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With roots in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad—nicknamed "The Fishing Line" for its connections to attractive Michigan tourist areas—was organized in the mid-nineteenth century to take advantage of the lucrative logging business of the vast forests of the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan and other potential freight traffic. Once built into northern Michigan, it had an important role in developing the region's tourist industry. Financed and built by officials of the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad system, the GR&I eventually was merged into that company. Using a plethora of newspapers, public documents, and other primary source materials, Meints has crafted an engaging narrative that is easily accessible to the lay reader as well as specialists in railroad and local history. Tracing a thorough corporate history of a fascinating but little-known regional line from its beginning through the early twentieth century, The Fishing Line: A History of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad is a must-read.
Contents
Contents Preface Chapter 1. The Lomax Years, 1849-1866 Chapter 2. The Edgerton Years, 1866-1873 Chapter 3. The Completion to Petoskey, 1869-1873 Chapter 4. The Continental Improvement Company Chapter 5. The Hughart Years, Part 1, 1874-1883 Chapter 6. The Hughart Years, Part 2, 1884-1895 Chapter 7. The Pennsylvania Years, 1896-1920 Chapter 8. Epilogue Afterword Appendix 1. Officers' Biographies Appendix 2. Corporations Comprising the Grand Rapids & Indiana Appendix 3. Stations and Mileage Appendix 4. Ruling Grades Appendix 5. Construction and Abandonment Record Appendix 6. Revenue, Expense, and Traffic Statistics Appendix 7. Land Grant Construction Deadlines Appendix 8. Edgerton Memorial Appendix 9. Continental Improvement Company Agreements Notes Bibliography Index
