Station: Hersey, MI

PM Hersey Depot Hersey was settled about 1851 and became a station on the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad when it came through here. The town became a village in 1875. [MN]

Hersey was on the PM's Saginaw to Ludington main line about three miles east of Reed City.

Top, an early view of a PM passenger train arriving at Hersey. [CMUL]


Notes


Time Line

1905. The PM builds a 60' girder bridge on concrete abutments to replace a bridge with one hundred foot through truss and 14' trestle approaches. [PMAR-1905]

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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