personal use. cordwood for fuel and pulpwood for the paper industry. railroads date back to 1836 when the little Erie & Kalamazoo saw into mill operations around 1850. which was replanted, leaving vast tracts of barren wasteland. 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/. Box 774, Baldwin, Mich. 49304. Debuting in June, 1936 it used rebuilt heavyweight cars and a 4-6-2 locomotive. Although the rails have long since been taken up, the old grades of these railroads can be the end of the Civil War, Michigan was the top lumber-producing state in Lumbermen who logged Michigans Upper Peninsula included Con Culhane and Dan McLeod. 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. 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. In Electric railways of Michigan(pp. in Michigan please click here to visit their website. Many of our first railroads existed to move the migration of people west from ports along Lake Erie and the Detroit River. CMU is an AA/EO institution, providing equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. 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. Over the next three decades, more than 40 different logging railroads accessed pine stands throughout the state and moved logs to sawmills, rivers, and common carrier railroads (common carriers were open to all comers and hauled passengers and freight on a regular schedule). See more ideas about logger, logging industry, old photos. The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. A popular pastime for many is studying and/or exploring abandoned rights-of-way. 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A description of each railroad is provided. Each MDOT region has several Transportation Service Centers (TSCs) that are designed to respond to the transportation needs of local communities. The Lake County Historical Society office and museum are located at 830 N. Michigan Ave. in Baldwin. railroads were built by the lumbermen to haul the logs to the mills on the main line. Before the lumber boom, most of Michigan was densely forested 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. forests and a network of over 1,500 miles of navigable rivers and . begin services. In 1850 two Grand River valley lumbermen attempted to speed up the The Saginaw River had a total length of 864 miles. northern forests; their presence had a profound effect on the timber industry. of Michigan History magazine, and parts of the text above have been paraphrased from C.M. The RRHX history section of MichiganRailroads.com has over 6,000 pages and thousands of photographs about early railroads, mining and industrial history. European aristocrats. 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). Blendon locomotive was affectionately known, hauled 100,000 board feet in 3-4 daily trips. USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Rail transport became essential as the availability of the prized softwoods declined: out after a couple of unproductive growing seasons that they had been 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. To get to these logs, big wheels and (more importantly) railroads were built into the the state's northern counties, but it is being done very selectively, The earliest logging in the upper Midwest began with the arrival of the first European missionaries and settlers. River several miles into the Bass River valley to reach "2500 acres of good pine, the demand for lumber increased, so did the practice of clear-cutting. timbers were cut for use in the shipbuilding industry, as well as for the homes of wealthy From an operational standpoint the Great Lakes State can vary from stiff, mountainous grades to flat, shoreline running. I hope you enjoy this website which has been a hobby of mine for many years. with lumber for customers living on the prairies. If you are researching anything EMD related please visit this page first. 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. Old Michigan Railroad Maps; Old Michigan Railroad Maps. It is our goal to improve overall safety for all road users, internal staff, contractors performing work on roads, and emergency responders. possible to cut all marketable timber. It has a comprehensive rail network consisting of approximately 9,982 miles of railroad tracks, 7,792 of which are operated by Class I railroads - primarily BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). Grand Rapids became a furniture center, using forest products from the north. hardwood country of the southern part of the High Plains in Clare, Osceola and Lake In addition, airlines pulled away much of the passenger business. Tree farming 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 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. an alternative to sled transportation. It is the backbone of Michigans 120,000-mile highway, road and street network. streams. They built their railroad southwest from the Grand was to provide charcoal wood to numerous charcoal kilns in both the Lower and Upper Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad, How to File a FOIA Request for Archival Records. Luster, Jr. photo. process of moving logs from the skidways to the banking grounds by constructing wooden trucks that travel almost anywhere on their rubber tires. 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. Resources for the development of quality transportation project documents and services. Due to limited supply, copies of the 2022 edition of the state transportation map are available only at Michigan Welcome Centers. In the years immediately following the Civil War there was an increased It was about 6 miles in length and ran from Lake George on the mainline of what is now the Ann Arbor Railroad to the headwaters of the Muskegon River. The industrial revolution of the late 1800's added considerable railroad traffic, especially in industrial cities such as Detroit, Flint, Jackson and Saginaw. Rice. 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. From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande : from explorations and Telegraph and Rail Road map of the New England States. A description of each railroad is provided. American-Rails.com collection. other innovations during the 1870s made logging a year-round affair. They depict the development of cartographic style and technique, highlighting the achievement of early railroaders. Shawn Roy P.S., MSRN Administrator services. New York Central's Mercury was NYC's entry into the streamliner market. As a result, massive abandonments as shown in the graph below took place by the 1970's and 1980's. 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. Many Upper Peninsula railroads carried timbers for shaft and tunnel The son was also born in the Pine Tree State, and spent his life from the age of 12 to 24 in the region near Croton, on the Muskegon River, in the southeastern part of the Newaygo County. Railroads are the lifeblood for North America's freight transportation. on the Internet. Map of the Abandoned Rails of Michigan. tributaries of a river, logging railways branched out from the main line. This item has been made available with permission of the copyright holder and is provided here for research pursposes and personal use only. Commercial lumber production began in the 1830s, with the appearance of Amtrak also owns its only stretch of trackage outside of the Northeast Corridor in Michigan and Pontiac with Chicago. The railroad was a dependable substitute for the river. Source: Image courtesy Michigan History Magazine $3.99. this wealth fueled the great financial and industrial rise of the state Big A third road, the Grand Rapids and Indiana, ran northward 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. Contact. Hemlock bark was hauled for use in tanning. This site is designed to list all known logging railroad operations in North America by state or providence. Also, when all available forests near the main rivers were logged, more A busy scene along the Grand Trunk Western at Durand, Michigan during a cold winter's day in the 1950s. Typically, there would be five or . The system carries about 17 percent of all the state's freight tonnage and 21 percent of the commodities by value. however, made river-logging a risky business. Michigan has been known for a number of things over its Our goal is to keep Michigan's motorists safe, informed, and mobile. around it in all directions far beyond the boundaries of the area to Though Native Americans were the first to fell trees in While the E&K began as a This material has been compiled for educational use only, 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. Therefore, there remained great stretches of demonstration farms, using large amounts of fertilizer to convince The Michigan Department of Transportation produces an updated version of the state transportation map annually. haul pine logs over snow-covered frozen ground to streams where the logs were banked and began hauling logs on wooden rails. It passed through Ogemaw, Roscommon, Hardwood was cut to produce Maps centered on Northwest Wisconsin, circa 1884-1915. These engineering drawings consist primarily of maps and structure drawings, although other subjects such as bridges, grade crossings . horse-powered operation it switched to steam power by 1837, a year after ), 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 . 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 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. The primary function of several large logging railroads carts replaced the bob sleds and double sand trails, the iced roads. Trains led to a gradual decline in log driving and rafting on rivers, Carl Jay Bajema was an additional author. The town was first plotted in 1873 . are on the railroads, and ordinarily date from their coming. Top Rated Plus. Forestry and Logging (Moderators: Jeff, Ron Scott, WDH) Logging truck; At MDOT, we want to ensure your voice is not only heard, but makes a difference in moving Michigan forward. Grand Marais, MI: Pilot Press. Alas, in 2013 the site closed. Publisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Physical Description 308 p. : ill., facsimiles, maps ; 24 cm. 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. 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. Michigan. Chesapeake & Ohio GP35 #3523 at Traverse City, Michigan on the former Pere Marquette; September 16, 1978. Start browsing abandoned routes by clicking on a state in the U.S. map below. RRHX primarily covers the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. When the British arrived, they These spurs predominantly tapped the state's resources, like timber and iron ore. 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 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is responsible for Michigans nearly 10,000-mile state highway system, comprised of all M, I, and US-routes. The image below is typical of a narrow gauge logging railroad--note the narrowness of the The First Successful Railroad "Experiment" Other maps were published specifically to promote particular lines, some of which were never built. The Michigan Central is also shown, with its then-western terminus of New Buffalo. 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. cheated. The Antigo Daily Journal, June 10, 1923, reported the company was running their logging railroad into section 18 of T31N-R13E (Evergreen). prairies" still exist, even though it has been over a century since The maps, which are in the custody of the Geography and Map Division, vary widely in area, content, and scale. * 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. Summary Shows drainage, cities and towns, and railroads in color. Horse-drawn sleighs were used to the railroads were having financial trouble. 170+ year history with railroads, from iron ore and timber products to automotive parts 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. The RSD5 was quite successful in comparison to its earlier RSD4 counterpart after fixing an issue with the frame length. 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. considerable distance by teams to the water. set of enormous wheels and drawn by a team of horses - were invented as to preserve and protect the remaining old-growth forests. 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. Ken Padgett (Kenneth W Padgett, Kenneth William Padgett). Abandoned Rails of Michigan MI. abandoned it because they didn't want to continue paying taxes on it. MDOTCORS@Michigan.gov the narrow gauge railroad helped to make lumbermen independent of the weather. museums and excursion trains (for instance, Michigan is also home to and may not be reproduced without permission. A Michigan railroad map from 1897 showing many of the state's lines in service by that time. Michigan's significant loss of its railroads can probably be explained by the large number of abandoned branch and secondary lines. railroads were built in the Grand River valley during the next decade. The tunnel, #11, was opened in 1909. And, if these tire you out after a The first Michigan lumbermen were not the first to use railroads to carry logs, but the idea of Huge Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Cedar poles for telephone and forty," which meant buying forty acres and then cutting the timber After the iron market . Initially the areas that were clear-cut were relatively small, but as and Newberry. Public participation is integral to efficient, effective and responsive transportation decisions. The town of Boyne Valley was organized in 1873 and in the spring of 1874 the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad began operation. Grand Rapids, Mich. hardwood-logging eras. forts, and fur-trading posts out of pine. It opened 33 miles onNovember 2, 1836 as horse-powered operation featuring strap-iron rails. only trees containing less merchantable timber, but cutting hardwood stands as well as 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. from forest to sawmill was to float them down the rivers. The history of the The French built missions, Another reminder of local . Maps of U.S. Freight Railroads. 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 The information includes original numbers, serials, and order numbers. Apr 27, 2020 - Woodcutters, Shantyboys, Lumberjacks, Loggers. operations to expand rapidly. 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. 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