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Station: Alto, MI
Alto was settled about 1845 in Kent County and is about 14 miles southeast of Grand Rapids on what was originally the Detroit, Grand Haven & Western. This became a part of the Pere Marquette.
Photo Info: Top, a passenger train approached the Alto depot in an early view. [Robert McNeill collection]. 2nd photo, a view of the Alto depot and elevator. [Robert McNeill collection]. 3rd image, a more expansive view of the Pere Marquette depot at Alto. [Alan Loftis collection]
Notes
Time Line
1916. The PM builds a new passenger depot at this location. [MCR-1916]
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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