Station: Palmer, MI

Palmer was settled about 1873 as a station on the Chicago & Northwestern's Loop Line. The Volunteer Mine was located here. It was leased by the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company in 1899. [MPN]

Today, Palmer is home to the nearby Empire Mine and the Tilden Mine, the two working iron ore mines in the Marquette range.


Notes

The C&NW had a small engine house and turntable here, just east of the highway crossing. They were removed in October, 1917. They also had a water tank and pump house here. These were removed in 1925. [CNWV]


Time Line

1917. On the C&NW, a yardmaster was located at Palmer, coordinating traffic around the mines in the area. [CNWV]

 

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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