Station: Nathan, MI

Nathan was located in western Menominee County and was a logging center when it was settled about 1895. It was about 10 miles south of Faithorn. Nathan was also known as Wittmund for a time. [MPN] The town was on the Wisconsin & Michigan railroad main line which extended north into the iron range near Norway and Iron Mountain.


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Time Line

1900. The town of Nathan, Mich. was practically wiped out in a forest fire, entailing a large loss of lumber stock. The W&M ran a special train up the line Sunday to rescue the fire stricken people in the small villages along the road. All inhabitants of the towns of Ames and Nathan were taken to Pembine for safety. It is said that the W&M passenger which left Marinette was unable to get further north than Fisher, where a heroic effort saved the town.[DFP-1900-0501]

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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