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Station: Chesaning, MI
Chesaning was settled in southwest Saginaw County about 1839. The town was incorporated as a village in 1869. [MPN].
Chesaning was located on the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw (later MC/NYC/PC) line between Owosso and Paines, specifically 16 miles north of Owosso.
Photo Info: Top, the MC depot and passenger train at Chesaning about 1915. 2nd photo, a similar photo. [Alan Loftis collection]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The MC had an operator-agent here on the two 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