Railroad Fever
Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 @ 7:45 pm
Filed Under History, Michigan, Railroads, Stories
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The entire nation had the Railroad Fever in 1869. Michigan was nursing two outbreaks: Promoters were raising money to build a more direct line (an "air line") between Detroit and Chicago which would roughly follow the route of the Chicago Road, and actual construction was occurring for a line connecting Jackson and Grand Rapids. Both remain interesting, for different reasons.
