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Station: Rothbury, MI
Rothbury was settled about 1865. It was called Greenwood Station and then Malta when the Chicago & West Michigan (later PM/C&O) came through in 1876. It was renamed Rothbury in 1879. [MPN]
Rothbury was located on the Pere Marquette Pentwater branch about eight miles south of Shelby in Oceana County.
Image info: A Pere Marquette passenger train stops at the Rothbury depot. Note the milk cans that are being loaded.
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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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