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Time Line - 1845

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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]

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Railroad event in Michigan
Event relating to mining
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Improvement in Technology
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Economic panic or depression

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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