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Station: Morrice, MI
Morrice was settled about 1836 and became a village in 1884. [MPN] The town was located on the Grand Trunk Western Chicago to Port Huron main line, about four miles northeast of Perry, in Shiawassee County.
Photo Info: Top, an early view of a passenger train in front of the GT Morrice Depot. Note the period dress of the residents posing for the photo. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, the GTW Morrice depot in 1916. [DPL Collection. 3rd photo, the GTW depot at Morrice. [TJ Gaffney collection]
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Time Line
1918. The Grand Trunk had an agent/operator here during the day, and operators on the 2nd and 3rd shifts. [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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