INDIAN RIVER, MI
Track side, Indian River Depot, October 1999
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In 1865 the Michigan Central bought the Jackson, Lansing
and Saginaw Railroad Company which was struggling to complete a line linking
the named cities. By 1871, under MC ownership, the road was completed as
far as Bay City, and by 1873 extended to Gaylord. In 1881 it was completed
through Indian River to Mackinaw City. This gave the Michigan Central access
not only to Lansing, Saginaw and Bay city, but also to the lumber region
of northern Michigan. |
| As the lumber boom ran its course, the Michigan Central
needed new traffic for its Mackinaw Division and so promoted travel to the
resort areas of northern Michigan. By 1903 scheduled trains increased to
six as tourism to the Straits developed. The MCRR promoted Northern Michigan
as "curative of hayfever, asthma, bronchial and lung affections.
The depot seems well cared-for as home to a gift
shop. |
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