Le Roy Barnett collection, 1881-1982.

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Le Roy Barnett collection, 1881-1982.

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Guide to the lands in the State of Michigan now for sale, published by Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw Railway Company, 1881. Photocopy of an Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, railroad map. Flint and Pere Marquette Railway Company bankruptcy material, 1879. Ann Arbor Railroad Company material, 1965-1979. Civil War maps topographical maps. Background information and news clippings about polybrominated Biphenyl (PBB), 1982. Postcards of various Michigan locations.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8176460

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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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...

Barnett, Le Roy

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Flint and Pere Marquette Railway Company.

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Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw Railway Company.

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Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway

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Ann Arbor Railroad Company

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The Ann Arbor Railroad began in 1878. The line began in Toledo, Ohio and ran northwest through Ann Arbor to Frankfort and Elberta, Michigan. It was officially incorporated on September 21, 1895. The railroad ran a Great Lakes car ferry service from 1892 to 1982. In 1976, the Michigan Department of Transportation bought the northern part of the railroad (the railroad had declared bankruptcy in 1973). In order to keep the entire line operating, the state bought the southern part in 1980. By 1988-1...