The Cass River Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

during the early 1870s. The company was chartered on December 12, 1871. In 1872 it completed a line from East Saginaw to Vassar. The line was intended to exploit the timber resources in the Cass River area. On June 4, 1872, the company was bought by the

Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad The Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM) is a defunct railroad which operated in the U.S. state of Michigan between 1857 and 1899. It was one of the three companies which merged to become the Pere Marquette Railway. Early history The F&PM was c ...

(F&PM).Ivey (1919), 220; Michigan Railroad Commission (1896), xxiii.

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* * Railway companies established in 1871 Railway companies disestablished in 1872 Defunct Michigan railroads Predecessors of the Pere Marquette Railway {{US-rail-transport-stub