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Station: Pere Cheney, Michigan |
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Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum |
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Pere Cheney was the first settlement in Crawford County and was settled by lumberjacks and sawfill hands who followed the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad north towards Mackinaw City. G. M. "Papa" Cheney built the first sawmill in town and began lumbering operations there. In 1879, the county was organized and Pere Cheney was the first county seat. It was changed shortly thereafter to Grayling. The town, which was located about seven miles southeast of Grayling, had a hotel, general store, three sawmills, a railroad depot, school and post office which operated until 1911. By 1918, the town was nearly abandoned. Bibliography. | |