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Station: Ravenna, MI
Ravenna, in Muskegon County, was settled about 1844 around a sawmill. The town was incorporated as a village in 1922. [MPN]
Ravenna was a station stop on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad branch to Muskegon. It was about eight miles west of downtown Grand Rapids.
Image info: A GR&I passenger train arrives at the Ravenna depot in the early 1900's. A water tower is in the background.
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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