Traverse City: A History In Photos

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Traverse City's waterfront was an industrial area in the 1890s when city leaders questioned continued use of West Bay as its water supply. One ...

2009-09-28T01:20:24Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Traverse City's waterfront was an industrial area in the 1890s when city leaders questioned continued use of West Bay as its water supply. One ...

Photo courtesy Traverse City Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction of Traverse City's sewage plant was well under way on the north end of Boardman Lake by July 1932.

2009-09-28T01:21:20Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse City Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction of Traverse City's sewage plant was well under way on the north end of Boardman Lake by July 1932.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Sewer pipes drained into the Boardman River in 1927 and from there into West Bay.

2009-09-28T01:21:40Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Sewer pipes drained into the Boardman River in 1927 and from there into West Bay.

A well-worn copy of Timber, a 1922 novel by Harold Titus.

2009-07-20T03:48:37Z

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A well-worn copy of Timber, a 1922 novel by Harold Titus.

Harold Titus

2009-07-20T03:42:29Z

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Harold Titus

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society One of the frequent fires of the early 20th century burns piled wood and slash in the Grand Traverse region. The only identification on this phot ...

2009-07-20T03:50:51Z

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Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society One of the frequent fires of the early 20th century burns piled wood and slash in the Grand Traverse region. The only identification on this phot ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society timber cutover lands, often scorched by forest fires, were seen throughout northern Michigan after the lumber era. This 1909 photograph was ...

2009-07-20T03:51:42Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society timber cutover lands, often scorched by forest fires, were seen throughout northern Michigan after the lumber era. This 1909 photograph was ...

Photo courtesy of Charles Siffert Harold Titus, with rod, and his fishing buddies Jay Smith, left, and Henry Siffert chat on an annual trip to the river, probably in the 1940s.

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Photo courtesy of Charles Siffert Harold Titus, with rod, and his fishing buddies Jay Smith, left, and Henry Siffert chat on an annual trip to the river, probably in the 1940s.

The front page of the Traverse City Record-Eagle on Nov. 11, 1918.

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The front page of the Traverse City Record-Eagle on Nov. 11, 1918.

The Grand Traverse Herald building at 123 Front St. in 1906.

2009-05-28T21:13:22Z

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The Grand Traverse Herald building at 123 Front St. in 1906.

Dr. Johnson's Hospital at 444 E. State Street was a private hospital in the 1920s operated by a local doctor. Traverse City's only public hospital during the Spanish influenza epidemic was a ...

2009-05-03T21:21:40Z

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Dr. Johnson's Hospital at 444 E. State Street was a private hospital in the 1920s operated by a local doctor. Traverse City's only public hospital during the Spanish influenza epidemic was a ...

Merritt Bates

2009-04-05T21:31:09Z

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Merritt Bates

Courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society The Miniature City at Clinch Park, looking west, probably in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The Con Foster Museum is the large building in th ...

2009-03-29T21:25:55Z

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Courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society The Miniature City at Clinch Park, looking west, probably in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The Con Foster Museum is the large building in th ...

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The view to the northwest in 1930 from the new Park Place Hotel, which opened in September that year.

2009-03-29T21:26:37Z

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Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The view to the northwest in 1930 from the new Park Place Hotel, which opened in September that year.

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Workers dismantle the old Park Place Hotel, once known as the Campbell House, on Sept. 4, 1929, about eight weeks before the stock market crash ...

2009-03-29T21:26:37Z

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Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Workers dismantle the old Park Place Hotel, once known as the Campbell House, on Sept. 4, 1929, about eight weeks before the stock market crash ...

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society These two young women, identified only as "Petertyl Ladies 1919," pose for a picture in what appear to be knickers, a popular outdoor attire of ...

2009-03-09T00:13:42Z

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Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society These two young women, identified only as "Petertyl Ladies 1919," pose for a picture in what appear to be knickers, a popular outdoor attire of ...

Special to the Record-Eagle The Fowler family, from left, Fanny, Frank, Angeline and S.W., hosted Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Manistee when she came to northwest lower Michigan to campaign for ...

2009-03-07T23:34:28Z

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Special to the Record-Eagle The Fowler family, from left, Fanny, Frank, Angeline and S.W., hosted Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Manistee when she came to northwest lower Michigan to campaign for ...

Library of Congress photo Wounded Indian sharpshooters rest under a tree in May Union soldiers in trenches before Petersburg in December 1864. Both Co. A of the 26th Infantry and Co. K of t ...

2009-02-21T23:50:58Z

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Library of Congress photo Wounded Indian sharpshooters rest under a tree in May Union soldiers in trenches before Petersburg in December 1864. Both Co. A of the 26th Infantry and Co. K of t ...

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Grand Traverse area Civil War veterans gather for a Memorial Day ceremony at Oakwood Cemetery in Traverse City about 1900. Picture includes "U ...

2009-02-21T23:50:05Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Grand Traverse area Civil War veterans gather for a Memorial Day ceremony at Oakwood Cemetery in Traverse City about 1900. Picture includes "U ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Civil War monument stands watch by the old Grand Traverse sheriff's residence and jail. A gift from local citizens to Civil War veteran ...

2009-02-21T23:50:23Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Civil War monument stands watch by the old Grand Traverse sheriff's residence and jail. A gift from local citizens to Civil War veteran ...

Library of Congress photo Union soldiers in trenches before Petersburg in December 1864. Both Co. A of the 26th Infantry and Co. K of the Michigan 1st Sharpshooters fought at Petersburg.

2009-02-21T23:50:45Z

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Library of Congress photo Union soldiers in trenches before Petersburg in December 1864. Both Co. A of the 26th Infantry and Co. K of the Michigan 1st Sharpshooters fought at Petersburg.

The Record-Eagle front page from Aug. 11, 1924, reports on a frightening night of downtown explosions and cross burnings during a Klu Klux Klan visit to the city.

2009-01-31T23:20:11Z

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The Record-Eagle front page from Aug. 11, 1924, reports on a frightening night of downtown explosions and cross burnings during a Klu Klux Klan visit to the city.

Photo courtesy of the Leelanau Historical Society An Indian lumber crew in Leelanau Township in the early 1900s. From left: Edwin Fisher, Peter James, Bennett Hall, Antoine Jackson, Unkno ...

2009-01-24T22:54:07Z

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Photo courtesy of the Leelanau Historical Society An Indian lumber crew in Leelanau Township in the early 1900s. From left: Edwin Fisher, Peter James, Bennett Hall, Antoine Jackson, Unkno ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society An unidentified American Indian family stands in front of their "Slabtown" home built of lumber slabs from the mill. Slabtown was located ...

2009-01-24T22:54:54Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society An unidentified American Indian family stands in front of their "Slabtown" home built of lumber slabs from the mill. Slabtown was located ...

An entire page from the Nov. 1, 1939 Record-Eagle was devoted to the plight of Peshawbestown Indians.

2009-01-24T22:55:10Z

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An entire page from the Nov. 1, 1939 Record-Eagle was devoted to the plight of Peshawbestown Indians.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society A view of Traverse City and the Traverse City State Hospital from the tower of Traverse City Central High School before it was destroyed by f ...

2009-01-03T22:43:30Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society A view of Traverse City and the Traverse City State Hospital from the tower of Traverse City Central High School before it was destroyed by f ...

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society A Hannah, Lay flour advertisement around 1900. Flour was the the company's second largest export from the region after lumber.

2009-01-03T22:44:02Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society A Hannah, Lay flour advertisement around 1900. Flour was the the company's second largest export from the region after lumber.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Perry Hannah and A. Tracy Lay in their Traverse City office in 1903.

2009-01-03T22:44:16Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Perry Hannah and A. Tracy Lay in their Traverse City office in 1903.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Hardwood logs ready for the mills.

2009-01-03T22:44:28Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Hardwood logs ready for the mills.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Perry Hannah's funeral in 1904.

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Perry Hannah's funeral in 1904.

Looking north from the Hannah, Lay building to the companys original store buildings and the dockyard, probably sometime after 1883.

2009-01-03T22:43:11Z

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Looking north from the Hannah, Lay building to the companys original store buildings and the dockyard, probably sometime after 1883.

Images courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Some Christmas cards received by a Traverse City resident about 1912. Louis Prang, a German born lithographer who emigrated to the United ...

2008-12-20T21:30:44Z

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Images courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Some Christmas cards received by a Traverse City resident about 1912. Louis Prang, a German born lithographer who emigrated to the United ...

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Santa Claus was spotted in 1942 on a bike in Traverse City.

2008-12-20T21:31:46Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Santa Claus was spotted in 1942 on a bike in Traverse City.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Front Street at night in Traverse City about 1900.

2008-12-20T21:31:25Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Front Street at night in Traverse City about 1900.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society A 1901 photograph taken at an Eighth Street residence in Traverse City gives an idea of what a Christmas tree fully trimmed with popcorn, orn ...

2009-01-03T22:43:02Z

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Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society A 1901 photograph taken at an Eighth Street residence in Traverse City gives an idea of what a Christmas tree fully trimmed with popcorn, orn ...

Courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl Austin Batdorff was 24 years old when he came to the Record Eagle in early 1917 as managing editor. He spent the rest of his life as the newspaper's editor a ...

2008-12-13T23:55:55Z

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Courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl Austin Batdorff was 24 years old when he came to the Record Eagle in early 1917 as managing editor. He spent the rest of his life as the newspaper's editor a ...

Austin Batdorff in his office, probably sometime in the 1950s.

2008-12-13T23:56:03Z

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Austin Batdorff in his office, probably sometime in the 1950s.

Courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl Maxine and Bob Batdorff at the corner of Front and Union in downtown Traverse City.

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Courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl Maxine and Bob Batdorff at the corner of Front and Union in downtown Traverse City.

Photo courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl John, left, and Bob Batdorff as young boys, probably about 1920.

2008-12-13T23:55:55Z

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Photo courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl John, left, and Bob Batdorff as young boys, probably about 1920.

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The J.C. Penney Co. store downtown was built in 1926 at 243 E. Front Street. It was later renovated and remained downtown until 1991 when it mov ...

2008-12-13T23:57:01Z

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Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The J.C. Penney Co. store downtown was built in 1926 at 243 E. Front Street. It was later renovated and remained downtown until 1991 when it mov ...

Photo courtesy of Elk Rapids Area Historical Society Automobiles from across northwest Lower Michigan gather on the west shore of Elk Lake in 1925 as motorists watch speed boat races.

2008-12-13T23:57:24Z

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Photo courtesy of Elk Rapids Area Historical Society Automobiles from across northwest Lower Michigan gather on the west shore of Elk Lake in 1925 as motorists watch speed boat races.

Courtesy Curt Frook and U.S. Navy A Navy plane flies over Chum's Corner about 1943. Silver Lake is in the background. The old Cherry Capital Airport served as a naval air station during 1 ...

2008-12-06T23:33:32Z

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Courtesy Curt Frook and U.S. Navy A Navy plane flies over Chum's Corner about 1943. Silver Lake is in the background. The old Cherry Capital Airport served as a naval air station during 1 ...

Photo courtesy of Joe Kilpatrick Quonset huts and Navy planes sit at the Naval Air Station, later to become the home of the first Cherry Capital Airport. This photo was taken in 1942 and th ...

2008-12-06T23:28:40Z

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Photo courtesy of Joe Kilpatrick Quonset huts and Navy planes sit at the Naval Air Station, later to become the home of the first Cherry Capital Airport. This photo was taken in 1942 and th ...

Photo courtesy of Ross Biederman Lester Biederman in early 1942, a year after he founded WTCM, Traverse City's first commercial radio station.

2008-12-06T23:29:47Z

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Photo courtesy of Ross Biederman Lester Biederman in early 1942, a year after he founded WTCM, Traverse City's first commercial radio station.

Photo courtesy of Tom Ghering The Ghering children Eugene Jr. in Army cap, Nancy and Tom stand outside their aunts Madison Street house in Traverse City during World War II. The stars on ...

2008-12-06T23:31:21Z

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Photo courtesy of Tom Ghering The Ghering children Eugene Jr. in Army cap, Nancy and Tom stand outside their aunts Madison Street house in Traverse City during World War II. The stars on ...

Photo courtesy of Tom Ghering Eugene Ghering sits on a bench outside a Florida military hospital near the end of World War II.

2009-11-12T15:00:40Z

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Photo courtesy of Tom Ghering Eugene Ghering sits on a bench outside a Florida military hospital near the end of World War II.

All 16 stories on the Record-Eagles front page Dec 8, 1941 were war-related the day after the Pearl Harbor attack including a page 1 editorial.

2009-11-12T14:55:04Z

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All 16 stories on the Record-Eagles front page Dec 8, 1941 were war-related the day after the Pearl Harbor attack including a page 1 editorial.

A Page 1 Record-Eagle editorial published on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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A Page 1 Record-Eagle editorial published on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Photo courtesy of Grant Parsons The Parsons munitions plant in Traverse City made bomb casings, fins and other armaments during World War II.

2009-11-12T15:00:40Z

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Photo courtesy of Grant Parsons The Parsons munitions plant in Traverse City made bomb casings, fins and other armaments during World War II.

Thomas T. Bates, publisher-editor of the Grand Traverse Herald, founded by his uncle, Morgan Bates, his father's twin brother. He would help bring the railroad here in 1872. He would hel ...

2009-11-12T15:00:40Z

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Thomas T. Bates, publisher-editor of the Grand Traverse Herald, founded by his uncle, Morgan Bates, his father's twin brother. He would help bring the railroad here in 1872. He would hel ...

Photo courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society Steamships Puritan and Chequamegon at the Traverse City passenger dock. The West Bay shoreline in Traverse City was a busy place in the ...

2009-11-12T15:00:41Z

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Photo courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society Steamships Puritan and Chequamegon at the Traverse City passenger dock. The West Bay shoreline in Traverse City was a busy place in the ...

Photo courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society Daily Eagle paper boys around 1900. The Eagle was one of Traverse Citys two dailies that merged in 1910 to create The Record-Eagle.

2009-11-12T15:00:41Z

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Photo courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society Daily Eagle paper boys around 1900. The Eagle was one of Traverse Citys two dailies that merged in 1910 to create The Record-Eagle.

Martha E. Cram Bates, wife of Thomas T. Bates and associate editor of the Grand Traverse Herald's home and children's pages.

2009-11-12T15:00:41Z

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Martha E. Cram Bates, wife of Thomas T. Bates and associate editor of the Grand Traverse Herald's home and children's pages.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Manistee & Northeastern Railroad station was located at the end of Park Street. Hannah, Lay & Co. donated the dock front and depot grou ...

2009-11-12T15:00:41Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Manistee & Northeastern Railroad station was located at the end of Park Street. Hannah, Lay & Co. donated the dock front and depot grou ...

Map courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Manistee & Northeastern Railroad linked many area towns and cities in the first part of the 19th century. It started service in Traverse ...

2008-11-29T23:32:16Z

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Map courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Manistee & Northeastern Railroad linked many area towns and cities in the first part of the 19th century. It started service in Traverse ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Logs crash down a rollaway along the Boardman River after a Shay engine hauls them out of the woods on a narrow-gauge railway. The engin ...

2009-11-12T15:05:37Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Logs crash down a rollaway along the Boardman River after a Shay engine hauls them out of the woods on a narrow-gauge railway. The engin ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Hannah, Lay & Co. gristmill on the Boardman River near Union Street was built in 1869 and burned down in 1926

2009-11-12T15:05:37Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Hannah, Lay & Co. gristmill on the Boardman River near Union Street was built in 1869 and burned down in 1926

Lewis Cass was Michigans territorial governor 1813-1831.

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Lewis Cass was Michigans territorial governor 1813-1831.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Building the Hannah & Lay flour mill dam on the Boardman River just east of Union Street in 1869.

2009-11-12T15:05:37Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Building the Hannah & Lay flour mill dam on the Boardman River just east of Union Street in 1869.

Dewitt C. Leach

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Dewitt C. Leach

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Big Wheels, like these pictured in an area lumber camp, were invented in the mid-1870s by Manistee carriage maker Silas Overpack. They he ...

2009-11-12T15:05:37Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Big Wheels, like these pictured in an area lumber camp, were invented in the mid-1870s by Manistee carriage maker Silas Overpack. They he ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Flags fly over Front Street during a 1911 parade in Traverse City.

2009-11-12T15:05:37Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Flags fly over Front Street during a 1911 parade in Traverse City.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Leach Building, constructed by Dewitt C. Leach, on the southeast corner of Front and Park streets was the home of the Grand Traverse He ...

2008-11-15T23:30:03Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Leach Building, constructed by Dewitt C. Leach, on the southeast corner of Front and Park streets was the home of the Grand Traverse He ...

Morgan Bates, founder of the Grand Traverse Herald. The first issue came out Nov. 3,1858. He owned the paper until 1867 when he sold it to D.C. Leach. The following year and in 1870 he ran s ...

2009-11-12T15:10:23Z

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Morgan Bates, founder of the Grand Traverse Herald. The first issue came out Nov. 3,1858. He owned the paper until 1867 when he sold it to D.C. Leach. The following year and in 1870 he ran s ...

The Silver Lake Road slab home of the Wencil Kratochvil family in the 1850s. The Kratochvils purchased 80 acres of land in 1861 for $115 and raised mainly cattle, hogs, corn and wheat.

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The Silver Lake Road slab home of the Wencil Kratochvil family in the 1850s. The Kratochvils purchased 80 acres of land in 1861 for $115 and raised mainly cattle, hogs, corn and wheat.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The schooner Oak Leaf, built in 1886, is loaded to capacity with pine headed for Chicago.

2009-11-12T15:10:23Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The schooner Oak Leaf, built in 1886, is loaded to capacity with pine headed for Chicago.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Snow muddies Front Street in early Traverse City. This picture looks west from Cass Street.

2009-11-12T15:10:23Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Snow muddies Front Street in early Traverse City. This picture looks west from Cass Street.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The view of the bay from Front Street in the early 1860s included the Hannah, Lay & Co.s old store, mills and docks. This is probably clos ...

2009-11-12T15:10:23Z

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Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The view of the bay from Front Street in the early 1860s included the Hannah, Lay & Co.s old store, mills and docks. This is probably clos ...

Traverse City: A History In Photos

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Traverse City's waterfront was an industrial area in the 1890s when city leaders questioned continued use of West Bay as its water supply. One ...

Photo courtesy Traverse City Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction of Traverse City's sewage plant was well under way on the north end of Boardman Lake by July 1932.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Sewer pipes drained into the Boardman River in 1927 and from there into West Bay.

A well-worn copy of Timber, a 1922 novel by Harold Titus.

Harold Titus

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society One of the frequent fires of the early 20th century burns piled wood and slash in the Grand Traverse region. The only identification on this phot ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society timber cutover lands, often scorched by forest fires, were seen throughout northern Michigan after the lumber era. This 1909 photograph was ...

Photo courtesy of Charles Siffert Harold Titus, with rod, and his fishing buddies Jay Smith, left, and Henry Siffert chat on an annual trip to the river, probably in the 1940s.

The front page of the Traverse City Record-Eagle on Nov. 11, 1918.

The Grand Traverse Herald building at 123 Front St. in 1906.

Dr. Johnson's Hospital at 444 E. State Street was a private hospital in the 1920s operated by a local doctor. Traverse City's only public hospital during the Spanish influenza epidemic was a ...

Merritt Bates

Courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society The Miniature City at Clinch Park, looking west, probably in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The Con Foster Museum is the large building in th ...

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The view to the northwest in 1930 from the new Park Place Hotel, which opened in September that year.

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Workers dismantle the old Park Place Hotel, once known as the Campbell House, on Sept. 4, 1929, about eight weeks before the stock market crash ...

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society These two young women, identified only as "Petertyl Ladies 1919," pose for a picture in what appear to be knickers, a popular outdoor attire of ...

Special to the Record-Eagle The Fowler family, from left, Fanny, Frank, Angeline and S.W., hosted Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Manistee when she came to northwest lower Michigan to campaign for ...

Library of Congress photo Wounded Indian sharpshooters rest under a tree in May Union soldiers in trenches before Petersburg in December 1864. Both Co. A of the 26th Infantry and Co. K of t ...

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Grand Traverse area Civil War veterans gather for a Memorial Day ceremony at Oakwood Cemetery in Traverse City about 1900. Picture includes "U ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Civil War monument stands watch by the old Grand Traverse sheriff's residence and jail. A gift from local citizens to Civil War veteran ...

Library of Congress photo Union soldiers in trenches before Petersburg in December 1864. Both Co. A of the 26th Infantry and Co. K of the Michigan 1st Sharpshooters fought at Petersburg.

The Record-Eagle front page from Aug. 11, 1924, reports on a frightening night of downtown explosions and cross burnings during a Klu Klux Klan visit to the city.

Photo courtesy of the Leelanau Historical Society An Indian lumber crew in Leelanau Township in the early 1900s. From left: Edwin Fisher, Peter James, Bennett Hall, Antoine Jackson, Unkno ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society An unidentified American Indian family stands in front of their "Slabtown" home built of lumber slabs from the mill. Slabtown was located ...

An entire page from the Nov. 1, 1939 Record-Eagle was devoted to the plight of Peshawbestown Indians.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society A view of Traverse City and the Traverse City State Hospital from the tower of Traverse City Central High School before it was destroyed by f ...

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society A Hannah, Lay flour advertisement around 1900. Flour was the the company's second largest export from the region after lumber.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Perry Hannah and A. Tracy Lay in their Traverse City office in 1903.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Hardwood logs ready for the mills.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Perry Hannah's funeral in 1904.

Looking north from the Hannah, Lay building to the companys original store buildings and the dockyard, probably sometime after 1883.

Images courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Some Christmas cards received by a Traverse City resident about 1912. Louis Prang, a German born lithographer who emigrated to the United ...

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society Santa Claus was spotted in 1942 on a bike in Traverse City.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Front Street at night in Traverse City about 1900.

Photo courtesy Traverse Area Historical Society A 1901 photograph taken at an Eighth Street residence in Traverse City gives an idea of what a Christmas tree fully trimmed with popcorn, orn ...

Courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl Austin Batdorff was 24 years old when he came to the Record Eagle in early 1917 as managing editor. He spent the rest of his life as the newspaper's editor a ...

Austin Batdorff in his office, probably sometime in the 1950s.

Courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl Maxine and Bob Batdorff at the corner of Front and Union in downtown Traverse City.

Photo courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl John, left, and Bob Batdorff as young boys, probably about 1920.

Courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The J.C. Penney Co. store downtown was built in 1926 at 243 E. Front Street. It was later renovated and remained downtown until 1991 when it mov ...

Photo courtesy of Elk Rapids Area Historical Society Automobiles from across northwest Lower Michigan gather on the west shore of Elk Lake in 1925 as motorists watch speed boat races.

Courtesy Curt Frook and U.S. Navy A Navy plane flies over Chum's Corner about 1943. Silver Lake is in the background. The old Cherry Capital Airport served as a naval air station during 1 ...

Photo courtesy of Joe Kilpatrick Quonset huts and Navy planes sit at the Naval Air Station, later to become the home of the first Cherry Capital Airport. This photo was taken in 1942 and th ...

Photo courtesy of Ross Biederman Lester Biederman in early 1942, a year after he founded WTCM, Traverse City's first commercial radio station.

Photo courtesy of Tom Ghering The Ghering children Eugene Jr. in Army cap, Nancy and Tom stand outside their aunts Madison Street house in Traverse City during World War II. The stars on ...

Photo courtesy of Tom Ghering Eugene Ghering sits on a bench outside a Florida military hospital near the end of World War II.

All 16 stories on the Record-Eagles front page Dec 8, 1941 were war-related the day after the Pearl Harbor attack including a page 1 editorial.

A Page 1 Record-Eagle editorial published on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Photo courtesy of Grant Parsons The Parsons munitions plant in Traverse City made bomb casings, fins and other armaments during World War II.

Thomas T. Bates, publisher-editor of the Grand Traverse Herald, founded by his uncle, Morgan Bates, his father's twin brother. He would help bring the railroad here in 1872. He would hel ...

Photo courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society Steamships Puritan and Chequamegon at the Traverse City passenger dock. The West Bay shoreline in Traverse City was a busy place in the ...

Photo courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society Daily Eagle paper boys around 1900. The Eagle was one of Traverse Citys two dailies that merged in 1910 to create The Record-Eagle.

Martha E. Cram Bates, wife of Thomas T. Bates and associate editor of the Grand Traverse Herald's home and children's pages.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Manistee & Northeastern Railroad station was located at the end of Park Street. Hannah, Lay & Co. donated the dock front and depot grou ...

Map courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Manistee & Northeastern Railroad linked many area towns and cities in the first part of the 19th century. It started service in Traverse ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Logs crash down a rollaway along the Boardman River after a Shay engine hauls them out of the woods on a narrow-gauge railway. The engin ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Hannah, Lay & Co. gristmill on the Boardman River near Union Street was built in 1869 and burned down in 1926

Lewis Cass was Michigans territorial governor 1813-1831.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Building the Hannah & Lay flour mill dam on the Boardman River just east of Union Street in 1869.

Dewitt C. Leach

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Big Wheels, like these pictured in an area lumber camp, were invented in the mid-1870s by Manistee carriage maker Silas Overpack. They he ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Flags fly over Front Street during a 1911 parade in Traverse City.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The Leach Building, constructed by Dewitt C. Leach, on the southeast corner of Front and Park streets was the home of the Grand Traverse He ...

Morgan Bates, founder of the Grand Traverse Herald. The first issue came out Nov. 3,1858. He owned the paper until 1867 when he sold it to D.C. Leach. The following year and in 1870 he ran s ...

The Silver Lake Road slab home of the Wencil Kratochvil family in the 1850s. The Kratochvils purchased 80 acres of land in 1861 for $115 and raised mainly cattle, hogs, corn and wheat.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The schooner Oak Leaf, built in 1886, is loaded to capacity with pine headed for Chicago.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Snow muddies Front Street in early Traverse City. This picture looks west from Cass Street.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The view of the bay from Front Street in the early 1860s included the Hannah, Lay & Co.s old store, mills and docks. This is probably clos ...

Looking north from the Hannah, Lay building to the companys original store buildings and the dockyard, probably sometime after 1883.

Courtesy Curt Frook and U.S. Navy A Navy plane flies over Chum's Corner about 1943. Silver Lake is in the background. The old Cherry Capital Airport served as a naval air station during 1 ...

Photo courtesy of Ross Biederman Lester Biederman in early 1942, a year after he founded WTCM, Traverse City's first commercial radio station.

Photo courtesy of Tom Ghering The Ghering children Eugene Jr. in Army cap, Nancy and Tom stand outside their aunts Madison Street house in Traverse City during World War II. The stars on ...

All 16 stories on the Record-Eagles front page Dec 8, 1941 were war-related the day after the Pearl Harbor attack including a page 1 editorial.

Photo courtesy of the Traverse Area Historical Society Daily Eagle paper boys around 1900. The Eagle was one of Traverse Citys two dailies that merged in 1910 to create The Record-Eagle.

Lewis Cass was Michigans territorial governor 1813-1831.

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society Big Wheels, like these pictured in an area lumber camp, were invented in the mid-1870s by Manistee carriage maker Silas Overpack. They he ...

Photo courtesy of Traverse Area Historical Society The view of the bay from Front Street in the early 1860s included the Hannah, Lay & Co.s old store, mills and docks. This is probably clos ...