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Station: Orono, MI
Orono is located about four miles north of Reed City in Osceola County. It was known as McDonald's Siding for a time but was renamed Orono in 1875. The location was also known as Orono Junction. [MPN]
Orono was on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad's line to Mackinaw City. A junction with the GR&I's branch west to Deer Lake, Luther and Carey left the main line here.
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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
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