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Station: Breedsville, MI
Breedsville was founded about 1835 in north central Van Buren County. It was a lumbertown and had a sawmill. The town became a village in 1883. [MPN]
Breedsville was located on the Pere Marquette main line about three miles northeast of Bangor.
Photo info: The PM depot at Breedsville with a passenger train being loaded in front. This appears to be photographed in the early 1920's. [Alan Loftis collection]
Notes
Time Line
1949. The C&O passing siding here is removed as a part of their CTC project between Porter, IN and Lamar (Grand Rapids). [RSE-1949-04]
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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