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Station: Akron, MI
Akron was settled in northwest Tuscola County about 1854. It became a station on the Saginaw, Tuscola & Huron railroad when it came through in 1882. The town was incorporated as a village in 1910. [MPN]
Akron was the crossing of the north-south Pere Marquette (later C&O/CSX/HE) line from Saginaw to Bad Axe, and the Detroit, Bay City & Western line from Bay City south to Port Huron.
Photo Info: The C&O depot at Akron in 1975. [Ron Hageimister/Jim Slater collection]. 2nd photo, the depot at Akron in better times. 3rd photo, a view of the Detroit, Bay City & Western train at the Akron crossing. 4th photo, another view of the depot with an arriving train. [Both, Alan Loftis collection]. 5th photo, a 1972 view. [Charles Geletzke Jr.]
Notes
Time Line
1916. The railroad has a station agent at this location. [MCR-1916]
Industry
- Handy Brothers Coal mine. New shaft sunk in 1908. 100 miners employed. [DFP-1908-0330]
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