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Comments from Tom Beauvais of
Ann Arbor, Michigan on 3/28/2005 regarding the article "The
TAA> line to South Lyon" by James Hannum:
I happen to be preparing maps of the Fleming Creek watershed for the
Huron River Watershed Council and the South Lyon route went through the
very northwestern portion of it. The author's "likely" location of
the Leland depot" is about 2 miles to far south according to an 1895
county atlas. It appears, the depot was at the intersection of
Northfield Church Road and Earhardt Rd in Northfield Township, Washtenaw
County.
I used the alignment as shown in the reprint 1895 Atlas of Washtenaw
County (I believe by George Ogle, Chicago). I used the Atlas in the
local history room of the Ann Arbor library, main branch. The
township plats for Ann Arbor and Northfield show the route in detail.
The South Lyon route diverged in Sec.16 Ann Arbor township and into the
sw 1/4 of section 15 going northeastward and then crossing into section
14 and heading north into section 11. At about 1/2 mile up into section
11 it followed the 1/2 mile line north and all the way through section
2. It then turned into section 35 of Northfield township and went
northeasterly cutting through the intersection of sections 35,36, 26, 25
of Northfield township.
The plat map shows a small black square (the depot) at the very
southeast corner of section 26 just nw of the current intersection of
Northfield Church Road (e-w) and Earhardt Rd (n-s). The land
according to the 2002 Plat Book of Washtenaw County is marked owned by
the Leland Acres Subdivision.
The depot is marked as "Leland Sta." and there is a post office called
"Emery" across the tracks from the depot in the very southwest corner of
section 25.
Hope this sheds some light on the Leland depot location.
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