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Location: Corbus, MI (Deerfield Junction)
Corbus (Deerfield Junction) was located slightly west of Deerfield, and was the crossing of the CASO Fayette Branch with the LSMS Monroe Branch.
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1874. A group of tramps and vagrants "too idle and dissolute to do anything honest for a living" came into Adrian on a freight train and proceeded to "foot it" out of town by the Detroit track. They raided the premises of farmers and generally everything along their route. Among the suffers are the switch tender at Lenawee Junction and nearby farmers. They also kicked open the door of the railroad office at Deerfield Junction. Three were arrested by railroad detectives and sentenced to the Detroit House of Corrections. [DFP-1874-0731]
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