Boyne City

Boyne City History

Boyne City, has a rich and lustrous history. It is a story of transition, from wilderness to settlers cabins, from hard working loggers and sailors to hard working foundry men and tanners. They were all held together by the deep water harbor in Lake Charlevoix with its outlet into Lake Michigan and by the river that flowed through the hardwood forests from the east. The railroads came to town and Boyne City prospered.
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	It is rare to have a picture that so clearly represents the initial event that leads to the founding of a town or city, but in 1856 the arrival of John and Harriet Miller at this abandoned cabin on the shores of Pine Lake near the mouth of an unnamed river was just such an event. This began the sequence of rich and colorful events that led to the establishment of Boyne City. The naming of the river
The above picture and many others on these pages are reproduced with permission from Robert Morgridge, author of "Settlers to Sidewalks in Boyne City".
	"The Three Brothers" ready to sail from Boyne City with a load of lumber. Notice that all of the hills in the background have been stripped of trees. In fact the only trees visible are in Old City Park. Some of these trees are still standing. Around 1901 The Three Brothers started delivering Boyne City lumber to Tonawanda, New York. Some years later, during a fierce Lake Michigan storm, she was driven ashore and wrecked on South Manitou Island.