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Black and white photograph of workers at the Wylie Cooperage Company factory with barrel staves. The cooperage operated from 1897 to 1914, and made barrels from the hardwood that remained after lumbering ended in the Pine forests. The Manistee &…

The Wylie school building was moved in the 1920's by Willis Pennington from its original location in the village of Wylie to the Hotel Pennington property. Over the years it has since been moved several more times by the music camp (ICA). It is…

A view of the factory from the lake. Note the railroad tressle and the raft with a winch for lifting sunken logs. The trees on the left are now in the Interlochen State Park.
The Wylie Cooperage factory and the small company village of Wylie were…

1. Manistee and Northeastern Railroad train tracks through the pines (present State Park).
2. Hotel Pennington launch headed to Peninsula Point on Green lake.
3. Betsie River Bridge at the inlet to Green Lake.
4. Logs at the Wylie cooperage
5.…

Wylie baseball team. Each community had a team and played the neighboring town's team.
The Wylie Cooperage factory and the small company village of Wylie were both located on Duck Lake just north of the State Park. They made barrels, between 1897…

John Kelly, his grandson Tom Kelly and Louis Schreoter by a home in Wylie, MI