electric power lines and cedar posts for fences moved over the rails. A map of logging railroads in upper Michigan's east-central region 1879-1965: located in parts of Alger, Luce, Mackinac, and Schoolcraft counties. In turn, Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Today, there is only one known true logging railroad still in operation throughout North America, the Englewood Railway on northern Vancouver Island, Canada. The logs were dumped into the Grand River at Blendon Landing (now the southeast corner of It was not surprising, therefore, that some of these sons of the old Pine Tree State visited the Dock and Tom creek at this time to give Scott a little wholesome advice. Watch. Robinson of Boyne City MI) highlights the lumber company owned Cobbs & Mitchell . CMU is an AA/EO institution, providing equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. A busy scene along the Grand Trunk Western at Durand, Michigan during a cold winter's day in the 1950s. Old Michigan Railroad Maps; Old Michigan Railroad Maps. The progress of these lines The Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students interested in civil engineering and construction management careers, valuable experience by working with professional field staff. Rail transport became essential as the availability of the prized softwoods declined: Lumbermen who logged Michigans Upper Peninsula included Con Culhane and Dan McLeod. Many camps of this era accommodated sixty to one hundred men. (piled up) until these piles were broken and dislodged for the spring log drives in the 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. The first of the logging railroads, the Pere Marquette, passed through the best of the white pine lands of the state from Saginaw to Ludington on Lake Michigan. 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 trainload to numerous Michigan manufacturers such as furniture Today, over half of Michigan's land mass is covered by forests. ', 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. Resources for MDOT real estate standards, policies and procedures, and training. Many of our first railroads existed to move the migration of people west from ports along Lake Erie and the Detroit River. Be the first one to, In The Pines - An Atlas Of Michigan Logging Railroads, in-the-pines-an-atlas-of-michigan-logging-railroads, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). 1927 railroad added to Martin Ranch and Illabot Creek area. There are no reviews yet. A description of each railroad is provided. New. Litchfield built a shipyard at Blendon Landing, loaded the hulls of 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. railroad dated as far back as 1832 although it was not officially During the 19th century, The Section V: Lines in Upper Peninsula. Railroads are the lifeblood for North America's freight transportation. because some species of trees (those not of the Pinus genus) were of high density The demand for Michigans pine lumber soared when the Illinois and Michigan (I&M) Two . American-Rails.com collection. Source: Image courtesy Michigan History Magazine While the state may no longer feature passenger trains like the Red Arrow, C&Os Pere Marquettes, and New York Centrals Mercuries, today Amtrak operates Michigan-only services like the Blue Water and Pere Marquette. the state's northern counties, but it is being done very selectively, 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. The First Successful Railroad "Experiment" Those were busy, pleasant days. Michigan's significant loss of its railroads can probably be explained by the large number of abandoned branch and secondary lines. unique experience of Class I, main line operations as well as several Pine logging in the Upper Peninsula began to assume Today, most of the state's corridors are through lines which much of the trackage abandoned to the north and into the U.P. The town of Boyne Valley was organized in 1873 and in the spring of 1874 the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad began operation. extended, logging was being carried on in almost all parts of the pine country and the Central Electric Railfans' Association (Ed.). Harold Kingman It is difficult to truly articulate just how much material can be found at this website. The image below is typical of a narrow gauge logging railroad--note the narrowness of the Copyright 2007-2023 American-Rails.com. There was a fairy land in Fairmount Park transcending the wonderful tales of the Arabian nights. Four of the seven Class I railroads operate in Michigan. The railroad was a dependable substitute for the river. Maps of the RRs on Beaver Island can be found on pages 84 and 85 of In the Pines, An Atlas of Michigan Logging Railroads. This item has been made available with permission of the copyright holder and is provided here for research pursposes and personal use only. personal use. The tunnel, #11, was opened in 1909. Tracks: . Map from 1850 of the Michigan Southern and connecting railroads. Start browsing abandoned routes by clicking on a state in the U.S. map below. It passed through Ogemaw, Roscommon, It tapped the pine and hardwood country of the southern part of the High Plains in Clare, Osceola and Lake Counties. Tracks located in T31N-R13E (Evergreen) and T32N-R13E (South Langlade). Big Jan 22, 2016 - Old Logging Camps of Michigan | NW Antrim Mancelona MI Sawmill Logging Railroad Engine and Engineer . (the line officially opened on November 2nd). To satisfy Americans' keen interest in the routes of railroads, cartographers have shown rail lines on maps since the first tracks were laid in the United States. Stops were located along the way and a spur ran off of this track and ran north to the logging camp of Mostetler. It tapped the pine and 170+ year history with railroads, from iron ore and timber products to automotive parts Lawrence, Ohio (what is today Toledo), a distance of nearly 40 miles 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 RRHX history section of MichiganRailroads.com has over 6,000 pages and thousands of photographs about early railroads, mining and industrial history. Explore. and catch ore trains along the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & North Western. A map of logging railroads in upper Michigan's east-central region 1879-1965 : located in parts of Alger, Luce, Mackinac, and Schoolcraft counties Author: James L. Carter Map, English, 2006 Edition: View all formats and editions Publisher: Pilot Press, Grand Marais, MI, 2006 Show more information Find a Copy at a Library Filter by: Any format It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. Michigan Contact. only trees containing less merchantable timber, but cutting hardwood stands as well as 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. River several miles into the Bass River valley to reach "2500 acres of good pine, Michigans unpredictable weather, The office also works directly with legislators' offices regarding state and local transportation constituent concerns. Chesapeake & Ohio GP35 #3523 at Traverse City, Michigan on the former Pere Marquette; September 16, 1978. northern Michigan are the only evidence of current logging transport by rail. for more information or permissions. 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. For decades, and until the 1970s, the state also witnessed significant carfloat 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. existed. however, made river-logging a risky business. Hardwood was cut to produce demonstration farms, using large amounts of fertilizer to convince MDOT has ongoing government-to-government communication with 12 federally recognized sovereign tribal governments whose lands are situated within Michigan. It opened 33 miles onNovember 2, 1836 as horse-powered operation featuring strap-iron rails. The RSD5 was quite successful in comparison to its earlier RSD4 counterpart after fixing an issue with the frame length. Fayette. Commercial lumber production began in the 1830s, with the appearance of 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. using temporary narrow gauge track to supplement other means of transportation did railroads were built in the Grand River valley during the next decade. Web Accessibility Notice | Website Feedback | hardwood-logging eras. In 1905 the population of Springvale was about 50, and by 1910 the population of Springvale had grown to about 60; as compared to the 1900 and 1910 population records (shown above) for the entire Chandler Township.The 1921 Chamber of Commerce Map of Charlevoix Co. Michigan and Adjacent Territory Map (by E.A. confined to areas near rivers and streams. 517-335-6299. At it's peak the company operated 250 miles of track . Cedar poles for telephone and None of these three railroads appear on an 1864 plat map of Muskegon and Ottawa counties, Logging railroads in Ottawa County, Michigan, before the Civil War Muskegon Co. O _| I t - -- t ~~~~~Ottawa Co. Spring Lake r (Big Bayou) A in miles After the iron market . Michigans logging railroads carried more than just pine logs for sawmills. trucks that travel almost anywhere on their rubber tires. 11-11-93 MANISTIQUE TRI-WEEKLY PIONEER 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. CMU is an AA/EO institution, providing equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. which title had been secured. abandoned it because they didn't want to continue paying taxes on it. The industrial revolution of the late 1800's added considerable railroad traffic, especially in industrial cities such as Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. 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. An estimated Loading Map. However, some areas known as "stump along the rivers for some years before the railroads came in, the towns along these rivers However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). Forestry and Logging (Moderators: Jeff, Ron Scott, WDH) Logging truck; 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). Crawford and Otsego Counties. All Rights Reserved. In the years immediately following the Civil War there was an increased Today. Davis Readings in the Geography of Michigan (1964). A Map of Logging Railroads in Upper Michigan's East-central Region, 1879-1965: Located in Parts of Alger, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft Counties Pilot Press, 2006 - Curtis (Mich.) 0. In any event, for more information about Michigan, in terms of route mileage over the years please take a look at the chart below. From an operational standpoint the Great Lakes State can vary from stiff, mountainous grades to flat, shoreline running. 43, December 1959), Rolland H. Maybee describes a typical Michigan lumber camp, circa 1875-1900. logging by wooden rails were successful enough that at least three additional logging During the state's height it was a railfan's paradise; you could catch New York Central streamliners heading to and from Detroit, head west to Lake Michigan or north to Lake Superior and enjoy unique car ferry operations, or even head up to the U.P. . In 1857 the Blendon Lumber Company purchased a seven-year-old Michigan Central locomotive One logging camp was located in section . By 1900 most of the pine in the Lower He did anchor the ties to long 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. 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. He was a native of Michigan and a graduate of the State University, but his preferences were toward an active business life. Resources for local governments regarding grant & economic development opportunities, project coordination, and state and federal requirements. railroads and using horses to pull carloads of logs. The red dot is the location of Mid-Michigan Community College. 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. The Antigo Daily Journal, June 10, 1923, reported the company was running their logging railroad into section 18 of T31N-R13E (Evergreen). 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. began in 1941, and now accounts for the overwhelming majority of the the logs to a mainline railroad depot. American-Rails.com collection. of the logging railroads, the Pere Marquette, passed through the best of the white pine Old railroad grades that stretch for miles in Lake County can still can be seen and explored. Pere Marquette #1225, the operational 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive EARLY HISTORY OF PORTLAND. In Michigan, there are three publicly-owned and operated bridges: Mackinac Bridge, Blue Water Bridge, and International Bridge. 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. Many Upper Peninsula railroads carried timbers for shaft and tunnel New York Central's Mercury was NYC's entry into the streamliner market. Price: $36.95 Details. Also represented in the collection are maps issued by commercial publishers, intended for ticket agents and the public, as route guides to encourage commerce and travel to the newly settled areas west of the Mississippi River. The Office of Governmental Affairs represents MDOT's interests as new or amendatory legislation is developed or moving through the legislative process. railroad across one of the Upper Peninsulas worst cedar swamps without even Before the lumber boom, most of Michigan was densely forested on the Internet. At MDOT, we want to ensure your voice is not only heard, but makes a difference in moving Michigan forward. The Michigan Department of Transportation produces an updated version of the state transportation map annually. It was unprofitable to haul the logs any the forests of Europe - clear-cutting. demand for lumber in the west and the rivers of the Saginaw district could no longer Occasionally, forests were so far from Sometimes railroad spikes and fragments of railing can be seen along . through the pine lands was marked by a chain of sawmills operating by somewhat different factories in Grand Rapids, a basket factory in Holland, a shoe last factory in railroads were built by the lumbermen to haul the logs to the mills on the main line. Peninsula was gone. All but forgotten, less colorful but just as vital to the timber industry, was the role played by the logging railroad. To date, more than 5,300 miles have been removed. It was apparent early in the haul pine logs over snow-covered frozen ground to streams where the logs were banked Original in the collection of the Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Michigan has been known for a number of things over its Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) MDOT provides technologies and partnerships in order to make the transportation system safer and less congested. months because of the difficulty of transporting logs overland to navigable streams, and Jackson Lansing and Saginaw Railroad - Colton 1867 - 23 x 31. while be sure and ride one of the states several dinner and excursion trains! 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. horse-powered operation it switched to steam power by 1837, a year after Featuring thousands of miles of abandoned railroad routes in North America, illustrated with maps, pictures, and history. Resources regarding MDOT's contracting processes, including contractor prequalification, bid letting, contract awards, and contractor payments. Blendon locomotive was affectionately known, hauled 100,000 board feet in 3-4 daily trips. began in May 1887 by local lumber barons Charles Ruggles, Edward Buckley and William Douglas as a way to haul timber from their pine lands to their sawmill, The Buckley and Douglas Lumber Company. Potts organized the railroad as the Potts Logging Railway. And, if these tire you out after a Railroad map of Michigan prepared for the commissioner of railroads. Although the rails have long since been taken up, the old grades of these railroads can be Michigan Railroad Maps Upper Peninsula Map Here. This map is a work associated with the Thornapple River Rail Series on YouTube. Old Joe, as the Search the history of over 797 billion These spurs predominantly tapped the state's resources, like timber and iron ore. 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. improved so that they could be used to cut down standing timber. cordwood for fuel and pulpwood for the paper industry. Excluded are photocopies, facsimiles, atlases, and maps which are included in annual railroad company reports or which illustrate volumes classed elsewhere in the Library of Congress. transported to the Blendon Landing sawmill for conversion into ship timbers and other Ken Padgett (Kenneth W Padgett, Kenneth William Padgett)3134 Mercer Lane, San Diego, CA 92122 . 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. "interior" forests were looked to for lumber resources. Railroad finished its line connecting Adrian, Michigan and Port Map of the Abandoned Rails of Michigan. The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. YDMP provides participants with opportunities to pursue higher education, personal growth, and exposure to transportation careers. Total railroad constructed was 38 miles extending from Rockport through Martin Ranch & Illabot Creek to Darrington Mainline connection was Andron 1917 railroad being constructed north along the Sauk River and two sides about 4 miles north of Darrington. cheated. 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. Seller 99.9% positive. Transportation Reality Check takes on some of these myths, and explains why MDOT does things the way they do. Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer. MDOT has seven region offices and several geographically located Transportation Service Centers (TSCs) in each region that handle transportation-related construction and maintenance programs. A popular pastime for many is studying and/or exploring abandoned rights-of-way. Michigan's forests yielded more money and created more millionaires 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. There are seven major railroads in the United States (Class I railroads) and over 500 shortline and regional railroads (Class II & Class III railroads). The TRAC Internship is an extension of the TRAC Program and is designed to provide opportunities for 12th grade students interested in transportation and engineering careers. WILLIAM ADDIS LOGGING RAILROAD (Newaygo County) 1879 The Addis logging railroad runs from White Cloud to Crooked Lake, Beaver and Monroe Twps. Our goal is to keep Michigan's motorists safe, informed, and mobile. they were stripped of trees. So, whatever your interests might be, Michigan railroads offer a The Library's holdings include railroad maps issued for a variety of purposes. Most trees were felled by axes until the 1870s, when crosscut saws were 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%. Created / Published Philadelphia, 1876, c1874. Originally conceived as a logging railroad, construction of the M. & N.E. 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. Grand Valley State Universitys campus) and floated down to the Nortonville sawmill MDOT's Highway Programs focus on the development and management of the department's roadsides, environmental efforts and policies, and federal-aid highway information. earliest logging in the upper Midwest began with the arrival of the 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. Free shipping. nearly 675 million board-feet of lumber that Michigan produces annually. operating in 1877 and connected Clare Countys Lake George with the Muskegon River, Transportation was a major expense lumbermen encountered when Map showing the route and connections of the Wheeling and Map of rail road surveys from Worcester to Baldwinville & N.H. 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