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Station: Moorland, MI
Moorland was settled about 1857 as a sawmill settlement. In 1888 the Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railroad (later GTW) came through and it became a station stop. [MPN] The town was located about 12 miles east of downtown Muskegon.
Image info: An view of the depot at Moorland, now abandoned. [CMUL]
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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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