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Station: Riga, MI
Riga was a station stop in southeast Lenawee County on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern's Old Road Division. It was settled on the Erie & Kalamazoo railroad about 1844 and called Knights Station. It was renamed in 1851. [MPN]
Photo Info: Top and 2nd photos, the Toledo & Western depot in Riga. 3rd & 4th photos, the Lake Shore depot at Riga and the grain elevator.. [Both, Dennis Gibbs collection]
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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
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