Station: Boon, MI

AARR Boon DepotBoon Train Shed Boon was established as a railroad location on the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern railroad when it came through Wexford County in 1888. [MPN] Boon was located at milepost 237.8, which was about 12 miles south (east) of Yuma where the line currently ends.

Photo Info: Top, a photo of the Boon Depot around 1910. [Stoner collection, UMB]. 2nd photo a railroad shed at Boon. This may have been a section house. [CMUKL]


Notes


Time Line

1890. The Detroit Free Press reported that Boon had a population of about 600. Matieva & Herkimer had a large mercantile establishment here, and there are eight charcoal kilns and three saw-mills in the place. The timber adjacent is mostly hard maple. [DFP-1890-0104]

1900. This is a telegraph station on the Ann Arbor railroad. [OG-1900]

1918. The AARR had a day station agent here. [TRT]

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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