Station: Grawn, MI

Grawn was originally platted as Blackwood and renamed Grawn in 1890 when the railroad came through. It continues to be a fruit belt area with freight service from the Great Lakes Central Railroad on a former PM/C&O line.

Photo info: Top, an early photo of the Grawn depot with a passenger train stopped. A crowd has gathered for a photo. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, a winter scene from Grawn with a Pere Marquette logging trained stopped at the depot. [T. J. Gaffney Collection]

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Time Line

1938. The Pere Marquette requests permission from the MPUC to close its depots at Millbrook, Biteley, Melvin and Grawn, explaining that they are no longer necessary to meet public convenience. [EDP-1938-0305]