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Station: Mecosta, MI
Mecosta was settled about 1851 in central Mecosta County. In 1879 the Detroit, Lansing & Northern railroad came through here and established a station stop. The town was incorporated as a village in 1883. [MPN]
Mecosta was on the DL&N (later PM) branch line between Stanton and Big Rapids. It is about 15 miles east of Big Rapids.
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Time Line
1882. The DL&N built a new pump-house and water tank at West Branch, near Mecosta. [DL&N-1882]
1907. The PM installed a new water station here. [PMAR-1907]
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