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Station: Point Aux Barques, MI
Point Aux Barques was settled about 1897 along Lake Huron just east of Port Austin in Huron County. It was a station on the Pere Marquette's line from Bad Axe to Grindstone City located 2.2 miles north of Port Austin.
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Time Line
1895. Surveyors in the employ of the Flint & Pere Marquette begin work on Monday laying out parks and streets for a summer resort at Pt. Aux Barques, near Port Auston. [DFP-1895-0616]
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