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Station: Blanchard, MI
Blanchard is a lumber town which was settled in Isabella County about 1878. It was incorporated as a village in 1879. The town business district was destroyed by fire in August, 1884 but rebuilt. [MPN]
Blanchard was located on a Pere Marquette branch line between Edmore and Big Rapids. It was about eight miles northwest of Edmore.
Photo Info: Top, the PM depot in Blanchard. [Alan Loftis collection]. 2nd image, a similar view of the depot at a different time. [David McNeill collection]
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Time Line
1878. Coming to Blanchard, the DL&N builds a new engine house with two stalls, turn-table and water-tanks here. [DL&N-1878]
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [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