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Station: LaSalle, MI
LaSalle was settled about 1831 about five miles southwest of downtown Monroe in Monroe County. [MPN] LaSalle was a station stop on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Michigan Central and the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line. The LSMS and MC (which ran their tracks as double track) had a long crossover here.
Image info: A 1919 valuation photo of the MC station at LaSalle. [CMUL]
Notes
The D&TSL had a team track here as well as a training point crossover between the main lines. [EFI]
Time Line
1917, The MC had an agent-operator here at their depot around-the-clock. [TRT]
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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