long Rapids |
Maple Ridge |
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Ossineke |
Sanborn |
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Wellington |
Wilson |
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