Byers began with a shingle mill and depot on the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad in 1870. [MPN]
It was located about three miles south of Big Rapids.
Photo Info: A GR&I section crew photographed near Big Rapids in the early 1900's. Note the "furniture" car on the siding and two velocipedes used by the section crews. [Chuck Townsend collection]
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