Editing Brown City, Michigan (section)

==History==
Brown City was established in 1879 as a station on the [[Port Huron and Northwestern Railway]], later a part of the [[Pere Marquette Railroad]].<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/98688500/ Galbraith's railway mail service maps, Michigan.] Library of Congress. Publ. 1897, c1898. Accessed April 2020.</ref> The area quickly grew to become an efficient shipment point for lumber and grains. Brown City was incorporated as a village in 1887 and as a city in 1907.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=82}} The ''Marquette Flyer'' provided early rail passenger and mail service between Detroit and Ludington. In the 1920s the Pere Marquette came under the control of the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]] and was formally merged into it on 6 June 1947.

The city fell under the [[Administrative divisions of Michigan#Fourth Class Cities|4th Class City]] Act for its governance.<ref name=tth>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Jackie|title=Ruled under century-old act, cities consider new charters|url=http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/local/2017/01/12/ruled-under-century-old-act-cities-consider-new-charters/96404452/|access-date=February 6, 2018|work=The Times Herald|publisher=USA Today Network|date=January 12, 2017|language=en}}</ref> In 1998, the city residents approved a charter ending its fourth class city status.<ref name=tth/>

On 30 April 1998, the [[Huron and Eastern Railway]] purchased [[CSX Transportation|CSX]]'s Port Huron Subdivision from Saginaw to Brown City. The line southeast of Brown City is still in place to the [[Kenockee Township, Michigan|Avoca]] grain elevator, but has been out of service since the HESR acquisition.