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Station: Dayton, MI (Berrien County)
Dayton, in Berrien County, was settled in 1830 and named Redding's Mills. It was soon changed to Terre Coupe, but it was changed to Dayton when the post office was renamed in 1851. [MPN] Dayton was on the Michigan Central railroad's main line to Chicago, about 10 miles west of Niles.
Photo Info: A signal maintainer is servicing the disk signals west of Niles. The exact location is unknown. In 1896.
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Time Line
1920. On the Michigan Central there is no agent for either freight or passenger. [MCOAS]
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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