The Amazing History of Alabaster Michigan – 14 Powerful Scenes From a Ghost Gypsum Town

Posted on June 11, 2026June 11, 2026 by Michael Hardy

Alabaster, Michigan, grew around gypsum, rail cars and Lake Huron shipping. These early photos show the U.S. Gypsum quarry, the aerial dock, the school, the hotel and the 1910 mill fire that nearly stopped the town’s main source of work.