Station: Mayfield, MI

GR&I Mayfield Depot Mayfield was located on the Grand Rapids & Indiana line about three miles north of Kingsley in Grand Traverse County. A sawmill was built here in 1868 and later a grist mill. The town was first called Beulah but changed to Mayfield in 1869. The railroad stop was established in 1872. [MPN]

Image info: This is a wide view of the lumber company operations at Mayfield around the turn-of-the-century. [CMUL]


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Industry

  • Neal, Knight & Gibbs lumber mill.
  • Chair stock factory
  • Planing mill and dry kilns
  • Maple flooring plant
  • Grist mill

 

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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