Station: Onondaga, MI

Onondaga was settled about 1834 in the southwest corner of Ingham County. It was a station stop on the Grand Rapids branch of the Michigan Central railroad.

Photo info: Top, an approaching passenger train at the MC Onondaga depot. The box at the right says "Return empty to Jackson Mich.". [CMUL]. 2nd photo, the MC depot and train at Onondaga. [Alan Loftis collection]. 3rd photo, Michigan Central 7715 with a wreck train passing through Onondaga in 1915. [Charles Milliken photo, Doug Leffler collection]; 4th photo, another view of the depot.

Notes

Time Line

1874. The MC depot at Onondaga was entered by burglars Thursday night and all the money taken from the ticket office. The same night, a home one mile way was broken into and the owner chloroformed and his pocket-book taken. The police arrested a suspect and locked him up. Chloroform and tools were found on his person. [DFP-1984-0718]

1917. The MC had a day operator-agent here.. [TRT]