Below is a repeat of the Google Earth image I posted Sunday showing the route of the AA in red and the M&NE in purple. I believe I have the correct location for a one time interchange between the two, or at least the location of the beginning of the AA spur.
Claggetts and Glengarry (incorrect spelling on the image, sorry).
Neither Mesick or Glengarry existed according to 1889 atlases. The town of Sherman was north of present day Mesick and east of the site of Glengarry. A spur from the AA (TAA&LM)at the site of Mesick to the south side of Sherman, according the 1889 atlas. This disappeared from maps by 1908.
I believe the AA first built the spur to Glengarry prior to the 1903 arrival of the M&NE, then leased the spur to the M&NE. The M&NE extended the River Branch to Buckley (formerly Wexford) by the end of 1904 and on to Grayling in 1910.
Below is a plat of Glengarry from the 1908 Standard Atlas. Notice the parcel of land around a sawmill right in the middle owned by the AA.
Glengarry plat, 1908
The image below shows that plat overlaid onto Google Earth imagery. The backwaters of the Hodenpyle Dam Pond have flooded part of the area.
Glengarry imagery overlayed with above plat.
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