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Station: Pittsford, MI
Pittsford was settled about 1833 and first called Locust Corners. It was renamed Pittsford in 1840. [MPN]. The town was a station stop on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern's "Old Road" line between Adrian and Hillsdale. It was located about six miles west of Hudson.
Photo Info: Top, the Lake Shore/NYC depot at Pittsford. [Alan Loftis collection]
Notes
Time Line
1865. The station here is called Pittsford but the post office is known as Sparta. There are 154 people here, two stores, one church, two shoe shops and one carriage and one blacksmith shop. The railroad has just erected a fine building for a passenger depot and large freight house, on land which was donated by the villagers. [DFP-1865-1216]
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