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Station: Constantine, MI
Constantine was founded as a sawmill community in 1830 and a grist mill was later built here. The town, in southwest St. Joseph County was incorporated as a village in 1937. [MPN]
Constantine was located on a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern (later NYC, PC, CR and GLRC) branch which ran north from White Pigeon to Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids.
Photo: Three photos of the Lake Shore's Constantine Depot.
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Simplex Paper Company
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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