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Station: Custer, MI (Mason County)
Custer was founded in Mason County in 1876 and was a station stop on the Pere Marquette railroad main line between Saginaw and Ludington. It became a village in 1895. [MPN] The town was three miles east of Scottville.
Photo Info: Top, the PM station at Custer with a couple of box cars on the side track. [CMUL]. 2nd photo,the PM station is on the left in this 1929 photo. [Alan Loftis collection]
Notes
Time Line
1908. The PM built a new depot here. [PMAR-1908]
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