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Station: Coldwater, MI
Coldwater is the county seat of Branch County and it was settled around 1832. It was originally named Masonville but changed shortly thereafter. It was incorporated as a village in 1837 and as a city in 1861. Coldwater was a station on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern's "Old Road" line between Toledo and Chicago.
Photo info: Top and 2nd, two photographs of the LS&MS depot at Coldwater. [Mark Dobronski Collection]. 3rd photo, a black and white postcard view of the depot with an approaching passenger train. This is the same view as photo #2 but the postcard has not been colorized. [Gordon Bean Collection]. 4th photo, a postcard view of the depot at Coldwater [Robert McNeill collection], 5th & 6th photos, this is the original depot at Coldwater, which was replaced and moved to Batavia. It was moved back to Coldwater in the 1990's and restored. [Alan Loftis]
Notes
Time Line
1850. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern arrives in Coldwater from the east. It is extended west in 1851 and arrives at Chicago in 1855.
1915. The NYC had a water tower at Coldwater as of 1915. [NYtt1915]
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