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Station: Oakley, MI
Oakley was settled about 1842. It went by various names including Mickleville, Havana but renamed Oakley in 1868. The town was incorporated as a village in 1887. Oakley is located just north of the Shiawassee County line in Saginaw County. It was a station stop on the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw (later MC/NYC/PC) main line from Owosso to Saginaw, about three miles south of Chesaning.
Image Info: The Michigan Central depot at Oakley in a 1918 railroad valuation photo. [CMUL]
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Time Line
1917. The MC had an operator-agent here on the day shift. [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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