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The company incorporated on November 13, 1865; the investors hailed primarily from Lansing, Ionia and Portland. The original charter called for a 34-mile (55 km) line from Ionia to Lansing; on January 13, 1869 this was amended with a much grander vision: a 125-mile (201 km) line from Lansing to the mouth of the Pentwater River at Pentwater , on ...
The Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan (DL&LM) was incorporated April 11, 1871, as a consolidation of the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad and the Ionia and Lansing Railroad. In 1872, the Ionia, Stanton and Northern Rail Road was added. By 1876 the railroad was obliged for more than $6 million in mortgages at 8%, much of it owed to men ...
In 1869, the Ionia and Lansing Railroad was constructed through Grand Ledge, bringing a trade catering to visitors, as well as a new manufacturing base, to Grand Ledge. Along with the new prosperity came accelerated development in the district, as well-to-do local businessmen and manufacturers began constructing houses. [2]
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad: NYC: 1906 1914 New York Central Railroad: Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway: CK&S NYC: 1883 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: Chicago and Kalamazoo Terminal Railroad: CN: 1895 1928 Grand Trunk Western Railroad: Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad: CN: 1873 1879 Michigan Railway, North Western Grand ...
The DL&LM was formed April 11, 1871 by a merger of the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad, the Ionia and Lansing Railroad, and the Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad. [1] The DL&LM was sold under foreclosure on December 14, 1876 and reorganized under the name of Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad. [2]
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Ionia was first settled in 1833 by Samuel Dexter, who recruited a group of about 63 people from New York to join him. Aided by the local Ojibwe, they settled in and cleared fields, then built log cabins and soon a sawmill. What is now the Ionia Historic District was at first just a scattering of small houses.
North Lansing Historic Commercial District: North Lansing Historic Commercial District: April 30, 1976 : 611 East-127 West Cesar E. Chavez Ave., 1207-1250 Turner Rd., 901-1135 North Washington St., and adjacent streets