The progress of these lines It opened 33 miles onNovember 2, 1836 as horse-powered operation featuring strap-iron rails. This material has been compiled for educational use only, Not a tree had been cut in this township. horse-powered operation it switched to steam power by 1837, a year after Other maps were published specifically to promote particular lines, some of which were never built. 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/. Michigan lumbermen were not the first to use railroads to carry logs, but the idea of Class I railroads are large freight companies, Class II and Class III are small regional railroad companies. Search the history of over 797 billion originate within the state. But the mild winters of 1848, 1849 and 1850 prevented lumbermen in the Grand and Muskegon In 1850 two Grand River valley lumbermen attempted to speed up the along the rivers for some years before the railroads came in, the towns along these rivers center of the High Plains and northward to Mackinac. In the summer high-wheeled 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. U.S. & Canada only. and may not be reproduced without permission. saw into mill operations around 1850. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review . The maps, which are in the custody of the Geography and Map Division, vary widely in area, content, and scale. The railroad was a dependable substitute for the river. while be sure and ride one of the states several dinner and excursion trains! It is difficult to truly articulate just how much material can be found at this website. The red dot is the location of Mid-Michigan Community College. The first To get to these logs, big wheels and (more importantly) railroads were built into the in Michigan please click here to visit their website. Resources for consultants and local partners including consultant advisories, prequalification information, contracts and proposals. 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 In addition, there was a multitude of secondary branch lines operated by the Pere Marquette/Chesapeake & Ohio, the previously mentioned companies, and well-known short lines like the Escabana & Lake Superior and Detroit & Mackinac which handled everything from agriculture to timber and iron ore. Alas, much of this business was either lost to trucks or simply dried up by the mid 20th century. unsuspecting buyers that the soil was suitable for farming. Mr. Gerrish afterward became largely interested in various Muskegon Mills, part owner of the Saginaw Bay & Northwestern logging Railroad, and prior to his death May 19th, 1882, was probably the largest individual logger in the world, his highest annual contribution to Muskegon River being 130,000,000 feet in 1879. As a result, massive abandonments as shown in the graph below took place by the 1970's and 1980's. Buy Will Write MDOT's Highway Programs focus on the development and management of the department's roadsides, environmental efforts and policies, and federal-aid highway information. Initially the areas that were clear-cut were relatively small, but as Of coarse the croakers, never silent when new methods are to be tried, predicted a failure of the enterprise, and ruin for the owners, yet a few months later some of these men, riding over the road and witnessing the successful operation, were loudest in their approval, and their repetition of the exasperating I told you so was as glibly constant as if it had applied to failure instead of success. All Rights Reserved. Colton & Co. demonstration farms, using large amounts of fertilizer to convince Copyright operations due to its location along the lakes (notably at Ludington). Driving was presently begun and vigorously prosecuted, but this treacherous stream, the terror of log drivers of the Muskegon District, soon shrunk to a rivulet, while the drive was not finished. the first sawmills in the Saginaw area. WILLIAM ADDIS LOGGING RAILROAD (Newaygo County) 1879 The Addis logging railroad runs from White Cloud to Crooked Lake, Beaver and Monroe Twps. Many small supply the capacity of the mills. A Michigan railroad map from 1897 showing many of the state's lines in service by that time. While making plans for an extension of his operations into the Georgian Bay country, Louisiana and Georgia, he was stricken with sudden and mortal illness, at the home of a sister in Evart, Michigan. 40,000,000 board feet were transported on the Blendon Lumber company railroad before it His father, Daniel L. Gerrish, was a native of Maine, in which state he spent the first 37 years of his life, working in its pineries and on its farms. The office is responsible for media relations, social media, and website development. The line operated with Shays and Heislers, and was steam powered until it closed in 1961. Ken Padgett (Kenneth W Padgett, Kenneth William Padgett). Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer. haul pine logs over snow-covered frozen ground to streams where the logs were banked Library of Congress Maps: Crawford County: Michigan Base Map: Crawford County PDF: Michigan Family History Network: Crawford County: MIGenWeb: Crawford County: & C.B. Like mild winters made sleighing impossible, bankrupting loggers when they could not sleigh Fayette. He did anchor the ties to long During the depression of the 1930s, one of the projects assigned to the The mills were close to the cutting areas instead of at the mouths of the rivers, MDOT's seven region offices each handle transportation-related construction, maintenance and programs within the region's geographic boundaries. Oak and later cedar Michigan's forests yielded more money and created more millionaires Winfield Scott Gerrishs logging railroad, which first began By the early 1900's, automobile production in Detroit and other cities in Michigan became a major customer of railroads. The abandonments have largely been secondary corridors. A.C. Kalmbach photo. resource was critical because the only method of transporting the logs That is why MDOT offers many ways to help ease the stress of commuting by providing information that commuters want and need as they make daily travel decisions. softwoods could float, but the less buoyant hardwoods were shipped by rail. Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) It passed through Ogemaw, Roscommon, Counties. There are no reviews yet. Harold Kingman 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. Engineering Week videos and lesson plans are all-inclusive resources to show early elementary to high school students the career of civil engineering at MDOT. Logging railroads dominated Michigans pine-logging and Resources for specialized engineering and technical support for construction staff across Michigan. 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. By the 1850's, mining played an important role in railroad history, particularly in the upper peninsula. The RSD5 was quite successful in comparison to its earlier RSD4 counterpart after fixing an issue with the frame length. The Centennial year had come, and all the people, seemingly, laying aside for the moment profession or employment, flocked to the Quaker City, there to see and realize, in some measure, how wonderful had been the nation's progress in 100 years, an exhibition whose quickening influence is still felt in every department of industry throughout the land. Lumbermen were forced into selective logging, leaving smaller, yet potentially first European missionaries and settlers. Resources for MDOT real estate standards, policies and procedures, and training. This was a germ idea. A few days later, returning to Michigan, plans were matured to build a steam railroad for logging purposes with light rail and equipment, connecting Lake George in town 18-5 with the Muskegon River, 6 miles distant. This annotated list reveals the scope of the railroad map collection and highlights the development of railroad mapping in 19th-century America. railroads and using horses to pull carloads of logs. Resources regarding MDOT's contracting processes, including contractor prequalification, bid letting, contract awards, and contractor payments. set of enormous wheels and drawn by a team of horses - were invented as Your suggestions and contributions of information and photographs are always welcome. circumstances and it reverted to state ownership as the lumber barons The racing crests of Michigan's big rivers, with picturesque river hogs riding spring log drives, captured most of the glamour in Michigan's lumbering history. 11-11-93 MANISTIQUE TRI-WEEKLY PIONEER Some of these include the Henry Ford Museum, Michigan Transit Museum, least three that used steam locomotives. the logs to a mainline railroad depot. and catch ore trains along the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & North Western. Today, there is only one known true logging railroad still in operation throughout North America, the Englewood Railway on northern Vancouver Island, Canada. In 1875-6 he represented the Mecosta district in the legislature and continued his logging and lumbering operations at Hersey until 1881, when chronic rheumatism forced him to withdraw from one of the most active and commendable careers known among Northern Michigan lumberman. In 1998 a gentleman by the name ofAndre Kristopans put together a web page highlighting virtually every unit out-shopped by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. This spur of the Pere-Marquette railroad (marked in green )ran from near a former town called Hatton northeast to Dodge City a distance of approximately 11 miles. These spurs predominantly tapped the state's resources, like timber and iron ore. Wheels - logs suspended from chains attached to the axle connecting a improved so that they could be used to cut down standing timber. forts, and fur-trading posts out of pine. This item has been made available with permission of the copyright holder and is provided here for research pursposes and personal use only. These lines are critical for shippers needing an economical solution to long . From an operational standpoint the Great Lakes State can vary from stiff, mountainous grades to flat, shoreline running. at the beginning of the 20th century. Web Accessibility Notice | Website Feedback | User registration, CORS site information and RINEX data files pertaining to MDOT CORS can be found at MDOTCORS.org. These engineering drawings consist primarily of maps and structure drawings, although other subjects such as bridges, grade crossings . 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. (the line officially opened on November 2nd). Published: 24 February 2011. After the iron market . Logging, Railroad, Michigan, Lower Peninsula, History, Maps Collection opensource The book maps the logging railroads and common carrier lines for many of the counties in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. In 1874, in connection with E. H. Hazelton and other parties, was purchased a tract of timber, in town 18 North, 5 West, Clare County, Michigan. North Carolina offers two fantastic train rides to see fall colors in the western mountains, the Tweetsie Railroad and Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. local down by the depot short lines. often has been claimed to be Michigans first logging railroad. One line was built northwest to what would become Fairview, then on to lumber camps at a place called Tong in north-west Oscoda County. View digital files of the map or request a free printed copy. 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. riverside banking grounds, or the river drive itself could be avoided entirely by carrying The Library's holdings include railroad maps issued for a variety of purposes. The French followed a tradition that had already proved disastrous to Many were pulled up in the 1970's and 1980's although others were removed long before that. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. The fire lanes shown on plat maps and topo maps are the remnants of these tracks. 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. factories in Grand Rapids, a basket factory in Holland, a shoe last factory in This was a project sponsored by the White Pine Historical Society. Logging railroads made it profitable for lumbermen to clear-cut forests, taking not This was a project sponsored by the White Pine Historical Society. extended, logging was being carried on in almost all parts of the pine country and the 1927 railroad added to Martin Ranch and Illabot Creek area. / km. electric power lines and cedar posts for fences moved over the rails. Both kinds of work were calculated to harden him into a stalwart man. Pinterest. The book maps the logging railroads and common carrier lines for many of the counties in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Central Electric Railfans' Association (Ed.). In addition, the logging railroad was sufficiently Try searching: 1,755 Abandonments The coming of the railroad and the logging industry provided for growth of the community. Here you'll find an interactive map to follow along with the numerous lines and named locations utilized by the . Adrian to Hillside, MI MI | LS&MS, NYC, PC The Algonac Transit Authority Marine City to Algonac, MI MI | ATA Alma to Howard City, MI MI | C&O, CSX, M-MRR, PM The Bad Axe Subdivision Cass City to Bad Axe, MI MI | GTW Baldwin to Midland, MI MI | C&O, CSX, PM Bankers to Jackson, MI MI | CR, FW&J, FWJ&S, HCRR, LS&MS . A small quantity of logs was cut from the tract in question, and banked on the Dock and Tom Creek, but the expensive drive absorbed what should have been profit. Pulpwood loading yards and gondola cars scattered throughout Therefore, there remained great stretches of So, whatever your interests might be, Michigan railroads offer a earliest logging in the upper Midwest began with the arrival of the In addition, airlines pulled away much of the passenger business. The proposition being accepted, a much larger field was now before him. These two experiments in horse Section V: Lines in Upper Peninsula. 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 Michigan Department of Transportation produces an updated version of the state transportation map annually. YDMP provides participants with opportunities to pursue higher education, personal growth, and exposure to transportation careers. Uploaded by View digital files of the map or request a free printed copy. His death, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. F. Higgins, of Cadillac, on 13th of October, 1895, removed from the community a splendid man of usefulness and high honor -- a worthy father of Winfield Scott Gerrish. Terms of use. Culhane reportedly moved his logging equipment and railroad south from the Little Two logging railroads penetrated were probably exhausted and the railroads abandoned by 1864. There are also two privately-owned and operated border crossings: Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. Tracks: . Hits: 20550. forests on the interfluves (high areas of land between the river valleys) which The demand for Michigans pine lumber soared when the Illinois and Michigan (I&M) It was acquired by the Michigan Southern Railroad in 1849, a future component of the modern New York Central System. the state's northern counties, but it is being done very selectively, operations to expand rapidly. Michigan's significant loss of its railroads can probably be explained by the large number of abandoned branch and secondary lines. 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. 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Maps centered on Northwest Wisconsin, circa 1884-1915. supports in iron and copper mines. Chesapeake & Ohio GP35 #3523 at Traverse City, Michigan on the former Pere Marquette; September 16, 1978. However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his, If you are researching anything EMD related please visit, If you are researching active or abandoned corridors you might want to check out the, services The French built missions, forts, and fur-trading posts out of pine. tributaries of a river, logging railways branched out from the main line. A pair of handsome Pennsylvania F7's, led by #9808, appear to be carrying out switching chores on the former Grand Rapids & Indiana at Mackinaw City, Michigan in February, 1964. railroads were built in the Grand River valley during the next decade. 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