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Station: Walhalla, MI
Walhalla was originally an Indian village. It was called Merrit and then Manistee Junction when the railroad came through. It was renamed to its Indian name in 1905. [MPN]
Walhalla was a junction of the Pere Marquette Saginaw to Ludington main line and their branch north to Manistee.
Image info: The PM Depot at Walhalla. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1881. The railroad has erected a "neat" depot building, which is also used as a telegraph office. [DFP-1881-1214]
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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