CASS COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		Current
Location		 Type Date
Built		 Current
Use		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
boy river On Boy Lake Drive NE, southest of intersection with Orchid Trail.
(GPS: 47.095712,-94.142554)		 C ???? Residence Gone Wood
cass lake 325 Lyle Chisholm Drive
(GPS: 47.382347, -94.608525)		 C 1926 Museum Gone Brick
federal dam   Little Log House Pioneer Village
220th Street, Hastings (Dakota Co.)
(GPS: 44.630314, -92.837307)		 C 1910 Museum None Wood
pine river South corner of Barclay and Front, next to Chamber of Commerce
(GPS: 46.7171, -94.4039) 		C 1896 Civic Gone Wood
remer 45 West Main Street
(MN 200 at Etna Avenue)
(GPS: 47.056796, -93.918297)		 C 1910 Library Gone Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Ah-gwah-ching  
Backus  
Bena The old passenger station was built in 1898 and measured 24'x68'. The freight station was built in 1899 and mesured 16'x32'.
Bena Newer station.
Cass Lake This station predates the one listed below. It burned down on June 2, 1914.
cass lake According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, this station was built in 1914 to replace the one listed above and measured 30'x112'. It was torn down in 1989.
Cuba This was somewhere near Schley. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was only a station sign here for that year. It was abandoned by the GN as a station in October 1928.
Cyphers
(Hunters)		  
Gull River  
Hackensack  
Leech lake According to the GN Valuation Records, a converted railroad carbody was placed here for use as a station in 1916. Prior to that there was only a paltform here. The station was abandoned by the GN in September 1962.
Mildred
(Crookston)		 The original name of this station was "Crookston." It was changed to Mildred for obvious reasons.
Nushka This station was in the Chippewa Indian reservation. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was only a station sign here for that year. This station was abandoned by the GN in April 1929.
Pillager According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, a 16'x64' combination station was built here in 1904.
Pine River  
Portage lake  
Raboin  
Santiago This was somewhere near Schley. Schley, Cuba and Santiago were successive stations on the GN named to commemorate the Spanish-American War.
Schley According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was only a station sign here for that year.
Schley  
Sylvan According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, a 16'x48' combination station was built here in 1902. The station was also known as Sylvan Junction and Sylvan Lake.
Tobique
(Rogers)		  
Walker  
Walker This station was on Front Street at North Fifth Street. It last used as a senior center and was torn down sometime between 2008-2010 to make room for a parking lot. The GN also used this station in later years.
Walker According to the GN Valuation Records of 1915, the station here was built in 1898 and measured 24'x60'.
Wheelock
(Bath)		 According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, there was only a frame platform here as of that year. The platform was built in 1905.
White City According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was only a 14'x23' platform and station sign here for that year. White City was abandoned as a station by the GN in 1927.
Wilkinson According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a converted tool house was used as the station here. It was built or moved there in 1905 and measured 10'x12'.
1898 CASS COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Boy River (Soo Line) - The station was built 1912 and retired 1942. A 24'X56' replacement depot was installed in its place at its original location.

Federal Dam (Soo Line) - The museum where the station currently resides claims this depot was built in 1908, however that is incorrect as the line from Moose Lake to Plummer was built 1909-1910. This station was built in October, 1910. The Soo Line here was shut down after World War II and the building was moved to an Indian Reservation with plans for renovation. The plans fell through and the depot was sold to a private individual from Boy River. The depot was moved again to Boy River, Minnesota with the idea of making a restaurant out of the building. Once again, the plans fell through. The building sat vacant until 1998 when it was moved to the Little Log House Pioneer Village in Dakota County.

Pine River (NP) - The first station here was built in 1895 by the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota RR. In 1896 either a larger station was built in the same location, or the original station was significantly expanded to establish the current station. The station saw another addition of 14' in 1910. 

Remer (Soo Line) - First passenger train was November 10th, 1910, per the "History of Remer, MN" compiled by Cecelia McKeig. The station has been restored and is open to the public. It houses the Remer Centennial Library and is used for public events.