Station: Posen, MI

DM Posen MI Depot DM Posen MI Depot DM rain passes through Posen MIPosen was first settled about 1870. It became a station on the Alpena & Northern (later Detroit & Mackinac) railroad. It became a village in 1907. [MPN]

Posen is located in southeast Presque Isle County, about 12 miles southeast of Rogers City.

Photo Info: Top, the D&M depot at Posen in the early 1900's. [Marcia Simmons collection]. 2nd photo, an old view of the depot, date not known. [T.J. Gaffney collection]. 3rd photo, a Lake State railway train passes through Posen. This is the 974 which is leading a 3-car train northbound past the grai elevator. This train was one of the last to travel on the North Division of the D&M, shortly before the track was abandoned and pulled up. [Dale Berry]


Notes


Time Line

1894. June. Gebhardt, Morrow & Company build a depot at Posen for the A&N railroad. [AAN-1894-0627]

1908. Forest fires are reported in several places along the northern division of the D&M. The Richardson Lumber Co. lost 1.2 million feet of logs at Posen. [DET-1908-0622]

1927. The D&M had a daytime operator at the Posen depot. [ETT-1927]

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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