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Station: Curtis, MI
Curtis was settled as the town of Portage but changed in 1905 to Curtis. It is located in northwest Mackinac County and was a station on the Manistique railroad. It was also known for a time as Sawaquato Beach. [MPN]
Photo Info: Top, the Manistique railway depot at Curtis. [Mark Worrall collection] 2nd photo, another view of the station with a locomotive nearby. [David McNeill collection]
Notes
Time Line
1893. The Manistique railway is built into Curtis from the north. [MRL]
1906. The railroad is extended to Wilman. [MRL]
1910. The Manistique railway is sold to a lumber company and abandoned shortly thereafter. [MRL]
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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