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Station: Inkster, MI
The Inkster area was settled around 1825 and called Moulin Rouge. A sawmill was established here in the early 1860's. The town was renamed Inkster in 1863 and a Michigan Central railroad station was established in 1878. The town became a village in 1926 and a city in 1964. [MPN]
Image info: A trackside shelter at Inkster on the MC. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1920. On the Michigan Central, this is a prepaid station with no agent present. [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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