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Station: Zion, MI
Zion was settled about 1885 and originally called Saginaw Junction. [MPN]
Zion was on the Port Huron & Northwestern line between Port Huron and Bad Axe, and a branch line went from here northwest to Yale on the PM's other line in the thumb of Michigan.
In 1898, Zion was a flag stop for passenger trains and had a 80-car passing track on the F&PM's Sand Beach Division.
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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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