Station: Glenwood, MI

MC Glenwood Depot Glenwood was originally known as Tietsort's Crossing. It became a station on the Michigan Central's main line at the very north edge of Cass County. It was also called Model City for a time but the name was changed to Glenwood in 1873. The town was about eight miles northeast of Dowagiac.

Image info: The MC depot at Glenwood, in a 1919 valuation photo. [CMUL]


Notes


Time Line

1917. The MC had an agent-operator here on the midnight shift. They also had a day freight agent who wasn't an operator. [TRT]

1920. On the Michigan Central this is a passenger, freight and express agency jointly with the American Railway Express Company. No interline tickets. W. L. Wood is the agent. [MCOAS]

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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