ITASCA COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Date Built	Current Use	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
calumet	AND	Hill Annex Mine State Park, 890 Gary Street	C	1909	Museum	None	Wood
grand rapids		1 NW 3rd Street (GPS: 47.235203, -93.528910)	C	1903	Civic	In Use	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Acropolis (Beauty Lake)		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a station sign at this location as of that year. This station was between Bengal Lake and Goodland. It was closed by the GN in May 1939.
Alder		Minneapolis & Rainy River Railway. See "Jessie Junction" listing below.
Ball Club		According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, an old railroad car that measured 8'x34' served as the depot here as of that year.
Bass Lake
BigFork		This was the first station at Bigfork.
Bengal (Powers)		The name of this station was changed in September 1902.
BigFork		This was the second station at Bigfork.
Blackberry		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a cinder platform and station sign at this location as of that year.
Bovey
Bovey-Coleraine		The station was torn down in order to salvage the lumber. This station, originally known only as "Bovey" had its name change to "Bovey-Coleraine" by the GN in 1955. According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, the station here was built in 1909 and measured 30'x76'. The GN records also list a station for Coleraine with the same build date and dimensions, so there may have been twin stations at these locations before consolidation.
Bruce (Morrell)		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a 5'x'28 platform and station sign at this location as of that year. The name of this station was changed to Morrell in 1926 and was abandoned in 1938.
Canisteo
Clarks
Cohasset (Hull)		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, this station was built in 1902 and remodeled in 1911. It measured 24'x72'.
Coleraine		This was the first depot in Coleraine.
Coleraine		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, the station here was built in 1909 and measured 30'x48'.
Collins
Cooley
Cort
Coutny Road		This station was 4.4 miles north of Deer River.
Deer River		Begun as the Itasca Lumber Company RR, it became the M&RR RY in 1904 and closed in 1932. This station/office building was east of 2nd Street SE at GPS: 47.330913, -93.790685. It was in the SW corner of the GN/M&RR diamond.
Deer River		The original Duluth, Superior & Westen station was at the south end of 1st Street NW (formerly Homer Street). This is shown on the 1897 Sanborn map of Deer River (part of the map of Grand Rapids, MN).
Deer River		The second generation passenger and freight stations we SE of 2nd Street SE at GPS: 47.331560, -93.790945. Although they had been replaced by the new GN station to the NW in 1903, both the passenger and freight stations were still standing as of 1908. They were both gone by 1913 (according to Sanborn maps from those years).
Deer River		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, this station was built in 1903 and measured 30'x104'. It was at the corner of Main Avenue and 1st Street SE at GPS: 47.332616, -93.793269.
Dumas (Starks Spur)		According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was a 12'x74' platform that was built in 1903 and a station sign here for that year. Dumas was the stop between Ball Club and Deer River. The station name was changed in January 1904 and the station was closed in December 1929.
Effie
Feeley		Alson known as Feeleys Spur.
Fox Lake Junction
Goodland (Gardner)		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, a station was built here in 1911 that measured 12'x34'. The name was changed from Gardner to Goodland in 1902.
Gunn		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, the station here measured 24'x24'.
Grand Rapids		This first generation Duluth, Superior & Western (later GN) station was approximately at the same location (but with a smaller footprint) as the newer GN station that is still standing.
Harrison Spur		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a station sign at this location as of that year.
Haupt (Houpt)		According to the 1915 NP Valuations Records, there was only a station sign at this location as of that year. The station was previously called "Dexter," "Dexter Hill" and "Dexterville."
Hill Annex		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a station sign at this location as of that year.
Holman Junction		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, the station here was built in 1909 and measured 30'x60'.
Jaynes
Jessie Lake
Jessie Junction (Alder)
Jurgenson
Keewatin		This station may have been reloacted to a lake for use as a cabin. Does anyone know for sure? According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, the station was built in 1911 that measured 30'x76'.
Kenny
Kevin
LA Prairie		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, the station here was built in 1899 and measured 12'x33'. The station was closed in September 1921.
Leipold		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a station sign at this location as of that year, so there was likely never an actual station building here. This station was on a branch that was built in 1906 primarily for logging. The tracks were removed in 1935.
Mack
Marble		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, the station here was built in 1909 and measured 30'x48'. The station was abandoned by the railroad in October 1961.
Marcell
McCartys		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a station sign at this location as of that year.
McVeighs
Mine Spur		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a station sign at this location as of that year.
Mississippi Junction		This was where the Mississippi, Hill City & Western Railway junctioned with a branch of the Great Northern. The MHC&W ran from Swan River to Hill City. It had trackage rights on the GN from Mississippi Junction to Swan River. This junction and the station were in the general vicinity of GPS: 47.021952, -93.252040. The GN branch (operated by the MHC&W ran south a bit from here into Jacobson (formerly Mississippi).
Moore		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a station sign at this location then.
Nashwauk		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, a station was built here in 1903 that measured 30'x46'.
Noyes
Orth (Bridgie)		The name was changed from Bridgie to Orth in 1908.
Pengilly (Swan Lake)		This station was abandoned by the GN in 1933.
Pengilly (Swan Lake)
Philbin
Pines		This station was two miles north of Marcell and did not last long as it was originally a flag stop.
Quinn		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a station sign at this location as of that year.
Round Lake
Silverwood
Soumi (Albo)
Spring Lake
Summit
Swan River		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, a new station was built here in 1907 that measured 24'x67'. It was likely also used by the Mississippi, Hill City & Western Railway.
Swan River	DMR&N AND D&W	This station was shared by the Duluth, Mississippi & Northern RR and the Duluth & Winnipeg RR.
Taconite
Taconite
Turtle Junction
Warba (Verna)		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, a new station was built here in 1913 that measured 30'x48'. The name of the station was changed from Verna to Warba in 1911.
Wawina		According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, a new station was built here in 1910 that measured 12.5'x12.5'.
Wirt (Stanley)		Town originally called Stanley later changed to Wirt.
Weller's Spur		This was five miles SE of Deer River. According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, there was only a 8'x100' platform and station sign at this location, but it burned sometime prior to 1915.
Zemple
1898 ITASCA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Calumet (GN/DM&IR) - The original location of this depot was on 4th Avenue between Gary and Morgan Streets. In a 1941 state guide it was listed as serving both the GN and DM&IR RRs. Did the DM&IR have its own station at sometime prior? Grand Rapids (GN) - According to the 1915 GN Valuations Records, the new station was built here in 1903 and measured 24'x148'.