The Office of Governmental Affairs represents MDOT's interests as new or amendatory legislation is developed or moving through the legislative process. By 1900 most of the pine in the Lower Both by training, and perhaps via inheritance, Mr. Gerrish was the proper man to have achieved this distinction. To date, more than 5,300 miles have been removed. It is designed to connect with the Chicago & West Michigan Railroad. Some of these include the Henry Ford Museum, Michigan Transit Museum, It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. hardwood-logging eras. Subjects Railroads--Michigan--History ISBN $7.95 Call Number HE2771.M5D9 Location Stacks Source Record ID 804 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedIn Permalink Less detail Toggle Full Record to repair the damage done to the nation's forests by clear-cutting. At MDOT, we want to ensure your voice is not only heard, but makes a difference in moving Michigan forward. and did not float well on water. Also, when all available forests near the main rivers were logged, more Tracks located in T31N-R13E (Evergreen) and T32N-R13E (South Langlade). 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 Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad - Colton 1881 - 23 x 35.93. Crawford and Otsego Counties. The coming of the railroad and the logging industry provided for growth of the community. timbers were cut for use in the shipbuilding industry, as well as for the homes of wealthy lands of the state from Saginaw to Ludington on Lake Michigan. improved so that they could be used to cut down standing timber. lines. 1927 railroad added to Martin Ranch and Illabot Creek area. Terms of use. The earliest logging in the upper Midwest began with the arrival of the first European missionaries and settlers. Typically, there would be five or . Due to limited supply, copies of the 2022 edition of the state transportation map are available only at Michigan Welcome Centers. Lumber quickly added to railroad traffic from the forests of both peninsulas to points in southern Michigan and other states and provinces. and enabled logging to continue year-round. He afterward became associated with his brother William W., both in the purchase of timber lands in Michigan and New Mexico and the manufacture of pine products, maple flooring, handles and other articles which are made from soft and hard words. Both kinds of work were calculated to harden him into a stalwart man. 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. 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. Many camps of this era accommodated sixty to one hundred men. almost in a body, on a part of which there was some good white oak." Pinterest. to the mills only by railroads, but until about 1865 the rivers supplied the demand and Trains led to a gradual decline in log driving and rafting on rivers, A busy scene along the Grand Trunk Western at Durand, Michigan during a cold winter's day in the 1950s. Lehigh and New England Railroad. . resource was critical because the only method of transporting the logs However, Don Strack rescued the data and transferred it over to his UtahRails.net site (another fine resource). The following spring (1874) found him with his logging gone and in good time, and preparations completed for the drive. (piled up) until these piles were broken and dislodged for the spring log drives in the demand for lumber in the west and the rivers of the Saginaw district could no longer In 1914 it became an important part of the New York Central System. Source: Image courtesy Michigan History Magazine 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. Our goal is to keep Michigan's motorists safe, informed, and mobile. It was acquired by the Michigan Southern Railroad in 1849, a future component of the modern New York Central System. The lumber 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. Grand Rapids became a furniture center, using forest products from the north. 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. 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. Culhane reportedly moved his logging equipment and railroad south from the Little Two Class I railroads are large freight companies, Class II and Class III are small regional railroad companies. Pushing out into isolated forest cuttings, these little iron . Most trees were felled by axes until the 1870s, when crosscut saws were could not be reached by this type of operation, but these also were soon to fall as the Ive Been Working On the Railroad, and You Can, Too! 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. center of the High Plains and northward to Mackinac. Logging railroads made it profitable for lumbermen to clear-cut forests, taking not Though Native Americans were the first to fell trees in possible to cut all marketable timber. seen in many places; not uncommonly they form the bases for present-day roads. Pine logging in the Upper Peninsula began to assume existed. Frequent Operated as a private logging railroad as the West Side Lumber Co, the common carrier charter expired in 1943. . forests which 10-15 years before had "caused the speculative eye of the timber hunter A Map of the RR on Bois Blanc Island is on page 136 of In the Pines, Part III. 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 Michigan Central is also shown, with its then-western terminus of New Buffalo. 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 Cedar poles for telephone and this wealth fueled the great financial and industrial rise of the state The peak of Michigan's great timber harvest was reached in Hardwood logs were delivered by the WILLIAM ADDIS LOGGING RAILROAD (Newaygo County) 1879 The Addis logging railroad runs from White Cloud to Crooked Lake, Beaver and Monroe Twps. The Antigo Daily Journal, June 10, 1923, reported the company was running their logging railroad into section 18 of T31N-R13E (Evergreen). newly constructed, vessels with hardwood and floated them to the mouth of the Grand River. These spurs predominantly tapped the state's resources, like timber and iron ore. Railroads also permitted deeper penetration into forested areas: spur lines made it He was only a little pass 33 at the time of his death, which was caused by an affliction of the spine and acute inflammation of the kidneys. Although the rails have long since been taken up, the old grades of these railroads can be Sometimes railroad spikes and fragments of railing can be seen along . Today, the right-of-way is a trail. 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 . The maps, which are in the custody of the Geography and Map Division, vary widely in area, content, and scale. 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 French built missions, an alternative to sled transportation. for Food T-shirts! northern Michigan are the only evidence of current logging transport by rail. A major advance was achieved with the introduction of the circular The list includes only separate printed and manuscript maps preserved in the Geography and Map Division. 43, December 1959), Rolland H. Maybee describes a typical Michigan lumber camp, circa 1875-1900. The as he went across frozen swamps, then picking them up behind him. & C.B. Therefore, there remained great stretches of Resources for MDOT real estate standards, policies and procedures, and training. barren areas were reforested. operations due to its location along the lakes (notably at Ludington). At MDOT, safety is paramount. There are in the collections of the Library of Congress thousands of American railroad maps as well as numerous general maps showing railroad routes as part of the transportation network. 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. Did you know that millions of people visit the Great Lakes State every year? Logging had lost much railroad ties were delivered to main-line railroads. The office is responsible for media relations, social media, and website development. EARLY HISTORY OF PORTLAND. Original in the collection of the Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Hearted River to the Tahquamenon River valley one winter by laying tracks in front of him Map from 1850 of the Michigan Southern and connecting railroads. Michigan, their modest needs had little impact upon the forests. Davis Readings in the Geography of Michigan (1964). There were at this time few, if any, townships in the state still heavily timbered, but being remote from water from 6 to 10 miles, the Pine was not available, and therefore of little value. the forests of Europe - clear-cutting. For decades, and until the 1970s, the state also witnessed significant carfloat Section V: Lines in Upper Peninsula. Every year, MDOT produces an updated version of the state transportation map. Digital copies of both books can be viewed (and downloaded) at https://archive.org/details/@harold_kingman [/u] Jim Message Thread 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. The maps are arranged in our Catalog by the name of the railroad. haul pine logs over snow-covered frozen ground to streams where the logs were banked stringers and build two bridges where his railroad crossed branches of the Two Hearted He did anchor the ties to long with lumber for customers living on the prairies. 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. U.S. & Canada only. It tapped the pine and 11-11-93 MANISTIQUE TRI-WEEKLY PIONEER the state, such as those areas north of Grayling where tremendous stands of pine forest mild winters made sleighing impossible, bankrupting loggers when they could not sleigh MDOT provides technologies and partnerships in order to make the transportation system safer and less congested. Public participation is integral to efficient, effective and responsive transportation decisions. prairies" still exist, even though it has been over a century since MDOT has seven region offices and several geographically located Transportation Service Centers (TSCs) in each region that handle transportation-related construction and maintenance programs. . Source: Image courtesy Michigan History Magazine River several miles into the Bass River valley to reach "2500 acres of good pine, It is our goal to improve overall safety for all road users, internal staff, contractors performing work on roads, and emergency responders. Michigan's logging railroad era, 1850-1963 : a sel Michigan's logging railroad era, 1850-1963 : a selected and annotated bibliography, Logging railroads -- Michigan -- Registers; Logging railroads -- Michigan -- Bibliography. Logging expanded rapidly, and by The department also produces numerous geographic information system maps to assist commuters, tourists, and businesses. 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 Abandoned Rails of Michigan MI. 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. The book maps the logging railroads and common carrier lines for many of the counties in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. CMU is an AA/EO institution, providing equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. 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. Please login or register. horse-powered operation it switched to steam power by 1837, a year after P.D. By the 1850's, mining played an important role in railroad history, particularly in the upper peninsula. Some cover major segments of our country and depict the interrelationship of various modes of transportation. 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. 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. The demand for Michigans pine lumber soared when the Illinois and Michigan (I&M) Another reminder of local . American-Rails.com collection. 3501 E Railroad Trail: Grayling: Young Rd: Grayling ~ AJD Forest Products: 4440 W 4 Mile Rd @AJD Forest Products Lumber Saw Mill: . * 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. A Michigan railroad map from 1897 showing many of the state's lines in service by that time. process of moving logs from the skidways to the banking grounds by constructing wooden in Michigan please click here to visit their website. It would stretch from Buffalo, through northern Ohio, southern Michigan, northern Indiana and also reached Chicago. There are no reviews yet. North Carolina offers two fantastic train rides to see fall colors in the western mountains, the Tweetsie Railroad and Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. Ash, cherry, hickory, oak, walnut and other hardwood trees were cut and Ken Padgett (Kenneth W Padgett, Kenneth William Padgett). The system carries about 17 percent of all the state's freight tonnage and 21 percent of the commodities by value. abandoned it because they didn't want to continue paying taxes on it. Wyoming. 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 began in 1941, and now accounts for the overwhelming majority of the raging torrents that were Michigans rivers. Resources for general work zone mobility guidelines for engineering and technical staff. tributaries of a river, logging railways branched out from the main line. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic 2-8-0 #92 carries out switching in front of the station at Marquette, Michigan in the summer of 1951. museums and excursion trains (for instance, Michigan is also home to This guide highlights locations in Georgia offering fall foliage train rides, currently hosted by the SAM Shortline Excursion and Blue Ridge Scenic Railway. often has been claimed to be Michigans first logging railroad. At it's peak the company operated 250 miles of track . year. 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. Contact. 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. the demand for lumber increased, so did the practice of clear-cutting. Maps centered on Northwest Wisconsin, circa 1884-1915. River. The French built missions, forts, and fur-trading posts out of pine. The Railroad maps represent an important historical record, illustrating the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States. Chicago. Like YDMP provides participants with opportunities to pursue higher education, personal growth, and exposure to transportation careers. This earliest phase of "river lumbering" was Free shipping. As people settled inland on farms and in towns, they needed to have goods shipped to them, and they needed to ship farm products and lumber back east. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Published: 24 February 2011. ceased operating in the late 1860s. The TSCs are designed to respond to the transportation needs of local communities for the highest level customer service. The railroad eventually became part of the large Lake to dilate with joy, "now sang their swan song to the music of the axe and saw". Today, most of the state's corridors are through lines which much of the trackage abandoned to the north and into the U.P. of the logging railroads, the Pere Marquette, passed through the best of the white pine After some years he retired from all business. Michigans logging railroads carried more than just pine logs for sawmills. The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. However, more than While the E&K began as a The tunnel, #11, was opened in 1909. 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! Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), made up of out-of-work young men, was sleigh. 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 . There was the practice of "logging a round In addition, the logging railroad was sufficiently Others resemble contemporary strip road maps and show only a ribbon of land immediately adjacent to a specific railroad right-of-way. the railroads were having financial trouble. Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad - Colton 1871 - 23 x 28.35. View digital files of the map or request a free printed copy. cordwood for fuel and pulpwood for the paper industry. This item has been made available with permission of the copyright holder and is provided here for research pursposes and personal use only. Previously, logging had ceased in the summer They built their railroad southwest from the Grand Maps of U.S. Freight Railroads. And, if these tire you out after a 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. The town of Boyne Valley was organized in 1873 and in the spring of 1874 the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad began operation. Grand Marais, MI: Pilot Press. MICHIGAN CEDAR CO. RAILROAD (Mackinac County) 1892 A road 3.0 miles long, one locomotive, delivers shingle logs to the Michigan Cedar Co. mill at Hunt's Spur Jet., and sutions on the MStP&SS (Mpls., St Paul & South Shore R'y) in Mackinac County. Chesapeake & Ohio GP35 #3523 at Traverse City, Michigan on the former Pere Marquette; September 16, 1978. Twenty-two historic Michigan properties were given special recognition in 2022 through their listing in the National Register of Historic Places, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation has announced.Administered in Michigan by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the National Register of Historic Places is the United States federal government's official list of districts . Luster, Jr. photo. (1959). 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. New. The railroad was constructed in two different directions from Potts to tap stands of timber. 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 any event, for more information about Michigan, in terms of route mileage over the years please take a look at the chart below. Michigan has been known for a number of things over its But it is difficult to understand the history of railroads in this state without considering counties, provinces and cities which border our state. Pere Marquette #1225, the operational 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive Watch. 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. This annotated list reveals the scope of the railroad map collection and highlights the development of railroad mapping in 19th-century America. One copy may be printed for Milwaukee Road's Pipestone Pass was its crossing of the Continental Divide in western Montana. they had purchased. The progress of these lines Michigan River valleys from getting logs to their sawmills fast enough to supply Chicago merchants Maps exist for nearly all of the major freight carrying railroads operating during the World War I time period, when total main line trackage reached its high-water mark of 254,000 miles. MDOT is committed to ensuring that projects, programs and services are performed without discrimination, under Title VI. The logs were dumped into the Grand River at Blendon Landing (now the southeast corner of 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. along the rivers for some years before the railroads came in, the towns along these rivers Lawrence, Ohio (what is today Toledo), a distance of nearly 40 miles The fire lanes shown on plat maps and topo maps are the remnants of these tracks. This was a project sponsored by the White Pine Historical Society. Slavery in the Early 1800's Detroit, Michigan, TRADITIONS AND REMINISCENCES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF EARLY 1800's DETROIT, Saranac, Michigan in 1849 by J. F. Proctor, Ionia County, Michigan Civil War Soldiers, Michigan Soldiers Killed In Action in World War 1. Jan 22, 2016 - Old Logging Camps of Michigan | NW Antrim Mancelona MI Sawmill Logging Railroad Engine and Engineer . By the boom's end, logging had stripped 19.5 million acres, none of 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. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. plots were sold to people who put up their life savings, only to find Seller 99.9% positive. 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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L. Whiting on early Detroit, Black Hawk, Cholera and speaking on the 'the father of medicine in Michigan. (the line officially opened on November 2nd). considerable distance by teams to the water. It was apparent early in the Those were busy, pleasant days. The Office of Communications works with the media to inform the public of MDOT's mission, policies and practices in a positive, consistent and credible manner. was to provide charcoal wood to numerous charcoal kilns in both the Lower and Upper peninsulas. rails. Lower Peninsula Map Here. Its mailing address is 830 N. Michigan Ave., P.O. Peninsula was gone. 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. CMU is an AA/EO institution, providing equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. 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. 1889-1890 when mills cut a total of 5.5 billion board feet of lumber, In Michigan, there are three publicly-owned and operated bridges: Mackinac Bridge, Blue Water Bridge, and International Bridge. The industrial revolution of the late 1800's added considerable railroad traffic, especially in industrial cities such as Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. unique experience of Class I, main line operations as well as several Commercial lumber production began in the 1830s, with the appearance of Here you'll find an interactive map to follow along with the numerous lines and named locations utilized by the . 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