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Durand Union Station Mural as it appeared August 15th 2014/Durand Now photo

2005: City Commemorates 100 Years Since Depot Fire With Community Bonfire at Main & Hagle Streets; Railroad Days Queen Erika Hoffman Lights the Ceremonial Fire

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Sesquicentennial Mural as it appeared in 1987/Courtesy photo

1987: Durand Celebrates Sesquicentennial

1981: Union Station Re-opens

1979: City Purchases Union Station for $1

1974: Grand Trunk Abandons Union Station

1968: April, The Byron Bulletin First Published by Don Hetchler. It ceased in August of that year.

1967: The Durand Theater, operated by Billy Graham of Detroit, ceases operations; Harry Mohney, Owner of The Sceen, later expresses interest in purchasing

1967: "Blizzard of '67" Paralyzes City

1966: Harry Mohney Opens The Sceen XXX Theater At Former Hi-Vue Drive In Location

1961: Durand Roundhouse Is Torn Down

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GTW 6319 Arrives at Durand for Last Steam-Powered Passenger Run on March 27th 1960/Courtesy photo

1960: Last Passenger Steam Train Runs at Durand

1958: Current City Charter Adopted

1956: Hi-Vue Drive-In Theater Begins Operations On April 5th, Later Purchased By Harry Mohney and Becomes The Sceen XXX Drive-In

1952: The Advertiser (Byron) First Published by Mrs. Lloyd Hansen. It ceased in 1955.

1933: First City Charter Adopted

1932: Durand Incorporated as a City

1923: Knights Templar Disaster at Durand

1920: The Commercial (Bancroft) First Published by Frank J. Peek
 
1905: Union Station Rebuilt

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Article in The Durand Express dated April 17th 1905

1905: Fire Destroys Union Station

1903: Durand Union Station Dedicated

1900: September 10th, The Evening Express First Published by Express Pub Co.

1895: U.S. Atlas Counts 255 Durand Residents; Bancroft (642), Byron (413), Vernon (585)

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The Durand Express office at the corner of Saginaw and Clinton Street, in the space now occupied by Kathy's School of Dance (formerly Ben Franklin), as seen in a photo estimated circa late 1800s/Courtesy photo

1887: Durand Incorporated as Village

1885: November 6th, The Byron Herald First Published by James Sleeth. It ceased in 1915.

1884: The Vernon Inter-Lake First Published by D.W. Hammond

1879: Bancroft Bulletin First Published by Will W. Secord

1876: May 8th, Post Office Named for George H. Durand, Congressman 6th District

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Map of Vernon Center in 1875

1866: May 7th, The Durand Signal First Published by Fred J. Cross
 
1856: First Rails Arrive In Durand via Detroit and Milwaukee Railway

1837: Vernon Center Named in Vernon Township

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