Muskegon Station - Muskegon, MI
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The Snowdog
N 43° 13.944 W 086° 15.475
16T E 560257 N 4786890
This stately train depot is featured on Wikipedia - in Muskegon, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM1C94R
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2025
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From the nearby historical marker:
The Union Depot was opened in 1895 to serve the Chicago & West Michigan Railway; The Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad; and the Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railroad. A.W. Rush and Son of Grand Rapids designed the Richardsonian Romanesque station. Several national political figures paused at the depot during whistle stop campaigns. In 1896, William Jennings Bryan stopped during the first of three unsuccessful presidential bids. The 1952 campaign brought Republican vice presidential candidate, and future president Richard M. Nixon to Muskegon as well as President Harry S Truman who stopped on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. The Union Depot closed in 1971. It was donated to Muskegon County in 1992 and restored as a visitors' center and museum.
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