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Station: Sherwood, MI
Sherwood, in Branch County, was settled around 1832 and first called Hazenville. It received the name Sherwood in 1839. [MPN] The town was located on the Michigan Central railroad "Air Line" branch in the far northwest corner of Branch County.
Photo info: Top, the MC depot at Sherwood [Alan Loftis collection] in 1910. 2nd photo, another view of the depot. elevator and pickle factory. Bottom, a photo of the Athens Hardwood Company skidder in operation at Sherwood, date unknown. [Mark Worrall collection]
Notes
Time Line
1917, The MC had an operator here around-the-clock. [TRT]
1920. On the Michigan Central, this is a passenger, freight and express agency joint with the American Railway Express Company. Interline tickets are not issued. H. O. Billings is the agent. The telegraph call sign is "HD". [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