Station: East Lansing, MI

East Lansing was settled about 1849 in Ingham County. The Michigan Agricultural College was founded here in 1855 and was renamed Michigan State College in 1925. It became Michigan State University in 1955. East Lansing became a city in 1907.

East Lansing was served by both the Grand Trunk Western main line between Port Huron and Chicago, as well as the Pere Marquette line from Detroit to Grand Rapids and Chicago.  Both crossed in East Lansing at a location known as Trowbridge. Amtrak established a station in East Lansing at Harrison Street.


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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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