BELTRAMI COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		Current
Location		 Type Date
Built		 Current
Use		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Bagley Mohler Movers, 4113 North Irvine, Bemidji
(GPS: 47.509141,-94.888921)		 C ???? Storage None Wood
Bemidji 130 Minnesota Avenue Southwest C 1912 Business In Use Brick
Bemidji
AND
 128 First Street West
(GPS: 47.468386, -94.881288)		 P 1911 Business In Use Brick  
Bemidji 30 Irvine Avenue (South end of Irvine near the lake) C ???? Residence Gone Wood
Solway On farm at 14729 Trengrove Road NW
(GPS: 47.488696, -95.089351)		 C ???? Storage None Wood
Turtle River 116 West Main Street
(GPS: 47.5875 -94.7596) 		C 1901 Residence Gone Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Bemidji This was the old M&I station before Union Station was constructed. It was at the east end of 1st Street West at approximately GPS: 47.468666, -94.878926. After Union Station was built this staion served as a freight station for the M&I.
Bemidji The first GN station here was built in 1898. It was between of Minnesota Avenue and Irvine Avenue at approximately GPS: 47.468038, -94.884039.
Bemidji This appears to be the old Soo Line station prior to 1911.
Bemidji There was a temporary station erected at the foot of Minnesota Aveune to accomodate trains while the new Union Station was being built (The Pioneer, 11-12-1910).
Bemidji This freight station was on the south side of 2nd Street between America Avenue and Minnesota Avenue at GPS: 47.469229, -94.883481.
Bemidji
(North Bemidji)		 Despite its name, this station was on the south shore of the lake at approximately GPS: 47.463643, -94.856001 just to the NW of the M&I roundhouse.
Blackduck Pictured is the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railroad station in Blackduck. This was the original station prior to the structure (listed below) that was built by the Minnesota and International Railway. The picture for this station was taken 1900, and was at the terminus for the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota being the last station built by this railroad. The Minnesota and International only used the building briefly, while they were building a new station in town.
Blackduck This station was built by the M&I.
BlackDuck  
Farley  
Fowlds This station for the logging community of Fowlds was in Maple Ridge Township, Section 23.
Funkley
(Hovey Junction)		 This station was at the point of the wye in Funkley where the Bullhead Lake branch went away from the Minnesota and International right of way to the town of Kelliher. The name was changed from "Hovey Junction" to "Funkley" in 1903.
Hines  
Island lake Wilton &
Northern		 The Wilton & Northern RR ran north from Wilton through Fowlds (now vacated) and terminated at Island Lake. Remnants of the wye at Wilton can still be seen on aerial photographs.
Kelliher This station and yard were near the end point of the Bullhead Lake Branch at the southwest corner of Bullhead Lake. The station and yard were south of Main Street at GPS: 47.941190, -94.445696. The station was built by the Minnesota and International, as well as the Crookston Lumber Company, which was the only railroad in Minnesota to use a Climax geared locomotive. The Minneapolis, Red Lake, and Manitoba RR also used the yard. There was also a two-stall engine house in the yard. The station and yard were built around 1900-1905. The Northern Pacific and Burlington Northern also used this yard until the rail on the M&I line was taken up in 1985. The wye junction for this branch was at Funkley. The building in the foreground of the photo is still standing. Not sure if it was a freight station, yard building or a depot for one of the other RRs.
Lavinia
(Mississippi)
(Northern)		  
Lemloh This village was in T. 149N, R. 33W.
Lynx This station was in Liberty Township, Section 14.
Marsh Siding This station was in Northern Township, Section 7.
Nebish
(Whitefish Jct.)		 This was the first Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba depot at Nebish. It was the lumber house of the Crookston Lumber Company.
Nebish This station was built around 1912. After the railroad ceased operations here, a man named Bob Binkley bought the station and moved it to his property.
Neeley Siding This station was in T. 149N, R 33W.
Newhaven This station was in Liberty Township, Section 11.
Newhaven This station was in Liberty Township, Section 11.
Nymore
(South Bemidji)
Nymore
(South Bemidji)
Pinewood This station was in Buzzle Township, Section 33.
Puposky Depot was sold in 1929, and lasted at least until the 1950s. Final fate unknown.
Redby  
Riverside This station was in Bemidji Township, Section 2.
Scribner  
Shooks
(Shoaks)		 This station was at the midpoint of the Bullhead Lake branch between Funkley and Kelliher. It resembled something like a baseball dugout.  It was built and used by the Minnesota and International, then by Northern Pacific, after they acquired the M&I. Not only is the station long gone, so is the village of Shooks.
Spaulding This station was in Liberty Township, Section 34.
Tenstrike This station was moved and turned into a house, but burned down around 1999. Was previously known as "Tenstrike Center."
Waskish  
Wilton This station was originally known as "Eckles," but the name was changed by the GN to "Selkce" ("Eckles spelled backwards) in February 1901. The name was then changed to "Wilton" in March 1903.
Wilton  
1898 BELTRAMI COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Bagley (GN) - Moved from Bagley in Clearwater County to Bemidji.

Bemidji (GN) - Home of the Beltrami County Historical Society.

Bemidji (MRL&M) - This logging railroad ended at Lake Irvine where the logs were dumped into the lake and floated across to a sawmill on the opposite side.

Solway (GN) - This combination station was on 1st Street (now U.S. 2). From the book "Lest We Forget" by Jo Johnson: "With the coming of the railroad to Solway in 1898, there was a need for a depot, which was built a short time later.  The depot was never replaced but was remodeled some. agents lived in the east end of the building. The first agent was T.E.Rider, then followed Harry Ellis, Ed Fink, Julius Fredrickson, Marion Foster, George Sharpe, Mr. Samuelson, Ed Koslik in 1945, Fred Heckleman, Jack Duphorn, and Warren Rhodes was the last agent. John Shindelar purchased the building in 1969 and moved it to his farm in Jones township. When John moved the building he found that it had been erected on forty railroad ties, no other foundation."

Turtle River (M&I) - Carl Otterstad, who worked for the railroad, bought the station in 1952 and had it moved up the hill to his property where he had a basement built to accomodate it. A few years later, he had it finished to a 1 bedroom home and added a fireside room to it.