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Station: Byers, MI (Mecosta County)
Byers began with a shingle mill and depot on the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad in 1870. [MPN]
It was located about three miles south of Big Rapids.
Photo Info: A GR&I section crew photographed near Big Rapids in the early 1900's. Note the "furniture" car on the siding and two velocipedes used by the section crews. [Chuck Townsend 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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