Reese was settled about 1865 at the very east edge of Tuscola County. The town was originally called Gates and a plank road came through here. In 1873, the Detroit & Bay City railroad (later MC/NYC/PC/HE) came through and established a station here. The town was renamed Reese in 1874 and became an incorporated village in 1887. [MPN] The Port Huron & Northwestern railroad also came through here and crossed the MC at grade. The crossing was controlled by a manual target signal at the top of a pole.
Image info: Top, the MC depot at Reese, in a railroad valuation photo about 1920. [CMUL]. 2nd image, a view of a Michigan Central train arriving at the Reese depot in 1912. [UML]. 3rd image, a 1975 view of the Reese railroad grade crossing and depot under Penn Central ownership. [Charlie Whipp], 4th image, another view of the Reese crossing. The depot served both railroads and two train order boards are noted (one on a mast for the NYC and one on the building for the PM. [Ernie Novak/Charlie Whipp collection], 5th image, a 2002 view of the crossing and target. [Dale Berry], and 6th image, a 1977 map of Reese and Munger. [Tom Hynes collection]
1917, The MC had a agent-operator here at the station during the day shift. [TRT]
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