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Station: Slocom, MI (Muskegon County)
Slocum was settled about 1865 around a saw mill. It was also known as Slocum's Grove. [MPN] Slocum was located on the Grand Trunk Western line to Muskegon west of the Muskegon/Kent County border.
Image info: An early view of the Slocum depot. The track suggests that this was a "sleepy" line at the time. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The GTW had an agent here during the day shift. [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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