Tom Edison at Grand Trunk

Tom Edison at Grand Trunk is a Michigan historical marker in Port Huron, St. Clair County, dedicated 1967.

St. Clair County · dedicated 1967 · 500 Thomas Edison Parkway, Port Huron

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The Grand Trunk Railroad depot to the right is where twelve-year-old Tom Edison departed daily on the Port Huron-Detroit run. In 1859, the railroad’s first year of operation, Tom persuaded the company to let him sell newspapers and confections on the daily trips. He became so successful that he soon placed two newsboys on other Grand Trunk runs to Detroit. He made enough money to support himself and to buy chemicals and other experimental materials.

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