Town name: Carland
Population: 50
Reason for becoming a lost town: The lumber ran out and Carland lost out to nearby towns for business and schooling.
Town history: After being proposed in the mid 1870's, the Owosso & Big Rapids Railroad finally made its way thru that part of the county in 1884. By now it was called the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan Railroad and with it, Carland was born.
Carland began as a station on the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad in 1884 and was named after one of the officials by the name of Carland. Given a post office on December 3, 1884, with Ezra Lattimer as the first postmaster. The post office was kept open into the mid 1900s in a home. The Methodist church is still going and the school still stands, but is now abandoned. The grain elevator still stands and let's people know that Carland is still here.
Cache description: Geocache is a pill bottle.
Notes of interest: Located across the street from the church. PLEASE USE EXTREME STEALTH!!!
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This cache is part of the Michigan's Lost Towns Cache Series
