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Station: Borland, MI
Borland was settled about 1869 in Mecosta County and first called Bell Crossing. The Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad came through and renamed it Bell Siding. It was renamed Borland in 1884. [MPN]
The town was located on the GR&I about three miles north of Morley, and ten miles south of Big Rapids.
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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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