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Station: Michelson, MI
[CMUL].jpg "GR&I Michelson Depot")
Michelson was located on the western edge of Roscommon County, west of Houghton Lake. It was settled about 1904 with a shingle mill of the Michelson Lumber company. A sawmill was established here about 1908. [MPN]
Image info: An early view of the Michelson depot on the GR&I. [CMUL]
Notes
The location was at the end of a Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad branch line which went east from Lake City into Roscommon County.
Time Line
Industry
- Michelson Lumber Company shingle mill.
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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