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Station: Hartford, MI
Hartford was settled about 1837 and was a station on the Pere Marquette main line about eight miles south of Bangor in Van Buren County. The town became a village in 1877. [MPN]
Hartford was also served by a PM branch line between South Haven and Lawton.
Image info: Top, he depot at Hartford, with two PM trains nearby.
Notes
This was reported as a "Gravitt" pattern interlocking in 1890. [MCR-1890]
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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