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Station: Merrill, MI
Merrill was settled about 1872 when the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis (later PM) railroad came through. The town was incorporated as a village in 1889. This area was swept by a forest fire in 1881. [MPN]
Merrill is located about 15 miles west of Paines in northwest Saginaw County.
Photo Info: Top, the PM depot at Merrill, date not known. [Alan Loftis collection]. 2nd photo, DL&N No. 13 with train at Merrill, date unknown. [UMB]
Notes
Time Line
1910 station: The PM built an addition to the station here in 1910. [PMAR-1909]
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