Station: Rosebush, MI
Rosebush was settled about 1884 six miles north of Mt. Pleasant in Isabella County. It was also known for a time by the names of Halfway and Calkinsville. It was changed to Rosebush in 1903.
The town was a station on the Ann Arbor railroad.
Photo Info: Top, the wood depot at Rosebush early in the 1900's. [CMUL] 2nd photo, the grain elevator along side of the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay railroad at Rosebush in 2005. [Dale Berry]
Notes
Time Line
1900. This is a telegraph station on the Ann Arbor railroad. [OG-1900]
1918. The AARR had a day station agent here. [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