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Station: Nessen City, MI
Nessen City was founded in 1889 as a saw mill town. The town was located on the Manistee & Northeastern railroad on their line between Copemish and Grayling.
Image info: Top, the depot at Nessen City with a section gang posing in front for a photo, date not known. 2nd photo, a photo of a second depot at Nessen.
Notes
The village was laid out by John Nessen of Manistee. There is a saw mill and shingle mill with a capacity of 35,000 feet of lumber and 100,000 shingles a day.
Time Line
Industry
- Fairy Home Company factory (processes rock elm).
- Nessen General Merchandise (for camps)
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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