Steiner, Michigan

Steiner MI Depot Pere Marquette Railroad

Steiner was a small farming settlement in what is now Frenchtown Charter Township, Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It was situated at the intersection of Steiner Road and Laduke Road near the current CSX Railroad crossing at 41°59′20″N 83°23′15″W / 41.98889°N 83.38750°W / 41.98889; -83.38750Coordinates: 41°59′20″N 83°23′15″W / 41.98889°N 83.38750°W / 41.98889; -83.38750.[1]

Steiner Inn in Steiner MI
Steiner MI facing east from Railroad

The village of Steiner was located about five miles north of Monroe Michigan, and was centered around the Steiner Depot of the Pere Marquette Railroad.

Steiner facing East from railroad towards picnic grounds
Steiner Cornet Band circa1905

Steiner was founded by and named for William Steiner in 1873.

Paul Laduke Store Steiner MI

A post office opened on September 7, 1886 with John Kohler as the first postmaster. The office closed on July 31, 1925.[2][3]

At one time the town had a railroad depot, creamery, granary, freight scales, a saw-mill, basket factory, pottery and brick works, a saloon (the Steiner Inn), the Laduke general store and the Steiner Post Office.

Block Factory Steiner Michigan

For some years the railroad maintained a spur extending west from a siding in Steiner to a limestone quarry near Maybee, Michigan.

Man operating sawmill, possibly E.R. Calkins. Steiner MI

The general store and other structures, located between Laduke Roads and the railroad tracks were destroyed in a fire on May 3rd of 1948. An elderly woman, Mrs. Margaret Gibson, age 70 and Magadline Moyer, age 5 perished in the fire. There was a significant delay in the arrival of rescuers, as the closest fire department was located six miles south, in Monroe. Local anger among area residents after the "Steiner Fire" led to the formation of the Frenchtown Township Volunteer Fire Department in 1949.


Calkins Basket Factory, which still remains Steiner, MI

The basket factory structure still stands in the same location today. It was owned and operated by the E. R. Calkins family.

Few obvious signs remain today of this town except a cluster of several pre-1900 houses, the basket factory building near the railroad tracks, and the road name.

Steiner is now one of the lost cities, towns, and counties of Michigan

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Steiner, Michigan
  2. ↑ Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Steiner Post Office (historical)


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