Station: Linden, MI

GT Linden Depot Linden was settled about 1835 and hosted a sawmill and grist mill by 1840. It became a village in 1871.

Linden was a station stop on the Detroit & Milwaukee railroad (later GTW/CN) on their branch line between Detroit and Grand Rapids (via Durand). It is located about 3 miles northwest of downtown Fenton.

Image info: The depot and elevator at Linden around 1910. [CMUL]


Notes


Time Line

1917. The GTW had an agent or operator around the clock here. [TRT]

Station: Linden, MI

GT Linden Depot Linden was settled about 1835 and hosted a sawmill and grist mill by 1840. It became a village in 1871.

Linden was a station stop on the Detroit & Milwaukee railroad (later GTW/CN) on their branch line between Detroit and Grand Rapids (via Durand). It is located about 3 miles northwest of downtown Fenton.

Image info: The depot and elevator at Linden around 1910. [CMUL]


Notes


Time Line

1917. The GTW had an agent or operator around the clock here. [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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