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Welcome to the official web site of the Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc.!
NewsSelect PM Employee Records Now Available Through the Plymouth Historical Museum - Apr. 28, 2024 - In late 2022, the PMHS received a sizeable quantity of records related to PM employees who worked on the east side of the State of Michigan. Our partners at the Archive at the Plymouth Historical Museum have sorted and indexed them and are now making them available for research.
Pere Marquette HO Modelers' Guide Updated - Aug. 16, 2023 - An updated copy of the Pere Marquette HO Modelers' Reference Guide has been posted to the Model Railroading Resources page on this site.
New Short Line Begins Operation on Former PM Trackage - Posted June 4, 2022 - On May 31 Hamilton Northwestern began operating a 6.6 mile stretch of former CSX, ex-PM trackage between the south side of Holland and the mill in Hamilton. This is a segment of what was once the line connecting Allegan and Holland.
PM and C&O Historian John Paton Passes at 78 - Posted April 12, 2022 - It is with sadness that we must report that John C. Paton passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 2, 2022. John was a Charter Member of the PMHS and served as its Secretary and Treasurer from its founding until 2019. He is best known for his published works, including Pere Marquette Revenue Freight Cars with Art Million, Chesapeake & Ohio BL2 Diesels and Alleghany with an “A” and was a long-time member of the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, having served as its Modeling Editor.
Plymouth Historical Museum Holding an Archive Fund Drive to Support PMHS Holdings - Updated Oct. 19, 2022 - The Plymouth Historical Museum, which now houses the PMHS’ Archive, has begun a fund drive to update and modernize their facilities. While their facility is already a huge improvement over previous PMHS archive sites, this is the result of a methodical and professional assessment of their infrastructure supporting their local history archive as well as ours. They are conducting this drive through an online GiveSendGo campaign, at: https://www.givesendgo.com/plymouthhistory. As we will be a major beneficiary of this facility update, the PMHS Board matched donations to this effort made by PMHS members, up to a maximum combined amount of $2,500. We reached this goal in April, 2022. Funds raised by this campaign will be used to purchase lighter and more practical desks and tables for research work, purchase new computer imaging devices including improved book and microfilm scanners, perform website technology upgrades to add digital collections to their archive page, and to partialy fund additional archive personnel to process and catalog our incoming collection. The campaign's goal is to raise a total of $30,000. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Please contact Elizabeth Kerstens, Plymouth Historical Museum Executive Director, if you are interested in sponsoring a portion of the archive upgrade.
The PMHSThe Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc. (PMHS) was founded in 1995 as a means of collecting and disseminating information regarding the Pere Marquette Railroad. Our membership is made up of historians, former employees, modelers, and railfans. If you are interested in the PM, we encourage you to join. If you are seeking information regarding specific PM employees, please see the About PM Employees page on this site.
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Joining the PMHS
Pere
Marquette Historical Society members receive four issues of PM
Tracks, the PMHS newsletter each membership year. Members also receive
notices of special projects, such as our
custom-run PM freight cars.
We hold an annual "get-together" for members and their immediate families at a town of significance to the PM.
To join the Pere Marquette Historical Society, send a check or money order for $30.00 (Canadian residents $35.00 US) payable to the "Pere Marquette Historical Society" to:
Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 233
Perry, MI 48872-0233
A copy of our membership application form is available on this Web site.
The Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization incorporated in the State of Michigan and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service.
Acknowledgments
This site would not be possible without the gracious assistance of fellow PMHS members and numerous others who have contributed information and photographs for use on this site, most notably:
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And of course, no work on the PM would be complete without acknowledging the fine work of late PMHS President Art Million, who was not only a pioneer PM historian, but has written most of the books and articles published about the PM over the past several decades. Art provided valuable background information (and error-correction!) for this site.
Use of this Web site and the materials contained within it is subject to
specific
terms and conditions.
Do you have questions or comments
regarding this Web site? E-mail  All original contents of this Web site are Copyright © 2024, John F. ("Fritz") Milhaupt, on behalf of the Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc., All Rights Reserved. |