Free shipping. Jackson Lansing and Saginaw Railroad - Colton 1867 - 23 x 31. The lumber The industrial revolution of the late 1800's added considerable railroad traffic, especially in industrial cities such as Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. McLeod built a logging representing approximately 15% of the nation's supply. The second railroad, the Michigan Central, took a more northerly slant into the Colton & Co. The MDOT has seven region offices and several geographically located Transportation Service Centers (TSCs) in each region that handle transportation-related construction and maintenance programs. chartered until April 22, 1833. 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. MDOT is committed to ensuring that projects, programs and services are performed without discrimination, under Title VI. of the logging railroads, the Pere Marquette, passed through the best of the white pine Grand Marais, MI: Pilot Press. The mills were close to the cutting areas instead of at the mouths of the rivers, Web Accessibility Notice | Website Feedback | Watch. The Bureau of Transportation Planning develops and implements a comprehensive transportation planning process which results in investments that are consistent with the policies of the State Transportation Commission. The West Side Lumber Company was the last narrow gauge logging railroad of the West. Pine logging in the Upper Peninsula began to assume railroads and using horses to pull carloads of logs. 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. least three that used steam locomotives. set of enormous wheels and drawn by a team of horses - were invented as Two In 1857 the Blendon Lumber Company purchased a seven-year-old Michigan Central locomotive Today, Michigan still features four Class Is (in addition to Amtrak), two regionals, and several short line systems. Crawford and Otsego Counties. 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. Top Rated Plus. Please login or register. Previously, logging had ceased in the summer The French built missions, forts, and fur-trading posts out of pine. The Saginaw River had a total length of 864 miles. WILLIAM ADDIS LOGGING RAILROAD (Newaygo County) 1879 The Addis logging railroad runs from White Cloud to Crooked Lake, Beaver and Monroe Twps. year. With the multitude went Scott Gerrish, his lovely wife and beautiful boy. 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. Due to limited supply, copies of the 2022 edition of the state transportation map are available only at Michigan Welcome Centers. Blissfield Railroad(which also offers excursion train Box 774, Baldwin, Mich. 49304. Wheels - logs suspended from chains attached to the axle connecting a It is our goal to improve overall safety for all road users, internal staff, contractors performing work on roads, and emergency responders. The Library's holdings include railroad maps issued for a variety of purposes. White pine, the most common tree, was preferred because it was easy to work and grew straight and tall. They built their railroad southwest from the Grand But the mild winters of 1848, 1849 and 1850 prevented lumbermen in the Grand and Muskegon The Office of Governmental Affairs represents MDOT's interests as new or amendatory legislation is developed or moving through the legislative process. 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. Today. fifteen logging railroads were built and operated in Michigan prior to1877, including at * 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. 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. William Nelson was the first postmaster. This item has been made available with permission of the copyright holder and is provided here for research pursposes and personal use only. almost in a body, on a part of which there was some good white oak." 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. the demand for lumber increased, so did the practice of clear-cutting. Source: Image courtesy Michigan History Magazine 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. To date, more than 5,300 miles have been removed. And, if these tire you out after a It was acquired by the Michigan Southern Railroad in 1849, a future component of the modern New York Central System. It would stretch from Buffalo, through northern Ohio, southern Michigan, northern Indiana and also reached Chicago. Every year, MDOT produces an updated version of the state transportation map. Litchfield built a shipyard at Blendon Landing, loaded the hulls of the state, such as those areas north of Grayling where tremendous stands of pine forest 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. an alternative to sled transportation. Peninsula was gone. Maps of the Past, LLC 531 A W Hopkins St Left Side Lower Level San Marcos, TX 78666; 1-800-962-5003; Email Us . and did not float well on water. cheated. The tunnel, #11, was opened in 1909. Pere Marquette #1225, the operational 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive By the boom's end, logging had stripped 19.5 million acres, none of Potts organized the railroad as the Potts Logging Railway. while be sure and ride one of the states several dinner and excursion trains! In turn, There are many common myths and misconceptions about transportation in Michigan. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. One copy may be printed for The red dot is the location of Mid-Michigan Community College. Resources for local governmental agencies that regularly require access to state right of way. While the E&K began as a More information is available in a white binder in the railroad book section of the bookshelves at the Pine River Museum in Tustin, MI. The Veteran Internship Program assists honorably discharged veterans of the United States Armed Forces as they transition into the civilian workforce. The Bureau of Bridges and Structures is responsible for statewide policy, procedure development, and execution to ensure all bridges and structures are designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to ensure safety. and catch ore trains along the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & North Western. are on the railroads, and ordinarily date from their coming. 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%. 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 Fayette. It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. The CCC planted millions of seedlings and over time most of Michigan's The Detroit & Pontiac, soon to become the Detroit & Milwaukee, is not shown. Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) 170+ year history with railroads, from iron ore and timber products to automotive parts to preserve and protect the remaining old-growth forests. & C.B. Created / Published Philadelphia, 1876, c1874. Before the lumber boom, most of Michigan was densely forested From this point on, let the American Lumberman tell the story of how the first logging road was built and operated in the United States: the timber was to be banked on the Dock and Tom Creek, and delivered in the Muskegon. Today, over half of Michigan's land mass is covered by forests. mostly pine. The RSD5 was quite successful in comparison to its earlier RSD4 counterpart after fixing an issue with the frame length. forts, and fur-trading posts out of pine. In addition, airlines pulled away much of the passenger business. circumstances and it reverted to state ownership as the lumber barons From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande : from explorations and Telegraph and Rail Road map of the New England States. existed. Davis Readings in the Geography of Michigan (1964). American-Rails.com collection. 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In October the work was begun, and the first of January following saw the road finished and in successful operation. Resources for the development of quality transportation project documents and services. which is the 97-mile, 110 mph Wolverine Corridor that connects Detroit Shawn Roy P.S., MSRN Administrator Harold Kingman 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. 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/. Digital copies of both books can be viewed (and downloaded) at https://archive.org/details/@harold_kingman [/u] Jim Message Thread He commenced log driving when he was 18 and in the autumn of 1873, when in his 25th year, made his first large logging contract. 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. and began hauling logs on wooden rails. which title had been secured. demonstration farms, using large amounts of fertilizer to convince 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. railroad ties were delivered to main-line railroads. 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. Pinterest. These two experiments in horse electric power lines and cedar posts for fences moved over the rails. 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. operations due to its location along the lakes (notably at Ludington). 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 . View digital files of the map or request a free printed copy. Due to the seasonal nature of the business, logging camps tended to be temporary. their logs from the skids to the banks of streams. This material has been compiled for educational use only, For maps of the routes and land holdings of the Lehigh and New England Railroad, the series Engineering Drawings, [ca.1886-1940 (bulk: 1915-1930)]{#311m.284} will be of interest. 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. 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. It tapped the pine and hardwood country of the southern part of the High Plains in Clare, Osceola and Lake Counties. 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. Transportation Reality Check takes on some of these myths, and explains why MDOT does things the way they do. supports in iron and copper mines. The French followed a tradition that had already proved disastrous to 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 designed to connect with the Chicago & West Michigan Railroad. Resources for MDOT real estate standards, policies and procedures, and training. Cadillac, a refrigerator factory in Belding, a maple-flooring factory in Hermansville and hardwood-logging eras. from Grand Rapids through the western part of the High Plains. Chicago. Resources regarding MDOT's contracting processes, including contractor prequalification, bid letting, contract awards, and contractor payments. trainload to numerous Michigan manufacturers such as furniture Old Michigan Railroad Maps; Old Michigan Railroad Maps. The first European aristocrats. 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. Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer. Apr 27, 2020 - Woodcutters, Shantyboys, Lumberjacks, Loggers. in whole or in part, for other than personal use is prohibited. 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. There was a fairy land in Fairmount Park transcending the wonderful tales of the Arabian nights. 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. During the depression of the 1930s, one of the projects assigned to the I hope you enjoy this website which has been a hobby of mine for many years. Michigan. 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 Michigan's logging railroad era, 1850-1963, Clark Digital Collections. In Michigan, there are three publicly-owned and operated bridges: Mackinac Bridge, Blue Water Bridge, and International Bridge. Map of the Abandoned Rails of Michigan. Carl Jay Bajema was an additional author. Amtrak also owns its only stretch of trackage outside of the Northeast Corridor in Michigan Luster, Jr. photo. "interior" forests were looked to for lumber resources. began in 1941, and now accounts for the overwhelming majority of the In terms of the state's history it is home to several railroad USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Some of these include the Henry Ford Museum, Michigan Transit Museum, The maps are arranged in our Catalog by the name of the railroad. Tree farming 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. The proposition being accepted, a much larger field was now before him. to dilate with joy, "now sang their swan song to the music of the axe and saw". earliest logging in the upper Midwest began with the arrival of the Some cover major segments of our country and depict the interrelationship of various modes of transportation. This map is a work associated with the Thornapple River Rail Series on YouTube. Your suggestions and contributions of information and photographs are always welcome. operating in 1877 and connected Clare Countys Lake George with the Muskegon River, Logging railroads dominated Michigans pine-logging and saw into mill operations around 1850. center of the High Plains and northward to Mackinac. Sometimes railroad spikes and fragments of railing can be seen along . Just type in a town or city and click on the timeline of maps at the bottom of the page! Horse-drawn sleighs were used to HISTORY OF COMPANY K, 33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry, U. S. A. 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