Station: Ames, MI

Ames was a small hamlet on the Wisconsin & Michigan railway in Menominee County, about 13 miles south of Faithorn Junction.


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Time Line

1900. The town of Ames, Mich. was practically wiped out in a forest fire, entailing a loss of $30,000 or more of lumber stock. The W&M ran a special train up the line Sunday to rescue the fire stricken people in the small villages along the road. All inhabitants of the towns of Ames and Nathan were taken to Pembine for safety. It is said that the W&M passenger which let Marinette was unable to get further north than Fisher, where a heroic effort saved the town.[DFP-1900-0501]

 

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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