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Station: Millbrook, MI
Millbrook was settled about 1863. A water-power sawmill was built here in 1864. [MPN]
Millbrook is located in southeast Mecosta County on the Pere Marquette railroad branch line from Stanton to Big Rapids. It was also known as Milbrook.
Image info: Top, the depot at Millbrook in the early 1900's. [David McNeill collection]
Notes
Time Line
1938. The Pere Marquette requests permission from the MPUC to close its depots at Millbrook, Biteley, Melvin and Grawn, explaining that they are no longer necessary to meet public convenience. [EDP-1938-0305]
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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