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Station: Avoca, MI
Avoca in north central St. Clair County was settled about 1884. [MPN]
The town was located on the Pere Marquette branch line which ran between Port Huron and Saginaw via Marlette, about 15 miles northwest of Tappan crossing.
Photo Info: Top, the PM depot at Avoca. [TJ Gaffney collection]. 2nd photo, a Bluewater Chapter NRHS special proceeds over the Mill Creek trestle. [Charlie Whipp] 3rd photo, an air view of the Mill Creek Trestle in 1949. [Dan Meinhard collection]
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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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