Station: Bannister, MI
Bannister was settled around 1881 in Gratiot County. It was also known as Banister. The forerunner to the Ann Arbor railroad came through here in 1884. [MPN]
Photo Info: The Ann Arbor depot at Bannister with a train approaching. Note the water tower behind the locomotive. [Alan Loftis Collection]
Notes
Time Line
1900. This is a telegraph station on the Ann Arbor railroad. [OG-1900]
1918. The AARR had a day station agent 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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