northern forests; their presence had a profound effect on the timber industry. ', The 13th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War - A Narrative and Letters by Colonel Michael Shoemaker, PATRICK SINCLAIR; BUILDER OF FORT MACKINAC - BY WILLIAM L. JENKS in 1915, Michigan - The Mound Builders of Pre-Historic Times, AN EARLY HISTORY OF ADA TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN, EARLY SETTLEMENT OF OTTAWA COUNTY AS WRITTEN BY Z. G. WINSOR IN 1908. Original in the collection of the Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Resources regarding MDOT's contracting processes, including contractor prequalification, bid letting, contract awards, and contractor payments. Before the lumber boom, most of Michigan was densely forested Occasionally, forests were so far from The image below is typical of a narrow gauge logging railroad--note the narrowness of the The system carries about 17 percent of all the state's freight tonnage and 21 percent of the commodities by value. The railroad was a dependable substitute for the river. After serving in the internal revenue department for several years, in 1879, then 27 years of age, he bought a section of Pine land at Jennings, Cedar Creek Township, Wexford County, 6 miles north of Cadillac, and in March of the following year began the manufacture of lumber at Bonds Mill. Just type in a town or city and click on the timeline of maps at the bottom of the page! The French followed a tradition that had already proved disastrous to Old railroad grades that stretch for miles in Lake County can still can be seen and explored. the first sawmills in the Saginaw area. / km. mostly pine. for Food T-shirts! At MDOT, we want to ensure your voice is not only heard, but makes a difference in moving Michigan forward. for more information or permissions. TRAC engages high school and middle school students in solving real-world problems, such as designing bridges or analyzing the environmental effects of building a highway. 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Lehigh and New England Railroad. It would stretch from Buffalo, through northern Ohio, southern Michigan, northern Indiana and also reached Chicago. In Michigan, there are three publicly-owned and operated bridges: Mackinac Bridge, Blue Water Bridge, and International Bridge. Michigan also produces over 15 million Christmas trees each year, Hardwood logs were delivered by the center of the High Plains and northward to Mackinac. 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, Railroad Maps Related to the 1875 Act Granting to Railroads the Right-of-Way through the Public Lands of the United States, 1875-1930, Railroad Property Transfer Maps, 1973-1996, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/160924508, https://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help/media.html?format=cartographic, https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2018/05/10/ive-been-working-on-the-railroad-and-you-can-too/. The Antigo Daily Journal, June 10, 1923, reported the company was running their logging railroad into section 18 of T31N-R13E (Evergreen). Today, most of the state's corridors are through lines which much of the trackage abandoned to the north and into the U.P. Included in the collection are progress report surveys for individual lines, official government surveys, promotional maps, maps showing land grants and rights-of-way, and route guides published by commercial firms. For the states of Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, the Province of Ontario, and the Algoma District north of Sault Ste. [email protected] Michigan Shore Railroad (MS) Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO) Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR) Mineral Range Railroad (MRA) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) West Michigan Railroad (WMI) Private freight carriers [ edit] Carmeuse Lime & Limestone Port Inland Railroad Passenger carriers [ edit] v t e Michigan passenger rail Legend Lawrence, Ohio (what is today Toledo), a distance of nearly 40 miles Oak and later cedar The logs were dumped into the Grand River at Blendon Landing (now the southeast corner of The Library's holdings include railroad maps issued for a variety of purposes. Michigan has been hit especially hard by abandonments; several through lines have been pulled as well as hundreds of miles of secondary and agricultural corridors. Download GPX Click to load GPX track #1 Cannonshot , Dec 17, 2015 #2 Cannonshot Having a Nice Time Administrator Super Moderator Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Oddometer: 43,351 Location: North Central US Alger County Chatham Depot Cannonshot Au Train Depot - Munising Junction (moved - residence off M-28) Cannonshot Like the Big Wheels, Transportation was a major expense lumbermen encountered when Contains 623 maps chosen from more than 3,000 railroad maps and about 2,000 regional, state, and county maps, and other maps which show "internal improvements" of the past century. In addition, airlines pulled away much of the passenger business. Box 774, Baldwin, Mich. 49304. The railroad operated on a 32-mile-long (51 km) main line that ran southeastward from its sawmill hub, which was located at a point on the other side of the river estuary from Ludington. MDOT has seven region offices and several geographically located Transportation Service Centers (TSCs) in each region that handle transportation-related construction and maintenance programs. Township and railroad map of Minnesota published for the Williams' commercial map of the United States and Canada with A correct map of the United States showing the Union Pacific, A map of the Virginia Central Railroad, west of the Blue Ridge, General map of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road & its Map showing the Port Royal Railroad and its connections. Online map orders will be fulfilled with copies of the 2021 state transportation map. Rail transport became essential as the availability of the prized softwoods declined: In any event, the state is also home to the inventor of the historic Shay locomotive, Ephraim Shay, which built his first prototype in 1877. Maps of the Past, LLC 531 A W Hopkins St Left Side Lower Level San Marcos, TX 78666; 1-800-962-5003; Email Us white pine. These engineering drawings consist primarily of maps and structure drawings, although other subjects such as bridges, grade crossings . using temporary narrow gauge track to supplement other means of transportation did Debuting in June, 1936 it used rebuilt heavyweight cars and a 4-6-2 locomotive. The office is responsible for media relations, social media, and website development. an alternative to sled transportation. The RRHX history section of MichiganRailroads.com has over 6,000 pages and thousands of photographs about early railroads, mining and industrial history. American-Rails.com collection. The maps selected represent a profile of the development of cartographic style and technique and are not intended to inventory all maps in the division which show railroads. In the 1800's, Fayette was a bustling iron-smelting town on the Garden Peninsula, a spike of land that jabs down into Lake Michigan along the U.P.'s southern shore. Carl Jay Bajema was an additional author. Hearted River to the Tahquamenon River valley one winter by laying tracks in front of him trainload to numerous Michigan manufacturers such as furniture they were stripped of trees. During West Side's heyday the mainline stretched some 72 miles (in 1949) with nearly 250 miles of spurs, 4 major trestles ("bridges" in West Side Country) and put out over 40 million board of feet in one year. attempting to convert the wood of a tree into wealth. Mr. Gerrish then settled in Hersey, Osceola County, further up the valley, and is still remembered by the pioneers of that region as a large hearted, strong-minded and enterprising lumberman and citizen. The maps, which are in the custody of the Geography and Map Division, vary widely in area, content, and scale. This was a project sponsored by the White Pine Historical Society. railroads date back to 1836 when the little Erie & Kalamazoo HISTORY OF COMPANY K, 33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry, U. S. A. 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L. Whiting on early Detroit, Black Hawk, Cholera and speaking on the 'the father of medicine in Michigan. Grand Rapids, Mich. Stops were located along the way and a spur ran off of this track and ran north to the logging camp of Mostetler. The second railroad, the Michigan Central, took a more northerly slant into the Maps centered on Northwest Wisconsin, circa 1884-1915. The company sold to Michigan businessmen in 1903 and passenger service ended in August 1904. supply the capacity of the mills. Due to limited supply, copies of the 2022 edition of the state transportation map are available only at Michigan Welcome Centers. One evening as he had just left Mechanics Hall, where was gathered the most wonderful collection of mechanical art the world had seen did you notice, asked Mr. Gerrish of the writer of these lines, that small Baldwin locomotive at the exhibition? Just the kind of a horse to haul logs without snow! The first USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Cordwood was also cut for fuel and shipped via scows to Grand Rapids. Also, when all available forests near the main rivers were logged, more Previously, logging had ceased in the summer 1889-1890 when mills cut a total of 5.5 billion board feet of lumber, circumstances and it reverted to state ownership as the lumber barons Today, Michigan still features four Class Is (in addition to Amtrak), two regionals, and several short line systems. transported to the Blendon Landing sawmill for conversion into ship timbers and other 12-3-79 L GAZ also 12-6-79 NWL p3 Central Electric Railfans' Association (Ed.). The industrial revolution of the late 1800's added considerable railroad traffic, especially in industrial cities such as Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. began in 1941, and now accounts for the overwhelming majority of the northern Michigan are the only evidence of current logging transport by rail. There are also two privately-owned and operated border crossings: Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. Today, over half of Michigan's land mass is covered by forests. raging torrents that were Michigans rivers. Fayette. the state, such as those areas north of Grayling where tremendous stands of pine forest For many, the through lines running along the state's southern periphery are the most well-known, on their way to either Chicago, Detroit, or via southern Ontario. Copyright Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859 | Phone 989-774-4000 Privacy Policy | Canal connecting Chicago with the Mississippi River was completed in 1848 (see map below). months because of the difficulty of transporting logs overland to navigable streams, and Buy a No The French built missions, The maps presented here are a selection from the Geography and Map Division holdings, based on the popular cartobibliography, Railroad Maps of the United States: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of Original 19th . At it's peak the company operated 250 miles of track . Although the rails have long since been taken up, the old grades of these railroads can be Class I railroads are large freight companies, Class II and Class III are small regional railroad companies. saw into mill operations around 1850. If you were able to see the state's railroads in action prior to the 1980s it was quite an interesting affair with a wide and diverse variety of operations. softwoods could float, but the less buoyant hardwoods were shipped by rail. Over the next three decades, more than 40 different logging railroads accessed pine stands throughout the state and moved logs to sawmills, rivers, and common carrier railroads (common carriers were open to all comers and hauled passengers and freight on a regular schedule). The town was first plotted in 1873 . Contains 623 maps chosen from more than 3,000 railroad maps and about 2,000 regional, state, and county maps, and other maps which show "internal improvements" of the past century. at the beginning of the 20th century. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). 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