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Station: Mount Olivet, MI (Detroit)
Mount Olivet, also known as Mt. Olivet, was a station stop on the Chicago & Grand Trunk railway. It was a new station in 1888, and named after a recently-opened Catholic cemetery about nine miles from downtown Detroit.
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Time Line
1888. July 14. A passenger train at Mt. Olivet (Detroit) enters open switch at 25 mph and turns over, killing fireman, injuring passenger. [DFP-18888-0715]
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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