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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 |
| Detroit Lakes |
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116 Pioneer Street (GPS: 46.819811, -95.846004) |
P | 1908 | Museum/ Railroad |
In Use | Brick |
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| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Audubon |
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There were passenger and freight stations on Front Street just to the east of 4th Street. Both stations were built in 1891 and both measured 20'x40' according to NP Valuation Records. | ||||||
| Angola |
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This was an early flagstop; it is unlikely there was ever a station building here. It was in Audubon Township, Section 24. | ||||||
| Callaway (Baxter) |
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This station, built in 1904, was located at the corner of Minnesota and Railway Streets. | ||||||
| detroit lakes |
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This station was on the south side of Front Street, on the east side of the tracks. It was built in 1914 and burned down in 2001. | ||||||
| Detroit Lakes |
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The photo is from 1872 and shows the first passenger and freight stations here just a year after the town was founded. | ||||||
| Detroit Lakes |
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The second generation frame passenger station was on the west side of Washington Avenue at GPS: 46.819996, -95.845615. One of the original stations can be seen in the background of the photo. | ||||||
| Detroit Lakes |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, a new freight station was built in 1897 and measured 24'x80'. It was at the corner of Main Street SW and Lake Avenue at GPS: 46.820334, -95.846356. | ||||||
| Detroit Lake (Pokegama Beach) |
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There was a small depot that served the lakefront properties here. The station was located east of lots 8 and 9 of the Pokegama Beach subdivision of resort plats. The station was on the west side of the tracks and can be seen on Becker County maps from 1929. | ||||||
| Frazee |
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The first (permanent) station at Frazee was moved there on a flatcar from Hobart (Otter Tail Co.) in 1873 or 1874 by town namesake R.L. Frazee (The first (permanentstation at Frazee was moved there on a flatcar from Hobart (Otter Tail Co.) in 1873 or 1874 by town founder R.L. Frazee (The first (station at Frazee was moved there on a flatcar from Hobart (Otter Tail Co.) in 1873 or 1874 by town founder R.L. Frazee (History of Otter Tail County, 1916 and Detroit Lakes Tribune, 3-4-2020). Prior to the Hobart depot being moved, there was a temporary station at Frazee. | ||||||
| frazee |
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The second-generation passenger station was on the east corner of Lake (formerly Mill) and Juniper (formerly Wilcox Avenue) on the SW side of the tracks at GPS: 46.727119, -95.701410. According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, the station was built in 1897 and measured 20'x40'. At some point between 1928-early 1950s, the station was moved to the opposite side of the tracks (northeast) and was there when the modern 1950s-era station was built next to it (the 1953 aerial photo of town shows the two stations on the NE side of the tracks). It was then moved in 1968 to a farm on Town Lake off MN-87 at GPS: 46.723195, -95.711537, but was torn down after suffering water damage. | ||||||
| Frazee |
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The freight station was across the tracks (the NE side) to the east of the passenger station at GPS: 46.727096, -95.701038. According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, it was built in 1902 and measured 20'x60'. | ||||||
| Frazee |
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This 1950s-era station was on the SE side of Lake Street on the NE side of the tracks at GPS: 46.727096, -95.701038. This was the same location as the freight station listed above so that was either torn down or moved by the time the modern station was built | ||||||
| La Belle |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, a 20'x40' combination station was built here in 1897. | ||||||
| lake park |
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The freight and passenger stations were on 1st Street with the passenger station on the south side of the tracks and the freight station on the north. According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, a new combination station was built here in 1909 that measured 30'x106'. | ||||||
| Lake Park |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, a new freight station was built here in 1905 that measured 24'x60'. | ||||||
| Lake Park |
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There was a later-generation station here that had a metal roof. | ||||||
| Mc Hugh (Johnsons) |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, the station was built in 1910 and measured 16'x20'. The station was known as "Johnsons" until 1883. | ||||||
| Oak Lake |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, there was only a telegraph office at this location as of that survey. The site was abandoned early when the Audubon station was built nearby. | ||||||
| Ogema (Angora) |
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This station, built in 1904, was at what used to be the west end of Beaulieu Street when that street went trough to the tracks. | ||||||
| Richards |
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| Sand Beach Sanitarium |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, a passenger shelter shed was built here in 1916 that measured 8'x12'. | ||||||
| westbury |
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This station, built in 1904, sat approximately where US 59 is today. The station was on the east side of the tracks between Broadway and Becker Streets. The grain elevator was across from the depot on a siding to the west. | ||||||
| 1898 BECKER COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Detroit Lakes (NP) - Owned by the White Earth Tribe, the depot has be refurbished. |
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