Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad
Ohio Historical Marker
This rail line was the original route of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad, the first railroad to operate west of the Allegheny Mountains. The train made its initial run on October 3, 1836 from Toledo to Adrian, a total of approximately thirty miles. In 1837, a steam locomotive replaced horses as the train's engine. The E. & K. R.R. opened markets from Lake Erie to the Michigan Territory.
Marker is on Monroe Street 0.1 miles west of Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
