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Station: Columbus, MI
Columbus was settled about 1832 following the cutting through of the Fort Gratiot turnpike. [MPN]
The town was on the Grand Trunk Western's line running between Port Huron and Detroit, about 15 miles southwest of downtown Port Huron.
Photo Info: Top, a 2004 photograph of the former GTW depot at Columbus. [Alan Loftis]
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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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