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Station: East Leroy, MI
East LeRoy was settled in 1835. It became a station stop on the Michigan Central rail line from Battle Creek to Goshen, Indiana in Calhoun County. The town was also known as Secillia for a time. It is located in southwest Calhoun County about 10 miles south of Battle Creek.
Image info: A railroad valuation photo of the depot at East LeRoy, about 1919. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The MC had an operator-agent here on the day shift. [TRT]
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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