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Station: Alamo, MI
Alamo was settled about 1841 in Kalamazoo County, about ten miles northwest of downtown Kalamazoo. It was on a Michigan Central branch line to South Haven.
Image Info: Top, the Michigan Central Alamo Depot. [UML]. 2nd image, the creamery and MC depot at Alamo. [Alan Loftis collection]. 3rd image, the Michigan Central Alamo depot in the early 1900's. [Tim Shannahan collection]. 4th image, loading railroad car wheels at the Alamo depot.
Notes
Time Line
1917. The MC had an operator-agent here on the day shift. [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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