Station: Dighton, MI

Dighton was settled about 1884. [MPN]  Dighton was located on the Michigan East and West railroad about seven miles east of Tustin in Osceola County.


Notes

This is reported to be the highest point in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.


Time Line

1910. In 1910, the M&GR (later ME&W) ran one passenger train each way between Manistee and Marion via Dighton. This was likely a mixed train. [OGR]

1916. The Michigan East & West builds a new concrete block passenger/freight station at Dighton. [MCR-1916]

 

M&GR Timetable 1910

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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