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Station: Smith's Creek, MI
Smith's Creek was settled about 1861 and was the county seat of St. Clair county from 1869 to 1871. [MPN]
Smith's Creek was a station stop on the Grand Trunk Western line from Port Huron to West Detroit.
Photo Info: Top, the original Smith's Creek station which was moved by Henry Ford to Greenfield Village about 1929. [TJ Gaffney collection]. 2nd and 3rd photos, the new depot which was located in Smith's Creek until it was moved and restored in 1974. It is now used as a antiques shop in Armada in Macomb county. This depot was built about 1929 when the original depot was moved to Greenfield Village. [Alan Loftis]
Notes
As a boy, Thomas Edison operated a concession on GTW trains from here including a printed newspaper. Later, Henry Ford moved the Smith's Creek depot to historic Greenfield Village in Edison's honor. The railroad built a new depot in 1929 to replace it.
Time Line
1917. The GTW had an agent here during 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