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Station: Scotts, MI
Scotts in Kalamazoo County was settled in 1847 and known as Scott's Crossing. It was renamed Scotts in 1872. Scotts was located on the Grand Trunk Western main line about five miles southwest of Climax.
Image info: Top, the GT depot at Scotts. Note the motor-powered section car on the siding at the left. [Vicksburg Historical Society]
Notes
Time Line
1915. The GTW had a 144 car passing track here. [GTOS-1915-1102]
1917. The Grand Trunk had a day agent at this location. Telegraph call was "CO". [TRT]
Industry
- Scotts Milling Company
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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