INDEX TO: THEY CALLED THE AREA HOME Memories & Stores of Early AuSable & Oscoda, Michigan ************************************************************************ March 12, 2013 Copyright c2013 by the Huron Shores Genealogical Society (HSGS), c/o the Robert J Parks Public Library, 6010 N Skeel Ave, Oscoda MI 48750, 989-739-9581, HuronShoresGS@yahoo.com, Referenced Document location in HSGS: (HIS-2 ^shelf). The Huron Shores Genealogy Society prepared this Index. Society member Alonzo J Sherman did the indexing, editing and publication. This index contains about 650 name/keyword citations. Copies of individual pages are available for $4.00 per page. Index Format: Name/Keyword citation Event Code: ~kw Keywords, Places, Things & Activities: Not a Person ~mil Military, Unspecified ~orc Other Record, Church ~orl Other Record, Legal ~orm Other Record, Medical & Health ~oro Other Record, Occupation ~orx Other Record, Misc Mention ~phoz Photograph, a place, thing, or activity. 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Compiler- Alonzo J Sherman- Database Manager ************************************************************************ Name/Keyword Event Page ************************************************************************ "Fire barrels" ~kw 43 "Round River" (1st Paul Bunyan story) ~kw 07-10 "Shore Town" ~kw 43 A About 24 home on the hill [Piety Hill] survived, /1911 ~kw 59 After fire 150 men met to plan relief & recovery ~kw 56 Akers, Elizabeth ~orx 26 Al Mather's musicians ~kw 27 All cemeteries are fire swept & monuments charred, /1911 ~kw 61 All docks destroyed, /1911 ~kw 61 Allen, Samantha ~orx 14 American Glass Co of Pittsburg testing local sand for glass, fire /1911 ~kw 46 American Red Cross ~kw 68 Ammack, Annabel ~orx 20 Appleby, Doctor ~orx 67 Archer, Jim ~orx 18 AS&NW railroad shops destroyed, owned by Loud, /1911 ~kw 59 Ashton Home ~kw 33 Auditorium/Town Hall /1918 ~kw-phoz 96 AuSable High School ~kw 34 AuSable High School /1880, Bradshaw Photo ~kw-phoz 17 AuSable Lower School /1880 ~kw-phoz 17 AuSable River background ~kw 80-89 AuSable River navigable to Loud's Bridge ~kw 36 AuSable School ~kw 37 AuSable water cut off when Loud Mill burned ~kw 54 AuSable, 13 houses remain, fire /1911 ~kw 45 AuSable, 2 Churches, 3 schools, chemical plant , few minor bldgs remain, fire /1911 ~kw 45 AuSable/Oscoda Fire of /1911 ~kw 63-65 AuxSable or Sandy River /1850, fishing & fur trade ~kw 34 B Back to Good Old Home Towns ~kw 26-28 Back to the good old home towns on the Huron Shore ~kw 26 Balance of $2,000 from Mez fire fund ~kw 61 Barlow, Mr ~orx 18 Barlow's farm ~kw 42 Barr, Mrs ~orx 15 Barr, Professor ~orx 16 Batts, William ~orx 42 Batts, William ~vrd 44 Batts, William ~orx 61 Batts, William aka William Boyts ~orx 61 Bay City sent 3,000 loaves of bread & 5 barrels of beef, more next day ~kw 50 Bay City sent fire fighting equipment to Alpena, /1911 ~kw 57 Beatty, Dave ~orx 20 Beatty, Dave "Carload" ~orx 20 Beckwith, L G Capt ~orx 55 Bell, Mayor ~orx 45 Bell, Mayor ~orx 58 Bennett, Capt ~orm 20 Berges, Bishop Rt Rev ~orx 35 Berry crop, about $25-$50,000 annual, fire /1911 ~kw 46 Betz, "Fiddledy" ~orx 15 Bicycles ~kw 16 Blatchford, Rev ~orx 39 Blodgett, Edward S ~orx 50 Blumberg, Fred ~orx 12 Boat dock ~kw~phoz 01 Boniface, Phillip ~orx 18 Bontyette, Ida ~orx 21 Bourbonnais, Mrs ~orx 19 Bowker, Mrs ~orx 24 Boyts, William aka William Batts ~orx 61 Brady, Eddie ~orx 12 Bridge built between AuSable & Oscoda /1869 ~kw 35 Brohl, Hazel Decker ~orx 97 Brooks, Helen (Lynch) ~orx 27 Brown, Charlie ~orx 14 Brown, Charlie Mrs ~orx 14 Brown, Cora ~orx 21 Buffalo robes ~kw 19 Building the Dam AuSable River, Bradshaw Photo ~kw-phoz 69 Bunyan, Paul ~kw 07 Bunyan, Paul ~kw 09 Burke, Mike ~orx 11 Burying the carcasses /1911 ~kw-phoz 53 Butler, A A Rev ~orx 35 Butter making ~kw 37 C Camp grounds /1911, Stevens Photo ~kw-phoz 62 Camp Skeel tents /1924 ~kw-phoz 100 Camp Skeel, Tents /1924 ~kw~phoz 100 Carlton, Susie ~orx 21 Carter, Nick ~orx 16 Chemical Plant, Ausable ~kw 42 Chevalier, Louis ~orx 70 Chevalier, Louis ~orx 74 Chevalier, Louis ~orx 81 Chevriere, Minnie ~orx 21 Christ Church ~kw 35 Christeson's Market ~kw 42 Christmas with a trimmed-up boat mast instead of a tree ~kw 35 Clairmount, Francois ~vrd 42 Clairmount, Francois ~vrd 44 Clairmount, Francois aka Clearmount, Francis ~vrd 55 Clark, Jennie Graham ~orx 33 Clark, Jennie Graham ~orx 38 Clark, Jennie Graham Mrs ~orx 36 Clermput, Francois ~vrd 44 Colbath, Dorothy ~orx 35 Colbath, Dorothy ~orx 39 Colbath, Ray Mrs ~orx 39 Colby, Red & family -stood in water 4 hours, /1911 ~orx 61 Colby, Rev ~orx 39 Collected swill & acorns for hogs ~kw 29 Collett, Joseph A ~orx 81 Colvin, Mr ~orx 19 Colwell's Store ~kw 19 Compau, Joseph ~orx 81 Connine, Main J Judge ~orx 34 Connine, Main J Judge ~orx 39 Connine, Main J Judge ~orx 44 Connine, Main J Judge ~orx 59 Connine, Mrs ~orx 18 Cook Dam AuSable River ~kw-phoz 75 Cooke Dam completed /1911 ~kw 87 Cooke, Mr ~orx 85-87 Cooks at Dam Camp, gabriel horn ~kw-phoz 69 Courley, Charlie ~orx 82 Cowley, Frank G Mayor ~orx 42 Cowley, Frank G Mayor ~orx 45 Cowley, Frank G Mayor ~orx 60-61 Currie's House, /1911 ~kw 54 Curtis Hawk, Camp Skeel /1925 ~kw~phoz 99 Curtis P-1 pursuit plane on Van Ettan Lake, skis /1924 ~kw~phoz 101 Curtis P-1, on frozen VanEttan Lake ~kw~phoz 100 Cutcheon, ~orx 26 D D&M supported fire refugees ~kw 51 D&M train to Bay City, fire 1911 ~kw 48 Dam on Van Ettan Lake ~kw-phoz 92 Dashed into the water, /1911 ~kw 52 David Thebault home ~kw 55 Davidson, Bob ~orx 18 Davis, Bishop ~orx 35 Davis, Oscar ~orx 20 Davis, Oscar "Shirts" ~orx 20 Dean, Pat ~orm 14 Decker, Anna ~orx 97 Decker, Anthony J (Tony) ~orx 97 Decker, Evelyn ~orx 97 Decker, Hazel ~orx 97 Decker, Marcella ~orx 97-98 Decker, Marie ~orx 97-98 Decker, Tony ~orx 96-98 Deitz, Jennie ~orx 21 Deitz, Laura ~orx 21 Deitz, Lish ~orx 16 Deitz, Lish ~orx 21 Deitz, Mrs ~orx 12 Densmore, Alven ~orx 42 Development of the prairie states ~kw 78 Diamond, Doris ~orx 30 Diamond, Doris ~orx 48 Dickenson, Miss ~orx 22 Dihle, Audrey Mead ~orx 24 Dishaw, Mr ~orx 30 Docks & lumber yards burned, /1911 ~kw 59 Dodds, Mr ~oro 15 Doll heads, bottles, buttons, marbles, thimbles, dishes, silverware, etc ~kw 70-74 Donaldson, James ~orx 76 Donaldson, James ~orx 76 Donaldson, James ~orx 78 Duell, Jesse ~orx 11 Duell, Jesse & father ~orx 82 Duncan, Bob ~orx 21 Duncan, Charlie ~orx 21 Duncan, Charlie D ~orx 44 Duncan, Jennie ~orx 21 Duncan, May ~orx 21 Duncan, Mr ~orx 18 Duncan, Nellie ~orx 21 E Eagle House ~kw 20 Eagon, Mary ~orx 21 East Tawas RR camps & provisions, 1800 fire victims from Oscoda-AuSable ~kw 49 Eaton, Annie ~orx 12 Eaton, Joe ~orx 16 Eaton, Mr ~orx 86 Eaton, Mrs ~orx 12 Eddinger, Rev ~orx 39 Electricity shut off before fire bunt wires, no electrocutions, /1911 ~kw 54 Elliot Hotel ~kw 26 Elliot House/Hotel ~kw 39 Elliot House/Hotel ~kw 42 Elliot House/Hotel ~kw 61 Elliot, Mrs ~orx 24 Elliott Hotel ruins /1911, Stevens Photo ~kw-phoz 32 Ellis, Marvel (Stickney) ~orx 29 Ellis, Marvel (Stickney) ~orx 31 Emerson & Eldridge ~kw 81 Episcopal Church ~kw 33 Episcopal Church destroyed in /1898 ~kw 38 Evans, Mr ~oro 37 Evans, Rev ~orx 35 Evans, Rev ~orx 37 Everyone walked to school ~kw 30 Ewings' Restaurant ~kw 38 F Fargo, Mr ~orx 85 Farm lands, bought for $15.00 per acre, fire /1911 ~kw 46 Farwell, Squat -boy chewed spearhead plug ~orx 21 Faxon, George ~orx 21 Featherly, Mr ~oro 15 Ferguson, Granny ~orx 15 Filkins, Heber ~orx 24 Filkins, Mr ~orx 24 Fire /1911 ~kw 42-43 Fire /1911 confined to the limits of Oscoda & AuSable ~kw 49 Fire /1911, 280 person escaped on the ship Niko ~kw 42 Fire /1911, wind changed at 7pm ~kw 44 Fire /1911: Newspaper Reports ~kw 48-62 Fire havoc in AuSable was far worse than in Oscoda, /1911 ~kw 52 Fire refugees (285) arrive Port Huron, /1911 ~kw 58 Fire refugees /1911, cooking & tents ~kw-phoz 62 Fire refugees, about 150 in tents etc, fire /1911 ~kw 45 First Episcopal Church ~kw 34 First mill built 1865 in AuSable, total of 8 mills ~kw 34 Fishing interest, about $75,000 annual sales will continue, fire /1911 ~kw 45 Fitzpatricks, ~orx 21 Flames Come with Rush, /1911 ~kw 51-52 Flemming, Dave Mrs "Floss" ~orx 34 Foolishment ~kw 23-26 Foote Dam ~orx 86-87 Foote, J B ~orx 85 Foote, W A ~orx 84-85 Forrest, ~kw 26 Forrest, Jim ~orx 22 Forrest, Mr ~oro 15 Forsyth, Canon ~orx 33 Forsyth, Canon ~orx 34 Forsyth, Canon ~orx 39 Forsyth, Rev ~orx 40 Four trains between Bay City & Oscoda-AuSable, /1911 ~kw 49 Free factory sites etc for legitimate industries, fire/1911 ~kw 46 Funding US Forest Fire Patrols ~kw 77 Funerals ~kw 30 G GAR campfires VanEttan Lake ~kw 16 Gardner, Frank ~orx 63-64 Gardner, Frank ~orx 63-64 Gay, ~orx 26 Gay, Mrs ~orx 15 Gay, Mrs ~orx 19 Gearring, Mrs ~orx 12 German & Swedish Churches survived, /1911 ~kw 61 Gibbs, Alice ~orx 21 Gibbs, Mark ~orx 21 Glass-blowing outfit ~kw 30 Glazier, Kittie ~orx 21 Glennie, John ~orx 15 Glennie, John ~vrd 19 Gordon, George ~orx 37 Gowanlock, ~orx 26 Graham, Jennie ~orx 19 Graham, Jennie (Clark) ~orx 36 Graham, Jennie (Clark) ~orx 38 Graham, Nellie ~orx 22 Gram Lumber Co ~kw 13 Gram, Mrs ~orx 19 Gram's Mill accident /1885 ~kw 37 Grams' Mill burned /1990 ~kw 82 Grant, Evelyn ~orx 97 Grant, George ~orx 97 Grant, Thom ~orx 97 Grant, Thom ~orx 97-98 Gratwick, Smith & Fryer Mill ~kw 82 Gray, Mrs ~orx 19 Green, Mrs baby ~vrd 15 Gresham, Edna Weir ~orx 34 H H M Loud Sons' Co ~kw 51 H M Loud Sons' Co ~kw 80 Hadwin, Sheriff ~orx 55 Hanford, Jennie ~orx 21 Hanford, Joe ~orx 16 Hanson, Annie ~orx 19 Hardwick, Jessie ~orx 21 Hardwick, Mr ~vrd 37 Harris Trust Company ~kw 85 Harry Loud Show ~kw 27 Hawkins, J D ~orx 60 Hawks, ~orx 45 Hendrickson, Mr ~orx 37 Hendrickson, Tom ~orx 23 Hennigar, Charles ~orx 42 Hennigar, Chas ~orx 47 Hennigar, Harlow ~orx 35 Hennigar, Jack ~orx 47 Hennigar, Jennie ~orx 21 Hennigar, Mary Jane ~orx 09 Hennigar, Phil ~orx 39 Hennigar's Company ~kw 35 Henry Nelson Loud called father of reforestation in MI ~kw 76 Henry, Mr ~orx 18 Henrys, ~orx 26 Herrick, Eli ~orx 43 Hester, Annie ~orx 20 Hicks, Hickses ~orx 26 Hines, Edward ~orx 42 Hines, Edward ~orx 43 Historical Pamphlets #01 ~kw 07-10 Historical Pamphlets #02 ~kw 11-25 Historical Pamphlets #03 ~kw 26-28 Historical Pamphlets #04 ~kw 29-32 Historical Pamphlets #05 ~kw 33-41 Historical Pamphlets #06 ~kw 42-47 Historical Pamphlets #07 ~kw 48-62 Historical Pamphlets #08 ~kw 63-65 Historical Pamphlets #09 ~kw 66-68 Historical Pamphlets #10 ~kw 70-75 Historical Pamphlets #11 ~kw 76-79 Historical Pamphlets #12 ~kw 80-89 Historical Pamphlets #13 ~kw 90-92 Historical Pamphlets #14 ~kw 93-95 Historical Pamphlets #15 ~kw 97-98 Hodenpyl, Walbridge & Co ~kw 86 Hoffmaster, Ina ~orx 21 Holland Hotel ~kw 35 Homecoming of 1906 ~kw 09 Homestead Garden ~kw 70-75 Horse race track ~kw 16 Horton's Hill ~kw 21 Hosie, Capt ~vrd 19 Hough, Abbey ~orx 16 Hough, Lige ~orx 16 Hough's store burned ~kw 16 Houses had picket fences ~kw 29 Houses had White Pine floors ~kw 33 Houses lighted with kerosene oil ~kw 29 Hoverson, Josie ~orx 12 Hoverson, twin brother ~vrd 12 How fire started, /1911 ~kw 60 How Power Development Came To Oscoda & AuSable ~kw 80-89 Howard & VanEtten mill built /1836, remains /1852 ~kw 82 Howard, Will ~orx 35 Huckleberry picking ~kw 18 Hughes, Marge ~orx 40 Hughes, Russell Mr ~orx 40 Hull & Ely Mill ~kw 30 Hull & Ely Mill ~kw 64 Hull, Dorothy ~orx 35 Hull, Edward & sons ~kw 42 Hull, James ~orx 64 Hurkett, Oscar Mr ~orx 39 Hutton, George ~orx 21 Hyslop, Annie ~orx 21 I I Remember ~kw 33-41 Ice skating & swimming, "Sandy Bottom" aka "Bare (bottom) Beach" ~kw 30 Invitation, 1935 Annual Home Coming of Oscoda-AuSable ~kw 26 Iosco Baseball Team ~kw 34 Iosco Turpentine Co continuing erection of chemical plant, fire /1911 ~kw 45 Iosco Turpentine Co Plant spared, /1911 ~kw 54 Iroquois theatre fire in Chicago ~kw 48 J Jacobs, A P ~orx 57 Jahraus, Charles ~orx 43 Jennison, C E ~orx 82 John Peterson's residence ~kw 42 Johnson, C A ~orx 94 Johnson, Malcolm ~orx 67 Johnson, Mr ~orx 91 Jondro, Mamie ~orx 21 K Kahn Store burned /1911 ~kw 94 Kahn Store Mikado, /1900, often bartered instead cash ~kw 93 Kahn, Gerson Mark ~orx 95 Kahn, Gerson Mark, pack peddler, /1890s ~orx~vrm 93 Kahn, Hannah Lowenberg ~vrm 93 Kahn, Iver S ~orx 93 Kahn, Sidney K ~orx 93 Keating, Harry Mrs ~orx 19 Kennedy, Gertie ~orx 21 Kent, Allen ~orx 21 Kimball, Al ~orm 16 King, ~orx 26 King, Alice ~orx 12 King, H C ~vrd 15 Kolhas, Red ~orx 39 Kulberg, Albert ~orx 66 Kulberg, Annie ~orx 66 Kulberg, Arvid ~orx 66 Kulberg, Esther ~orx 66 Kulberg, Henry ~orx 66 Kulberg, Jennie ~orx 66 Kulberg, Jennie ~orx 68 Kulberg, Ruth ~orx 66 L L N Gagnier residence ~kw 42 l'Aufe du Tonnere ~kw 81 LaBerge, Mayor ~orx 45 Lahontan's Voyages to North America ~kw 80 Lake, D B (Mrs Nellie) ~orx 35 Lake, Nellie Mrs ~orx 35 Lakeside Monitor ~kw 15 LaPlant, boy ~vrd 20 LaPlant, Peter ~orx 20 Large Lake Trout or Whitefish for 25 from fishing tugs at dock side ~kw 37 Last trip of narrow gauge /1915 ~kw-phoz 92 LaVack, Marcella Decker ~orx 97-98 LaVoie, Jacques ~orx 42 Lavoie, Jacques ~vrd 44 LaVoie, Napoleon ~orx 43 Law, Johnny ~orx 12 Lee, Mr ~orx 19 Lee, Walter Mrs ~orx 67 Lee's beautiful Hotel on beach failed, now a mill boarding house ~kw 19 Leroy, William ~orx 45 Lewis, Dorothy ~orx 35 Lewis, Emily ~orx 37 Lewis, Rev ~orx 35 Lewis, Rev ~orx 37 Lincoln Stub ~kw 42 Lipscomb, Harry ~orx 19 Load train /1912, AS & NW ~kw-phoz 89 Loawenberg, Hannah ~vrm 93 Longshoremen's Union ~kw 23 Loud & Rosenthal residence after /1911 fire ~kw-phoz 28 Loud Album (excerpts) ~kw 48 Loud Company ~kw 31 Loud Company ~kw 33 Loud Company ~kw 34 Loud Company ~kw 56 Loud Company ~kw 63 Loud Company ~kw 66 Loud Company ~kw 68 Loud Company ~kw 83 Loud Company /1911 ~kw 54 Loud Dam ~kw 87 Loud, E F ~orx 19 Loud, Edward ~orx 68 Loud, Edward F ~orx 19 Loud, Edward F ~orx 34 Loud, Edward F ~orx 80 Loud, Gay & Shepherd ~kw 13 Loud, Gay & Shepherd ~kw 13 Loud, George ~orx 68 Loud, George A ~orx 45 Loud, George A ~orx 51 Loud, George A ~orx 67-77 Loud, George A ~orx 76 Loud, George A ~orx 80 Loud, George A ~orx 85 Loud, George A ~orx 87 Loud, George A Congressman ~orx 60 Loud, H M Sons' Co ~kw 42 Loud, H M Sons' Co ~kw 55 Loud, H M Sons' Co may rebuild after fire /1911 ~kw 45 Loud, Harold ~orx 20 Loud, Harry ~orx 27 Loud, Henry ~orx 68 Loud, Henry K ~orx 48 Loud, Henry Martyn ~orx 34 Loud, Henry Martyn ~orx 87 Loud, Henry Martyn /1867 ~orx 81 Loud, Henry Nelson ~orx 76 Loud, Henry Nelson ~orx 80 Loud, Mr ~orx 22 Loud, Mrs ~orx 19 Loud, Priest & Co ~kw 77 Loud, William ~orx 68 Loud, William ~orx 87 Loud/Reames Airport ~kw 99 Loud's Bridge ~kw 21 Loud's Dock ~kw 61 Loud's Garden ~kw 20 Loud's General Store ~kw 26 Loud's Office, whiskers & moustaches must go ~kw 16 Loud's Properties ~kw 37 Loud's residence after /1911 fire ~kw-phoz 28 Loud's Residences ~kw 52 Loud's Residences ~kw 68 Loud's saw mills, shingle mill, planning mills, huge cedar yards & limber yards, /1911 ~kw 51 Loud's Stables ~kw 18 Loud's Store ~kw 19 Loud's Store ~kw 26 Loud's Store AuSable, Meat Dept,Bradshaw Photo ~kw-phoz 25 Loud's Store AuSable, outside view, Bradshaw Photo ~kw-phoz 25 Loud's, fire started in a slab yard, /1911 ~kw 51 Louds Heaviest Losers ~kw 49 Louis Chevalier /1826 claim, fur trader, ribbon farm ~kw 70 Lovelace, Edward ~orx 94 Luce, C W Supt ~orx 60 Luce, Supt ~orx 45 Lumber ~kw 13-23 Lumbering; uncertain, inconstant & dangerous occupation ~kw 79 Lumbermen's Monument Rededication ~kw 76-79 Lutheran Church, Piety Hill, /1911 ~kw 67 Lynch, Helen Brooks ~orx 27 M M E Church ~kw 27 MacGillivary, J H ~orx 60 MacGillivary, James ~orx 07 MacGillivray, Effie ~orx 21 MacGillivray, James H ~orx 07 MacGillivray, James H ~orx 60 MacGillivray, James H ~orx 77 Main St Oscoda /1911 fire, Bradshaw Photo ~kw-phoz 32 Man fell off the burning RR bridge, reported he died /1911 ~kw 49 Many boys drowned in Lake Huron ~kw 13 Many people running to escape the fire, /1911 ~kw 48 Mark, John ~orx 16 Marvin, Charlie ~orx 24 Masonic Temple Port Huron ~kw 44 Masterson's Home ~kw 44 Mather, Al ~orx 27 McCame, Professor ~orx 21 McCormack, Alice ~orx 21 McCoy, Jim ~orx 14 McCuaig, Bill ~orx 36 McDonald, "Big" Dan ~orx 26 McDonald, Allen ~orx 21 McDonald, Angus Roy ~orx 26 McDonald, Angus Roy ~orx 36 McDonald, Annie Curley ~orx 15 McDonald, Archie "Red" ~orx 36 McDonald, Austin ~orx 20 McDonald, Clan ~orx 26 McDonald, Curley John ~orx 36 McDonald, Dan "Big" ~orx 26 McDonald, Dan "Big" ~orx 36 McDonald, Dan "Black" ~orx 36 McDonald, Hughey Cooper ~orx 26 McDonald, Hughie Cooper ~orx 36 McDonald, John C ~orx 26 McDonald, John C ~orx 36 McDonald, Kittie Angus Roy ~orx 15 McDonald, Mary John C ~orx 15 McFarlane Store ~kw 22 McFarlane Store ~kw 38 McFarlane, Annie ~orx 21 McFarlane, Kate ~orx 21 McFarlane, Mr ~orc 38 McFarlane, Mr ~orx 38 McFarlane, Will ~orx 22 McGarrity, Jim ~orx 11 McGarrity, Kate ~orx 21 Mcgillivary, Effi ~orx 21 McKay building, touring shows or dramas upstairs ~kw 30 McKay, Building ~kw 30 McKay, Johnny ~orx 12 McKays, ~orx 26 McKenna, Floss ~orx 34 McKenna, John ~orx 83-84 McKenna, Myrtle (Smith) ~orx 33 McKenna, Myrtle (Smith) ~orx 40 McKenzie, George ~orx 39 McKenzie, George Mrs ~orx 35 McKenzie, Helen Mrs ~oro 39 McKinnon, ~orx 16 McLeod, Clara ~orx 21 McNeil, "Squealer" ~orx 15 McNichol, George D ~orx 39 McPhail, Bessie ~orx 19 McPhail, Peter ~orx 43 McPhee, Mr ~orx 19 Mead, Audrey (Dihle) ~orx 24 Mead, Jane Ann O'Neil Mrs ~orx 11 Mead, Lucy ~orx 11 Mead, Lucy ~orx 24 Mead, Sid ~orx 16 Mead, Sid m/m, ~orx 16 Medor, Peter & son ~orx 95 Memories of AuSable & Oscoda ~kw 11-24 Memories of the Barter System ~kw 93-95 Merkel Farm ~kw 30 Methodist & Catholic Churches burned, /1911 ~kw 54 Methodist Church ~kw 33-34 Meyer, Ralph D Capt ~orx 42 Meyer, Ralph D Capt ~oro 44 Michigan National Guard ~kw 68 Mills sawed timber for 7 or more mills in MI, OH & NY ~kw 76 Miner, Mr ~vrd 37 Miner, Willie ~orx 37 Mitchell, Mr ~orx 20 Morrison, Mary ~orx 21 Morse, W A Mr ~oro 37 Mosso, Eva ~orx 12 Mosso, Luc ~orx 12 Mount, Frank ~orx 19 Mowatt, Sam ~orx 55 Mr Hendricksons lighthouse at AuSable River mouth ~kw 37 Mr Mac's Grocery ~kw 38 Muncey's Store ~kw 36 Murphy, Pat ~orx 11 Myers, George ~orx 20 Myers, Ralph D Capt ~orx 58 N National Guard supply tent /1911, Stevens Photo ~kw-phoz 65 New City [AuSable?] Will Arise from Ashes ~kw 42-47 New Hotel /1911 ~kw-phoz 65 Newberry Paper Co, did not settle in AuSable to make paper from stumps /1911 ~kw 18 November storm in Oscoda & on Lake Huron ~kw 36 O O'Neil, Jane Ann ~orx 11 O'Tool Hall ~kw 35 O'Toole, Felix ~orx 11-24 O'Toole, Flex ~orx 12 Odd Fellows Lodge Mikado ~kw 94 Old Central Hall ~kw 26 Only 5-6 fishemen's shanties, mouth of AuSable River,/1852 ~kw 82 Only ash heaps mark town site, /1911 ~kw 52 Only one Mill left in /1890; H M Loud Co Mill ended /1911 ~kw 34 Opening safe after fire /1911, Wasson Photo ~kw-phoz 47 Osborn, Chase Gov ~orx 46 Osborn, Chase Gov ~orx 77 Osborn, Governor ~orx 46 Oscoda & AuSable are quickly wiped out by fire /1911, population 1,800 ~kw 51 Oscoda & AuSable Canning Co expect to rebuild with larger capacity, Fire /1911 ~kw 45 Oscoda & AuSable population about 3,000, 25 houses left, /1911 ~kw 55 Oscoda 75 buildings remain, fire /1911 ~kw 45 Oscoda Hotel ~kw 39 Oscoda Press ~kw 42 Oscoda school & nearby homes saved by bucket brigade ~kw 64 Oscoda School, overflow building rented on Main Street, "The Battle Axe" ~kw 37 Oscoda School, Primary, Intermediate & High School ~kw-phoz 06 Oscoda water stayed on, although geysers from burned pipes & hoses existed ~kw 54-56 Oscoda water works remain, fire /1911 ~kw 45 Oscoda When I Was Young ~kw 29-32 Oscoda-AuSable /1911 fire, 6 blocks of house saved, Piety Hill ~kiwi 38 Oscoda-AuSable 100 buildings remain, fire /1911 ~kw 45 O-tin-e-ang-shi-ne-me-wug Society ~kw 20 Out house aka comfort station, weekly cleaning & spring papering & painting ~kw 33 Oysters for Christmas, walked to Bay City & back ~kw 11 P Pack & Woods Co ~kw 13 Pack & Woods Co mill dismantled /1892 ~kw 82 Pack, ~orx 26 Pack, Grace ~orx 21 Pack, Green ~oro 13 Packtown house, taken down & moved ~kw 87 Parsons, A E Capt ~orx 82 Patterson, Myron ~orx 18 Paul Bunyan ~kw 77 Pearson, D Rev ~orx 35 Peddler, Unidentified Peddler ~vrd 42 Peddler, Unidentified Peddler ~orx 61 Pelton, Archie ~orx 19 Pelton, Charlie ~orx 19 Penoyar Mill moved to Shelldrake, /1891 ~kw 82 Penoyer Lumber Co ~kw 13 Penoyer Mill ~kw 37 Penoyer, ~orx 26 People escaped: 150 to Port Huron by steamer Niko, /1911 ~kw 55 People had barns behind the house for cows, horses & chickens; manure piles ~kw 29 Perrine, Mr ~oro 37 Perry, Jim ~orx 12 Perry, Tom ~orx 12 Pest house for small pox victims ~kw 30 Peter McPhail residence ~kw 42 Peterson, ~orx 20 Peterson, Mr ~orx 23 Picking huckleberries aka blueberries ~kw 31 Pierce, Benjamin ~orx 82 Piety Hill ~kw 30 Piety Hill /1911 ~kw 42 Piety Hill ["on the hill"] ~kw 64 Pioneer Lumberman's AuSable River dedicated /1932 ~kw-phoz 89 Plank sidewalks & tanbark roads /1895 ~kw 33 Point Lookout ~kw 22 Pott's Men ~kw 18 Potts Lumber Co ~kw 13 Potts Point ~kw 21 Potts Point ~kw 36 Potts, ~orx 26 Potts' Mill ~kw 37 Potts' Mill failed /1890 ~kw 82 Presbyterian Church ~kw 33 Presbyterian Church ~kw 38 Protection Hose Co No-1 ~kw 16 Prue, Joseph ~orx 43 Q Quinn, Jim ~orx 18 Quinn, Jim ~orx 22 Quinn, Rev ~orx 35 R Rain barrels & wash tubs for baths before running water ~kw 33 Randall, Capt ~orx~mil 55 Randall, Capt MNG ~orx~mil 44 Red Ribbon Hall ~kw 35 Rededication of the Lumberman's Memorial ~kw 76 Refugees not allowed to bring trunk or baggage on rescue trains ~kw 50 Reid, Doris ~orx 97 Reid, Walter ~orx 97 Relief sent to suffers ~kw 50 Render, Tommee ~orx 98 Resco, Mrs ~orx 43 Rich, Harry ~orx 23 Riverhogs, AuSable River ~kw~phoz 06 Rix, Brothers (One died) ~vrd 20 Robbitt, David ~orm 77 Robinson, Nellie Mrs ~orx 39 Rogers, Annie ~orx 21 Rogers, Jess ~orx 22 Roller rink ~kw 30 Roman Catholic Cemetery ~kw 55 Rosenthal, Harry ~orx 19 Rosenthal, Sam ~orx 42 Rosenthal, Sam ~vrd 44 Rosenthal, Sam ~vrd 54 RR built track around fire to get from East Tawas to Oscoda-AuSable ~kw 49 Ruins after fire /1911, jail, Main St Oscoda ~kw-phoz 41 Ruins of Bank /1911, Stevens Photo ~kw-phoz 47 Ruins of the Loud Mill, /1911 ~kw 54 Rumford, Bob ~orx 19 Rumford, Gladys ~orx 12 Rutherford, Dorothy "Dot" ~orx 19 S Same scenes in Oscoda, fire /1911 ~kw 54-55 Sawyer, Charles B ~orx 45 Sawyer, Charles B ~orx 55 Sayre, Bishop ~orx 39 Schoettle, Mr ~orx 19 School drinking water, pail & dipper, students were vaccinated ~kw 29-30 School had long flat topped stoves, always warm, students also dressed warm ~kw 29 School outside toilets ~kw 30 School rooms were green & w/picture of Geo Washington ~kw 29 Scot, Sid ~orx 12 Scott, Bart ~orx 12 Sharp, Ora ~orx 21 Shellenbarger, Guy ~orx 70 Shellenbarger, Guy ~orx 74 Shellenbarger, Marguerite ~orx 70 Shellenbarger, Marguerite ~orx 74 Sheperd, Ernie ~orx 20 Shrock, Bernard Mrs ~orx 09 Siclian circle ~kiwi 24 Simpson, ~orx 26 Skinner, G M Rev ~orx 35 Sklepkowski, Marie Decker ~orx 97-98 Slab wood for home heating & bark for roads ~kw 31 Smith, Duncan ~orx 12 Smith, Mrs ~orx 36 Smith, Myrtle McKenna ~orx 33 Smith, Myrtle McKenna ~orx 40 Smith's field, pasture area for cattle, /1911 ~kw 67 Soft water for Monday's wash ~kw 34 Soldiers Relieving fire sufferers /1911 ~kw-phoz 53 Solomon, ~orx 26 Solomon, Anna ~orx 19 Solomon, Ike ~orx 19 Some needs of Fire Sufferers described ~kw 50 Sparks ignited bark in he street ~kw 06 St John's Church of AuSable ~kw 39 Steamer "City of Alpena" ~kw-phoz 10 Steel, Mamie ~orx 21 Stevens, Miss ~oro 37 Stickney, Marvel Ellis ~orx 29 Stickney, Marvel Ellis ~orx 31 St John's Church ~kw 35 St Johns Church burned /1898 ~kw 36 Stockman, Horace ~orl 12 Stockman, John ~orx 21 Stockman, Mrs ~orx 37 Stockman's Store ~kw 36 Stores shipped in apples, butter, etc from the MI Thumb area ~kw 37 Street lights, kerosene & then carbon lights, lamplighter ~kw 36 Summer time Oscoda/AuSable, 4pm cool breeze off the lake ~kw 13 Sutherland, Dr ~vrd 15 Swale's Home ~kw 44 T Tait, Ellsworth ~orx 15 Tait, Mrs ~orx 15 Tawas City & East Tawas, 500 refugees, /1911 ~kw 58-59 Team of horses helping load logs on a railroad flat car ~kw-phoz 79 Temperance Hall ~kw 35 The Air Base (Wurtsmith AFB) ~kw 99-101 The Day Oscoda Burned /1911 ~kw 66-68 Thompson, Andrew ~orx 43 Thompson, Andrew ~orx 55 Thompson, fire chief ~orx 47 Thompson, Mr -handshake & broken bone ~orx 24 Tony Decker's Bar ~kw-phoz 96 Tony Decker's Bar ~kw 97-68 Tug boats, if turned over it never rights itself ~kw 18 Turcotte Foundry ~kw 44 Turcotte, Joseph ~orx 42 Turcotte's Foundry ~kw 46 U Unidentified Peddler ~vrd 44 Union Steamboat Dock, Mill St, Oscoda ~kw-phoz 10 Unknown, Unidentified Peddler ~vrd 42 Unknown, Unidentified Peddler ~orx 61 V VanEtten Lake Boy Scout Camp, from Milford Center OH ~kw 90-92 Vaughan, Ed Mr ~orx 39 Venners, ~orx 21 W Wabinissy, Mrs ~orx 23 Wagon spokes manufacture considered, fire /1911 ~kw 46 Walker, George ~orx 21 Ward, Hank ~orx 18 Warner, Charles ~oro 12 Warner, Mr ~orx 12 Water pump melted by the heat from the fire, /1911 ~kw 67 Watkins, Mr ~orx 84 Weadock, John C ~orx 85-86 Webb, Richard Rev ~orx 35 Weir, Aggie ~orx 21 Weir, Doctor ~orx 18 Weir, Edna (Gresham) ~kw 34 Wells, Herb ~orx 21 Wells-Sabine Mrs ~orx 20 Weston, Mrs ~orx 18 Widdiefield, Joe ~orx 24 Widdiefield, Mrs ~orx 19 Wiel, Louis ~orx 44 Wigwam floor ~kw 27 Wild (Passenger) Pigeon, their breast used for pies ~kw 11 Wild, Blanche ~orx 20 Wilder, Mrs ~orx 22 Wilkins, Frank ~orx 50 Wilmot, Edith ~orx 37 Wilmot, Miss ~orx 20 Winchester Hotel ~kw 19 Winchester Hotel ~kw 20 Winchester Hotel ~kw 35 Women clothing styles ~kw 31 Worth, Jack ~vrd~mil 15 Worth, Johnnie ~orx 20 Wrecks along railroad, /1911 ~kw 54 Wright, Billie Mrs ~orx 76 Wylie, Dave ~orx 19 Y Yards & gardens never kept neat & clean ~kw 29 YMCA's Camp Nissokone ~kw 90 Yockey, ~orx 18 Yockey, Chris ~orx 93 Yockey, 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