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Station: Ecorse, MI
Ecorse was founded in 1795 as a french settlement near Detroit. It was also known as Grandport. Ecorse was incorporated as a village in 1903 and a city in 1941. [MPN]
Ecorse is located just south of the City of River Rouge along the Detroit River.
Image info: The MC depot at Ecorse, in a railroad valuation photo of 1919. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1917, The MC had an agent-operator here during the day. [TRT]
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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