Grawn was originally platted as Blackwood and renamed Grawn in 1890 when the railroad came through. It continues to be a fruit belt area with freight service from the Great Lakes Central Railroad on a former PM/C&O line.
Photo info: Top, an early photo of the Grawn depot with a passenger train stopped. A crowd has gathered for a photo. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, a winter scene from Grawn with a Pere Marquette logging trained stopped at the depot. [T. J. Gaffney Collection]
Northbound, the PM begins a 3-mile descending grade northbound, about one mile of which is 1.32%. [PM45]
1938. The Pere Marquette requests permission from the MPUC to close its depots at Millbrook, Biteley, Melvin and Grawn, explaining that they are no longer necessary to meet public convenience. [EDP-1938-0305]
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