Station: Shephard, MI

Shepherd was founded as a lumber town about 1857. For a time it was also known as Salt River. It was incorporated as a village in 1889. [MPN]

Shepherd was a station stop on the Ann Arbor railroad about seven miles southeast of Mt. Pleasant in Isabella County.

Photo Info: Top, the Ann Arbor railroad depot at Shepard. [David McKeill collection]. 2nd photo, the depot in 1968. [Charles Geletzke Jr.]. 3rd photo the depot in 2003 with a nice coat of paint. [Alan Loftis]

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]