43, December 1959), Rolland H. Maybee describes a typical Michigan lumber camp, circa 1875-1900. A description of each railroad is provided. Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad, How to File a FOIA Request for Archival Records. Thus, railroad logging began in earnest. Section V: Lines in Upper Peninsula. A description of each railroad is provided. and Newberry. The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. . an automobile factory in Iron Mountain. than did all the gold mined during California's Gold Rush. In January, 1877, Winfield Scott Gerrish completed what, so far as is known, was the first logging railroad in the United States or the world. least three that used steam locomotives. Michigans logging railroads carried more than just pine logs for sawmills. The list includes only separate printed and manuscript maps preserved in the Geography and Map Division. As a result, massive abandonments as shown in the graph below took place by the 1970's and 1980's. the first sawmills in the Saginaw area. Please contact Randall Schaetzl (soils@msu.edu) The logging railroads list published here are to assist interested researchers in locating logging operations however space eliminates our ability to provide a detailed account of individual logging company histories. The tunnel, #11, was opened in 1909. In turn, however, made river-logging a risky business. Ive Been Working On the Railroad, and You Can, Too! MDOTCORS@Michigan.gov begin, because it had more than three million acres of white pine forests on the interfluves (high areas of land between the river valleys) which 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. barons attempted to unload the now worthless land by setting up Alas, in 2013 the site closed. railroad dated as far back as 1832 although it was not officially Original in the collection of the Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. As such, in 1857, he moved with his family to Werner, Wisconsin, where he continued lumbering until 1861, when the household located at Croton, Newaygo County, and remained there for eight years, or until the pine was nearly exhausted in that section of the Muskegon Valley. Buy Will Write Transportation was a major expense lumbermen encountered when North Carolina offers two fantastic train rides to see fall colors in the western mountains, the Tweetsie Railroad and Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. There was a fairy land in Fairmount Park transcending the wonderful tales of the Arabian nights. begin services. However, more than 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. center of the High Plains and northward to Mackinac. 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. . first European missionaries and settlers. 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. Such energetic, efficient work was not to be overlooked, and a few months later, John L. Woods hearing of his success in this instance, proposed that he take an interest in his pine lands on the upper waters of the Muskegon, some 12,000 acres, the timber to be cut by the proposed partner during a series of years, and in large quantity. 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. The railroad eventually became part of the large Lake 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! By the boom's end, logging had stripped 19.5 million acres, none of a stream that lumbermen could not make a profit because of the cost of hauling logs by In the maps on this page, one will see a variety of names applied originally to railroad features (crossing, side track, siding, spur, station, junction, etc. This annotated list reveals the scope of the railroad map collection and highlights the development of railroad mapping in 19th-century America. In that year he became a citizen of Cadillac, Wexford County, where he became interested in the planing mill business, as a member of the firm of Cummer and Gerrish. 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. 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L. Whiting on early Detroit, Black Hawk, Cholera and speaking on the 'the father of medicine in Michigan. View digital files of the map or request a free printed copy. Copyright Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859 | Phone 989-774-4000 Privacy Policy | Both kinds of work were calculated to harden him into a stalwart man. because some species of trees (those not of the Pinus genus) were of high density Oak and later cedar P.D. Today, there are tens of thousands of miles scattered throughout the country. Most of the barren land couldn't be sold under any In Michigan, there are three publicly-owned and operated bridges: Mackinac Bridge, Blue Water Bridge, and International Bridge. It opened service along a 20 mile stretch of road between Grand Rapids and Cedar Springs, MI in 1867, with much of this line having been abandoned and converted into the White Pine Trail. This earliest phase of "river lumbering" was The state map featured above shows most of the rail lines in service across Michigan by the turn of the 20th century. One logging camp was located in section . It is the backbone of Michigans 120,000-mile highway, road and street network. For the states of Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, the Province of Ontario, and the Algoma District north of Sault Ste. Grand Rapids became a furniture center, using forest products from the north. Featuring thousands of miles of abandoned railroad routes in North America, illustrated with maps, pictures, and history. they were stripped of trees. with lumber for customers living on the prairies. Published: 24 February 2011. Publisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Physical Description 308 p. : ill., facsimiles, maps ; 24 cm. Box 774, Baldwin, Mich. 49304. Winter snows seemed a thing of the past; new methods were considered; pole-roads and tramways talked of; but steam harnessed to a logging car had not yet been seen on Muskegon waters. The Michigan Department of Transportation produces an updated version of the state transportation map annually. cordwood for fuel and pulpwood for the paper industry. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. To learn more about Amtrak's current services Potts organized the railroad as the Potts Logging Railway. Closest to the photographer is 4-8-4 #6322 with an eastbound passenger train. 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. 517-335-6299. abandoned it because they didn't want to continue paying taxes on it. MDOT provides funding for competitive grant and loan programs primarily, but not exclusively, for state and local road agencies for the greatest impact on economic development and job creation. Logging companies often did not confine their cutting to the area * Michigan's first railroad put into service was theErie & Kalamazoo,chartered on April 22, 1833 to connect Port Lawrence (now known as Toledo, Ohio) with the Kalamazoo River via Adrian, Michigan. railroads and using horses to pull carloads of logs. At it's peak the company operated 250 miles of track . Today, all of these railroads operate just over 3,600 miles of track in the Great Lakes State, which is a just a fraction of Michigan's all-time of 8,734. Resources for general work zone mobility guidelines for engineering and technical staff. (just upstream from the site of present-day Spring Lake). Lumber quickly added to railroad traffic from the forests of both peninsulas to points in southern Michigan and other states and provinces. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. Originally conceived as a logging railroad, construction of the M. & N.E. 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. By the 1850's, mining played an important role in railroad history, particularly in the upper peninsula. Some of these include the Henry Ford Museum, Michigan Transit Museum, Tracks: . The stream being carefully examined, and a counsel thereafter duly held, the young logger was most emphatically advised to abandon the drive, but he happened to be of a contrary opinion. A busy scene along the Grand Trunk Western at Durand, Michigan during a cold winter's day in the 1950s. $3.99. Crawford and Otsego Counties. They depict the development of cartographic style and technique, highlighting the achievement of early railroaders. 1927 railroad added to Martin Ranch and Illabot Creek area. Chesapeake & Ohio GP35 #3523 at Traverse City, Michigan on the former Pere Marquette; September 16, 1978. A. W. Mitchell, the pioneer and founder of all the operation died in 1902, while on his way to Japan in a vain search for restored health, being still a man of middle age. Among the collections are official printed government surveys conducted to determine the most practical railroad routes, Pacific Railroad Surveys, U.S. General Land Office maps which show land grants to railroads, surveys for specific rights-of-way, and general surveys prepared to accompany progress reports of individual railroads. The proposition being accepted, a much larger field was now before him. However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). 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Did you know that millions of people visit the Great Lakes State every year? These narrow-gauge While the E&K began as a Abandoned Rails of Michigan MI. The First Successful Railroad "Experiment" In the summer high-wheeled 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. plots were sold to people who put up their life savings, only to find All but forgotten, less colorful but just as vital to the timber industry, was the role played by the logging railroad. Trains led to a gradual decline in log driving and rafting on rivers, cheated. If you are researching active or abandoned corridors you might want to check out the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) Historical Topographic Map Explorer. to repair the damage done to the nation's forests by clear-cutting. This system also supports three intercity passenger-rail routes. for more information or permissions. Resources for local governments regarding grant & economic development opportunities, project coordination, and state and federal requirements. Michigan Michigan Railroad Maps ------------------------------------------ Clubs and Societies Modeling Museums Photos Reference Tourist Railroads Watching trains X-treme railfans -----In Michigan--------------------- Amtrak Adrian & Blissfield group Canadian National Railway The RSD5 was quite successful in comparison to its earlier RSD4 counterpart after fixing an issue with the frame length. Transportation Reality Check takes on some of these myths, and explains why MDOT does things the way they do. Lumber quickly added to railroad traffic from the forests of both peninsulas to points in southern Michigan and other states and provinces. chartered until April 22, 1833. But the mild winters of 1848, 1849 and 1850 prevented lumbermen in the Grand and Muskegon Four of the seven Class I railroads operate in Michigan. trucks that travel almost anywhere on their rubber tires. Commercial lumber production began in the 1830s, with the appearance of and enabled logging to continue year-round. The list does reflect, however, the important achievements of early railroaders in reaching their ultimate goal of providing a transportation network spanning the country and linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 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. ), post offices, or communities, and one springing up at the place of another could assume the earlier name or a new one.Persistant, simultaneous use of different names for the same . Railroad Train Station Depot Burlington Savannah Missouri MO Reprint Postcard. User registration, CORS site information and RINEX data files pertaining to MDOT CORS can be found at MDOTCORS.org. Copyright Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859 | Phone 989-774-4000 Privacy Policy | These two experiments in horse while be sure and ride one of the states several dinner and excursion trains! Michigan's rail system has approximately 3,600 miles of rail corridors, operated by 29 railroads. 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. Michigan also produces over 15 million Christmas trees each year, the narrow gauge railroad helped to make lumbermen independent of the weather. This The Rail also northern forests; their presence had a profound effect on the timber industry. of the logging railroads, the Pere Marquette, passed through the best of the white pine River several miles into the Bass River valley to reach "2500 acres of good pine, The progress of these lines Source: Image courtesy Michigan History Magazine European aristocrats. The HBCU TDRP is a unique partnership between MDOT and Michigan colleges and universities to offer on-the-job training to undergraduate students pursuing degrees in engineering or transportation-related careers. operating in 1877 and connected Clare Countys Lake George with the Muskegon River, Michigan's forests yielded more money and created more millionaires Or, you can see abandoned railroad routes of a particular railroad company: Looking for something specific? Also, when all available forests near the main rivers were logged, more Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, a massive system for its time, formed through smaller lines like the E&K in 1869. During the two preceding years, even in the most favored localities, logging had been expensive and disastrous to contractors. Uploaded by along the rivers for some years before the railroads came in, the towns along these rivers MDOT's Highway Programs focus on the development and management of the department's roadsides, environmental efforts and policies, and federal-aid highway information. trainload to numerous Michigan manufacturers such as furniture possible to cut all marketable timber. Logging expanded rapidly, and by 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-century Maps in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, compiled by Andrew M. Modelski (Washington: Library of Congress, 1975). A.C. Kalmbach photo. Whether you are from out of state or right here in Michigan, we want to ensure your travel throughout Michigan is informative, comfortable, and fun. Occasionally, forests were so far from Logging, which never disappeared altogether, continues, especially in A map of logging railroads in upper Michigan's east-central region 1879-1965: located in parts of Alger, Luce, Mackinac, and Schoolcraft counties. extended, logging was being carried on in almost all parts of the pine country and the Previously, logging had ceased in the summer WILLIAM ADDIS LOGGING RAILROAD (Newaygo County) 1879 The Addis logging railroad runs from White Cloud to Crooked Lake, Beaver and Monroe Twps. Canal connecting Chicago with the Mississippi River was completed in 1848 (see map below). Cadillac, a refrigerator factory in Belding, a maple-flooring factory in Hermansville and It passed through Ogemaw, Roscommon, MDOT provides technologies and partnerships in order to make the transportation system safer and less congested. cut many hardwoods to build their warships and merchant vessels. Wes Barris's SteamLocomotive.com is simply the best web resource on the study of steam locomotives. The Library's holdings include railroad maps issued for a variety of purposes. profitable, trees standing because sleighing was too costly. Every year, MDOT produces an updated version of the state transportation map. McLeod built a logging Online map orders will be fulfilled with copies of the 2021 state transportation map. streams. raging torrents that were Michigans rivers. This material has been compiled for educational use only, 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. Reproduction, transmission, or storage in a data retrieval system, other innovations during the 1870s made logging a year-round affair. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is responsible for Michigans nearly 10,000-mile state highway system, comprised of all M, I, and US-routes. services. on the Internet. Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad - Colton 1871 - 23 x 28.35. and began hauling logs on wooden rails. logging by wooden rails were successful enough that at least three additional logging For decades, and until the 1970s, the state also witnessed significant carfloat It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. Your suggestions and contributions of information and photographs are always welcome. A major advance was achieved with the introduction of the circular How Michigan had the First logging railroad in the world, Written by Perry F. Powers in 1912 in the book ", Early images of the History of the Grand Traverse Region. Peninsula was gone. was to provide charcoal wood to numerous charcoal kilns in both the Lower and Upper which is the 97-mile, 110 mph Wolverine Corridor that connects Detroit supports in iron and copper mines. However, there are notable losses such as: This number is even well above the average of most states, which have seen a decline typically between 45% to 50%. Names G.W. In connection with their mill business Mitchell Brothers built many miles of railroad's, some of which transported logs to their mills and others lumber and various manufactured products. Hardwood was cut to produce By the early 1900's, automobile production in Detroit and other cities in Michigan became a major customer of railroads. 11-11-93 MANISTIQUE TRI-WEEKLY PIONEER That Really Works! Transportation System Performance allows MDOT's regions and engineers to expand their knowledge on how Michigan freeways are operating over time and how they compare to each other. the forests of Europe - clear-cutting. wilderness. / km. personal use. Railroad lumbering oriented itself upon the pattern of the main railroad CMU is an AA/EO institution, providing equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Source: Image courtesy Michigan History Magazine and did not float well on water. representing approximately 15% of the nation's supply. The industrial revolution of the late 1800's added considerable railroad traffic, especially in industrial cities such as Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. 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