A trolley-sized interurban car sits on the tracks in the middle of Main Street as Leslie goes about its day — shoppers on the sidewalks, wagons near the curb, and a “UNION BLOCK” sign high on the brick building at right.
Photos like this are a reminder that small-town Michigan wasn’t just tied together by dirt roads. For a while, electric rail lines connected places like Leslie to the larger cities nearby — and some of that service even ran right down Main Street.
Do you have old postcards from Leslie, or remember stories about the interurban or the businesses along this stretch?
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