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Station: National City, MI
National City was settled in 1884 on the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena railroad about 15 miles west of Tawas City in Iosco County. The town was also known as Emery Junction however the railroad used their junction about 1 mile west of National City and National City was the location of the National Gypsum Quarry here.
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Time Line
1927. This station was staffed with an operator during the day shift. This may have been Emery Junction. [ETT-1927]
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