Station: Willis, MI

Willis was established in 1880 when the Wabash Railroad came through Augusta Township in southeast Washtenaw County. [MPN] The town was on the Wabash Railroad about five miles west of Belleville.


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Time Line

1881. March. The managers of the Butler Road are pushing matters in every possible way so as to be ready for business as fast as it comes. At Milwaukee Junction they have completed and ready for use the round-house, coal bins, etc., and today they will put a large force of men at work on the depot buildings at Willis Station, 26 miles from Detroit. [DFP-1881-0315]

 

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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