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Station: Wakelee, MI
Wakelee, in Cass County, was first laid out in 1871, named for the first treasurer of the Peninsular Railroad which built a depot here. [MPN] The town was located on the railroad, which became the Grand Trunk Western and later Canadian National, about 10 miles northeast of Cassopolis.
Image info: An early view of the GT depot at Wakelee. Note the boxes of express freight waiting to be loaded. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The GTW has a station agent here on the day shift. [TRT]
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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