Station: Prescott, MI

Prescott was settled about 1879 when the Lake Huron & Southwestern narrow gauge railroad came through here logging the area. The town was known as Prescott's Camp Six but renamed Prescott in 1882. It became a village in 1947.

Photo Info: Top, the Detroit & Mackinac railway depot at Prescott. [Dale Berry collection]

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Time Line

1895. August. Fires are raging to the northwest of Prescott. Two lumber camps, two large barns and several head of stock belonging to N&B Mills on their branch of the Detroit & Mackinaw (sic) railroad. About two miles of ties were burned and the rails warped so badly as to prevent traffic. Loss, $15,000. [BBAN-1895-0808]

1903. July 22. The Tawas Sugar Co. ran a train Monday morning over the Detroit & Mackinac railroad to the beet fields at Prescott, about 20 miles away. It carried laborers - men, women and children - to work in the fields, employing in the fields at Prescott from 100 to 200 people.[PHTH-1093-0722]