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Station: Otsego Lake, MI
Otsego Lake was a station stop at a body of water at a lake of the same name in southern Otsego County. It was settled about 1872 and is located about 10 miles south of Gaylord.
Image info: A 1918 railroad valuation photo of the depot at Otsego Lake. [CMUL]
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Time Line
1880. The MC railroad will begin to cut ice this week at Otsego Lake, 255 miles north of Jackson by rail. About 300 car loads, or 45,000 tons, will be taken out, an amount sufficient to supply the main line and its branches this season. [DFP-1880-0131]
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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