Station: Byron, MI

Byron was settled in 1824. [MPN] The Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern railroad came through (later AA) and they established a station here about eight miles south of Durand. The town became a village in 1873.

Image Info: Top, a photo of the elevator building, water tower and depot at Byron. [CMULL]. 2nd image, the Ann Arbor railroad depot and grain elevator at Byron. [Alan Loftis collection]. 3rd image, the depot in 1972. [Charles Geletzke Jr.]. 4th photo, the depot, now restored, in 2003. [Alan Loftis]

Notes

Time Line

1900. This is a telegraph station on the Ann Arbor railroad. [OG-1900]

1918. The AARR had a day station agent here. [TRT]