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Station: Childsdale, MI
Childsdale was settled about 1848 with a sawmill. It was originally called Gibraltar. The Childsdale Paper Mill was established in 1866. The town was renamed Childsdale in 1900. [MPN]
Childsdale was located on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad line about 12 miles northeast of downtown Grand Rapids.
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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