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Meredith, MI
Meredith was at the end of a PM forest branch line which went northeast from Harrison in Clare County. It was settled in 1884 and had a one-time population of 1,800 during the peak of lumber operations. The post office closed in 1895. Today, only a cemetery exists.
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1887. December. Herman Hansen was run over and killed on the A.W. Wright lumber company's logging railroad near Meredith. He was employed as a car repairer on the road and fell from the train. [PHTH-1887-1212]
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