Station: Sears, MI

Sears was founded about 1869. The Flint & Pere Marquette (later PM/C&O) came through here about 1870. [MPN]

Sears was on the PM Saginaw to Ludington main line about four miles east of Evart in Osceola County.

Photo Info: Top, an early view of the PM depot at Sears. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, a birds-eye view of Sears, showing a small depot on the right next to the main track. 3rd photo, another view of the PM depot at Sears. [Alan Loftis collection]

Notes

Time Line

1895. March 17. Word was received here last night that owing to the breaking of a pair of trucks in the middle of a through F&PM  eastward bound freight train of 25 cars, 11 cars plunged through a small bridge into a creek beneath near Sears station, on the western division of the road, and were piled up promiscuously. The train was loaded mostly with flour, oats and grain, and the loss will amount to upwards of $5,000. A wrecking train was promptly sent to the scene of the disaster and cleared the track of the wreckage. [DFP-1895-0317]