Time Line - 1845

Last Year | Next Year

• November 25: Central rail road  reaches Battle Creek from Marshall. [MCR-75/MDOT]

• March 28: Charter for Michigan Central Railroad approved. [DWS]

• The Jackson Mining Company of Jackson, Michigan, opens the Jackson (Iron) Mine in the Marquette Range near Teal Lake and Negaunee. [DWS/MSL] 

Time line Key:

• Railroad event in Michigan
• Event relating to mining
• Event related to car ferries
• Event outside of Michigan
• Improvement in Technology
• Railroad built or extended
• Railroad abandoned and/or removed
• Economic panic or depression