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Station: Wilson, MI
Wilson was settled about 1872 when the Chicago & North Western railroad came through here. There were charcoal kilns located here which the railroad served. The town was known as Ferry Switch and then Myra. It was renamed Wilson about 1881. [MPN]
Wilson was located about five miles east of Powers in northeast Menominee County.
Notes
Time Line
1918. The C&NW had an agent operator here on all three shifts. [TRT]
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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