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Station: Bitely, MI
.webp "PM Biteley MI Depot")
Bitley was founded about 1884 as a saw mill community and station stop on the Chicago & West Michigan (later PM) line from White Cloud north to Baldwin. [MPN] The town was located about 15 miles north of White Cloud. The town was also known as Biteley.
Photo Info: Top, the Pere Marquette depot at Bitely. [Dale Berry collection]
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Time Line
1906. The PM erects a new depot here. [PMAR-1906]
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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