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Station: Bravo, MI
Bravo, in Allegan County, was settled in 1867 with a saw mill and general store. The community was first known as Sherman but there was another post office with that name in Michigan so it was changed to Bravo. The town was located on the Chicago & West Michigan line between Holland and Benton Harbor, about 16 miles south of Holland.
Photo info: A Pere Marquette passenger train arrives at the small Bravo depot in the early 1900's. Note the small stairway to the U.S. mail stand. This suggests that some passenger trains did not stop here but grabbed mailbags "on the fly".
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Time Line
1909. The PM built a new station here in 1909. [PMAR-1909]
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