Station: Afton, MI

Afton, in Cheboygan County, was settled around 1857. It was called Ellisville in 1905 but renamed one year later. [MPN] Afton received rail service on a logging branch of the Michigan Central railroad.


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Time Line

1904. October. The first lot in the new village of Afton, in Cheboygan county, has been sold by the Haak Lumber Co., the promoters of the new place. It is situated in Ellis township, where the Haakwood logging branch crosses the state road. [DFP-1904-1010]


Industry

  • Campbell Stone Company. In 1926, the company had a rotary lime plant here. Also scales, warehouse, blacksmith shop and an elevator located over all tracks. The plant had two side tracks and a plant lead off the Michigan Central Haakwood Branch. [SMA]

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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