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Station: Coopersville, MI
Coopersville was settled about 1845 as a sawmill town. The Grand Trunk Western railroad came through about 1858. The town was incorporated as a village in Ottawa County in 1871. [MPN] Coopersville is about 14 miles east of Grand Haven.
Photo Info: Top, the GTW water tower and depot at Coopersville. 2nd photo, the same depot and water tower from a different view. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The GTW had an agent here as well as a day operator. [TRT]
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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