Railroad: Marquette and Ontonagon Railway Company

Organized → Marquette & Ontonagon Railway → M&O Railroad

Leased: 1857 - the Bay De Noquet & Marquette.

Built: 1865 - Winthrop Jct. to Lake Michigammi. [DSS] notes this may not have been built.

Sold: Date unknown - to Marquette & Ontonagon Railroad.

Reference: [MRRC]

1857. Articles filed to build from Marquette to Houghton. Owned by Detroit businessmen. Awarded a land grant. [DSS]

1863. Land grant transferred by legislature to the Marquette & Ontonagon Railroad. [DSS]

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

[AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
[AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
[AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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