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Station: Wingleton, MI
Wingleton was settled about 1873 when industrialist Eber Brock Ward set up his brother-in-law, Justus Sterns, here with the Sterns Lumber Company. This location was initially called Sterns Siding but renamed Wingleton in 1882. [MPN]
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1889. October. The F&PM has acquired possession and control of the Danaher & Melindy logging railroad, south of Wingleton, connecting with and forming an extension 10 miles long of the Star Lake branch. The company will operate the road and use it to bring to the line of the western division large quantities of shingled, hardwood timber and lumber. [SCH-1889-1024]
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