Lucie Denton collection, 1924.

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Lucie Denton collection, 1924.

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Newpaper articles about a Michigan Central train wreck, which occured at the entrance to the Hawthorn Paper Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., September 24, 1924.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Denton, Lucie,

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Hawthorn Paper Company (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

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Michigan Central Railroad Company

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On March 20, 1837, legislation providing for work to proceed on three railroads and two canals in Michigan became law. One of the railroads -- the central -- was to connect Detroit and St. Joseph through the second tier of counties. Based upon preliminary work already done by the Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad Company (whose rights and properties were purchased by the state), the railroad was able to begin operation (at least as far as Dearborn) by the end of 1837. In 1846, the central railroad...