Station: Watton, MI

Watton DepotWatton was a station stop on the DSS&A line between Nestoria and Sidnaw. It was located five miles east of Sidnaw in Baraga County, in Section 19, T48N-R34W. The railroad had a short passing track here. [DSSM]

Photo Info: Watton depot around 1910. Baraga Historical Society.


Notes


Time Line

1931. March. The Ford Motor Company Camp 4 at Watton, which operated this past winter by Logger Turpenen, was closed last Saturday when the last load of logs was hauled to the landing on the St. Paul railroad. Mr. Turpenen took out six million feet of logs, 65,000 cords of hardwood and 5,000 ties besides a considerable amount of pulp wood. The hardwood logs were shipped to Iron Mountain and the hemlock to L'Anse. [WAK-1931-0328]

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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