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Station: Tyre, MI
Tyre was settled about 1857 in northern Sanilac County. [MPN] It was located on the Port Huron & Northwestern railroad (later PM, C&O, HESR) about six miles northwest of Palms.
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Time Line
1898. Tyre was staffed by a day agent/operator and had a 21-car passing siding. It was a regular station stop for passenger trains.
1931. The MPUC denies the PM permission to discontinue the agency station at Tyre. [MPUC-1931]
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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