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| EXISTING STATIONS | ||||||||
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| Station Name |
Original Railroad | Current Location |
Type | Date Built |
Current Use |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
| Browns Valley |
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Now a house on the SW corner of Lake Traverse just over the line in SD. It is the first driveway on Roberts County Road 2 north of SD-10. | C | 1880 | Residence | None | Wood |
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| wheaton |
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North side of Broadway between Trail and Front Streets. | C | 1906 | Museum | Gone | Wood | |
| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Boisberg |
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| Charlesville (Beacon) |
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This station was originally known as "Beacon," but the name was changed to "Charlesville" by the GN in July 1904. | ||||||
| Collis |
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| Dumont |
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This station was moved from its original
location to an alley between Brown and Cass Streets east of 2nd Street (GPS: 45.719207,-96.422539). It was torn down or moved sometime between 2015 and 2022. |
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| Lake Traverse |
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This station was abandoned by the GN in 1926. The book "Minnesota Place Names" (3rd Ed., 2001) claims that this was the same station as Browns Valley, but the 1924 Minnesota RR Map shows them as two different stations with the Lake Traverse station being slightly north of Browns Valley at the end of the line on the shore of the lake. | ||||||
| Tintah |
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| 1898 TRAVERSE COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Browns Valley (GN) - This station was originally located between 2nd and 3rd Streets in Browns Valley. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, this station was built in 1880 and measured 30'x60'. |
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