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Station: Attica, MI
Attia was settled about 1851 with a sawmill. It was called Mill Station in 1867 and renamed Elk Lake in 1870. It received the final name of Attica in 1871. [MPN]
Attica was on the Grand Trunk Western main line between Port Huron and Flint and was about six miles west of downtown Imlay City.
Image info: The GT depot at Attica in the early 1900's. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1918. The Grand Trunk had an agent here around the clock. [TRT]
1945. The MPSC gives the GTW permission to discontinue Attica as a passenger and LCL station, remove the caretaker, and remove the depot. They were ordered to maintain a siding for loading and unloading carload freight. [MPSC-1945]
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