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Station: Palms, MI (Sanilac County)
Palms was settled about 1859 in northern Sanilac County. [MPN]
Palms became a junction point on the Port Huron & Northwestern (later PM, C&O, HESR) where the line north to Harbor Beach and Port Hope left the main line.
Photo Info: Top, the PM depot, water tower and freight house at Palms in1 889. [TJ Gaffney collection]. 2nd photo, a 2003 photo of the depot, now located on M-19 near Sandusky. [TJ Gaffney]
Notes
Time Line
1898. Passenger trains had regular stops here and the station had an agent/operator during daytime hours. At this time, Palms had water and coaling facilities for locomotives as well as a scale and wye (which could be used for turning locomotives). There was an 89-car passing track here.
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