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'''Stager''' is an unincorporated community in Iron County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.<ref>{{GNIS|1617862}}</ref>
==History== The community was named for Anson Stager, an official of the Western Union Telegraph Company.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA126|year=1908|page=126}}</ref> The site was once the location of a Chicago and North Western Railway railroad right-of-way and telegraph line that connected Stager with Wakefield, Michigan, but nothing of the line remains except the State Line Trail built on the former railroad's roadbed.<ref name="Pure Michigan">{{cite web |url=https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/amazing-michigan-trails-hiking-biking-and-more |title=Amazing Michigan Trails for Hiking, Biking and More |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=michigan.org |publisher=Michigan Economic Development Corporation |access-date=November 30, 2020 |quote="Michigan’s longest and reddest rail-trail."}}</ref>
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{{Iron County, Michigan}}
Category:Unincorporated communities in Iron County, Michigan Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan {{IronCountyMI-geo-stub}}