Planter, MI was a location in Gogebic County along the Chicago & North Western railroad east of Wakefield. It was at milepost 333.1 on the line and the town had a few houses and supported logging.
Image info: Top, a view of Planter taken from the C&NW trestle over Fox Creek, east of Wakefield. A few houses exist on the hill in the rear of the image. Date unknown. [AMHS]. 2nd image, a 1917 view of the C&NW railroad trestle and fill near Planter. [AMHS]
2026. The railroad is gone but the trestle over the creek apparently still exists.
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