Station: Chippewa, MI

PM Chippewa Depot Chippewa was settled about 1878 in southeast Osceola County. [MPN] The Pere Marquette railroad established a depot here. This was also known as Chippewa Station.

Image info: The PM depot at Chippewa. [CMUL]


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Time Line

1882. The DL&N finished a new station here. [DL&N-1882]

1888. The DL&N reported that Chippewa Lake suffered a fire in the early part of the year, destroying 15,000,000 feet of lumber which otherwise would have been shipped over the road. [DL&N-1888] [Note: This note may refer to Chippewa Lake in Mecosta County].

1889. The scales at Chippewa were taken up, repaired and restored. [DL&N-1889]

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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