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Station: Trout Creek, MI
Trout Creek was a station on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railroad, settled about 1888. It is located about three miles east of Agate Falls in southern Ontonagon County.
Photo Info: Top, the Soo Line depot at Trout Creek. 1970's. [Rob Kitchen]
Notes
Located at milepost 239.1 in Section 12, T48N-R38W. [DSSM]
Time Line
1890. The station at Trout Creek was built on Garner Street about 1890. [UPM]
1907. The DSS&A had a water tower and coal chute just east of Trout Creek. [SSP1907]
1915. DSS&A constructs a new coaling station at Trout Creek. [RR-1915-0220]
1916. The DSS&A builds a new station here. [MCR-1916]
1918. The DSS&A had an operator/agent and assistant here during the day shift. [TRT]
1947. A transient lumberjack died and another was critically injured while riding in a gondola filled with lumber on the DSS&A freight at Trout Creek. Deputy Sheriff Lew McDonald of Trout Creek, and Coroner Guy Hawkins of Bruce Crossing investigated. The men were seen climbing into the car by a railroad brakeman and discovered later after the load in the car had shifted. The injured man was taken to Ontonagon hospital in critical condition. [IDG-1947-0619]
Industry
- Trout Creek Lumber Company mills.
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