Station: Wallace, MI

CNW Wallace MI DepotWallace was a lumber town which the railroad encouraged through a land grant for forest lands. It was settled in the early 1870's. [MPN]

Wallace was located about six miles south of Stephenson in Menominee County and is located on the Chicago & North Western railroad (now CN) main line between Menominee and Escanaba.

It is in Mellon Township in Section 22 of T34N-R27W.

Photo Info: The C&NW depot at Wallace. [Alan Loftis collection]


Notes

The railroad had a bay window depot here, a 1,807' passing track and a 1,298' siding. [CNWV]


Time Line

1918. The C&NW had a station operator agent here on the day shift. [TRT]

1931. April 13. The entire village of Wallace is destroyed by fire. The railroad station was apparently destroyed. On July 17, 1931 the railway company installed a depot, in the form of a combination passenger and baggage coach, in charge of a caretaker. [MPUC-1931]

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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