Stories of Yesteryear: Remembering Alpena’s Winter Carnival

2026-02-27T16:24:37+00:00February 27, 2026|Local News|

The winter weather has us reminiscing on days gone by. Back between the early 1930s to the 1960s when Alpena hosted a winter carnival during the snowiest time of the year. Picture this: hundreds and hundreds of people bundled in their warmest winter threads aboard the “snow train” to take them to Alpena, Michigan. Where they […]