X-Nico

7 unusual facts about Alpena


Barton Knob

In 2005, the Rainbow Gathering considered using (and some may have used) strip-mined land near Barton Knob after being displaced from the original meeting site near Alpena.

Carrollton Township, Boone County, Arkansas

Between 1920 and 1980, the population of Boone County's Carrollton Township included the total population of the town of Alpena, even though Alpena is in both Boone County and in parts of two townships in Carroll County.

David Custer

Custer’s journey into television started as an anchor and a reporter in Alpena, Michigan, in 2002.

Frank J. Kelley

After receiving undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Detroit, Kelley became a lawyer in private practice and received an appointment as city attorney of Alpena, Michigan.

Matthew Gillard

He lives in Alpena with his wife, Jessica, and two children, Gracie and Joel.

Shavers Mountain

In June 1879, Ellis Wyatt became the first postmaster of the town of Alpena, holding the position until 1897.

WGFM

Rock 105 is also heard on translator W279CC (103.7 FM) in Alpena.


Frank D. Scott

Scott was born of Scottish ancestry in Alpena, Michigan, attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1901.

WATZ

WATZ-FM, a radio station (99.3 FM) licensed to Alpena, Michigan, United States

WBKB-TV

In addition, WFQX's full-powered satellite WFUP in Vanderbilt served areas around greater Alpena although not in the city proper.

The station first went on-the-air September 22, 1975 as the first of two stations in Alpena to sign-on that year (the other being WCMU-TV satellite WCML that launched in November).

Owned by the Marks Radio Group, WBKB has studios on North Bagley Street in Alpena.


see also