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Station: Ferrysburg, MI
Ferrysburg was settled about 1850 as Ottawa Point and later Ferry Point. It was also called Ferrisburg for a short period and then Ferrysburg in 1895. [MPN] The town was located on the Chicago & West Michigan railroad (later PM/C&O/CSX) on their line from Grand Haven to Muskegon in Ottawa County.
Photo Info: Top, the PM depot at Ferrysburg. [Alan Loftis collection]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The GTW had an agent here on the day shift, and operators here on 2nd and 3rd shifts. [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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