Station: Ewen, MI

Ewen was founded about 1888 as a logging camp. [MPN] A depot was established here by the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railroad (later Soo Line) and the town was a division point for many years where train crews changed shifts. It was located at milepost 255.3 in Section 27, T48N-R40E. [DSSM]

Photo Info: Top, a locomotive and train crew posing for a photo at the water tank at Ewen. [David McNeill collection]. 2nd photo, an eastbound Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic passenger train heads over the south branch of the Ontonagon River on a steel trestle, after leaving the Ewen depot. Several windows on the 3-car train are open, suggesting that this was a hot day in the Upper Peninsula. The water tower in town is in view in the distance. This is a 1913 photo. 3rd photo, an early photo of the Ewen Depot and train. [CMUL]. 4th photo, the Soo Line depot at Ewen in the 1970's. [Rob Kitchen]. 5th photo, the same depot in 1982. [Greg Bunce]

Notes

Time Line

1890. The Ewen depot was located on Main Street and was built about 1890. [UPM]

1893. The town of Ewen was entirely devastated by forest fire. [PHTH-1893-0621]

1895. October 2. This town was visited by a disastrous fire last night, destroying four buildings. The Losses are as follows: Louis Danto store; Hubbel's Opera House (old Rialto building), J. M. Gardner jewelry and drugs and the John Schilling boarding house. Total loss at $25,000. [BHN-1895-1006]

1907. The DSS&A had a water tower at Ewen in 1907. [SSP1907]

1918. The DSS&A had an operator/agent and assistant here during the day shift. [TRT]

Industry

• Three lumber mills, late 1880's. [DSS]