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Station: Shephard, MI
Shepherd was founded as a lumber town about 1857. For a time it was also known as Salt River. It was incorporated as a village in 1889. [MPN]
Shepherd was a station stop on the Ann Arbor railroad about seven miles southeast of Mt. Pleasant in Isabella County.
Photo Info: Top, the Ann Arbor railroad depot at Shepard. [David McKeill collection]. 2nd photo, the depot in 1968. [Charles Geletzke Jr.]. 3rd photo the depot in 2003 with a nice coat of paint. [Alan Loftis]
Notes
Time Line
1900. This is a telegraph station on the Ann Arbor railroad. [OG-1900]
1918. The AARR had a day station agent here. [TRT]
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