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Station: Vernon, MI
Vernon was settled about 1833 and became a village in 1871. [MPN] The Detroit & Milwaukee railroad (later GTW) came through here in 1856 and established a station here.
The Ann Arbor also came through later, using the GTW line.
This is not South Vernon, which is on the CN east-west main line west of Durand.
Photo Info: Top and 2nd photo, the Ann Arbor depot at Vernon in the early days. 3rd photo, a TSBY freight train crosses a road at Vernon in the 1990's. Note the wig-wag signal still in use. 4th photo, the depot, now restored in 2003. [Alan Loftis collection].
Notes
Time Line
1900. This is a telegraph station on the Ann Arbor railroad. [OG-1900]
1917: The GTW had a station agent here during the day, as did the AA railroad. [TRT]
Industry
Hi-Way Refining Co. From 1939-1946. Served by the AA or GTW.
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