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Alpena
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[key], city, seat of Alpena co., N Mich., on Thunder Bay, an arm of Lake Huron; inc. 1871.
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(Encyclopedia) Snow, Lorenzo, 1814–1901, American Mormon leader, b. Mantua, Ohio, studied at Oberlin College. Entering the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1836), Snow became an apostle…
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