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Station: Decatur, MI
Decatur was settled about 1847. Settlers gave land for a depot here when the Michigan Central came through in 1848. The town was incorporated as a village in 1859. [MPN] Decatur was located on the Michigan Central's main line to Chicago, about 10 miles southwest of Lawton in Van Buren County.
Photo info: Top, a Michigan Central passenger train approaches the depot at Decatur in the early 1900's. [David McNeill collection]. 2nd image, a railroad valuation photo of the MC Depot at Decatur. [CMUL]. 3rd photo, the MC depot at Decatur. [Alan Loftis collection]. 4th image, Michigan Central 7950 is viewed at Decatur in 1913.
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Time Line
1917. The MC had a freight agent here who was not an operator. [TRT]
1920. On the Michigan Central, this is a passenger ticket and freight agency. Interline tickets are also stocked. J. E. Foster is the agent. [MCOAS]
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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