JACKSON COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		Current
Location		 Type Date
Built		 Current
Use		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Alpha Jackson County Fairgrounds
off 550th Street (CR 23)
(GPS: 43.626540, -94.973609)		 C 1898 Museum None Wood
Jackson 59 River Street
(GPS: 43.610593, -94.987304)		 C ???? Storage In Use Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Alpha Perhaps this is a previous station.
heron lake This station, built in 1887, was on the SW side of 10th Street.
Jackson Is this the same as the station listed in the existing section? The other building in the photo is the Harlow House Hotel. This station was on Moore Street just north of Center Street in the NE part of town. This section of Moore Street used to be known as Railroad Street.
lakefield This station was at the west end of Broadway Avenue.
Miloma
(Prairie Junction)
AND
 This joint station was built in 1893.
okabena This was the first station at Okabena, built in 1879. It served for only one year as the CM&St.P bought the line in 1880 and constructed a new station.
Okabena Built in 1880, this station sat along Jackson Street between Minnesota and Exchange Streets.
wilder This was the first depot at Wilder.
Wilder The second depot at Wilder was along the tracks approximately between Main and Adler Streets. It was built in 1913.
1898 JACKSON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Alpha (CM&St.P) - The original location of this depot was on Railroad Avenue between Main and Knox Streets. It was bought by the Jackson County Fair Association and moved to the fairgrounds in 1959.

Jackson (CM&St.P) - According to the owner this station used to be two-storied, but the RR removed the second floor.