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Station: Kent City, MI
Kent City was founded about 1873 in northwest Kent County. [MPN] The town was a station stop on the Chicago & West Michigan (later PM) line north to Baldwin. Kent City became a village in 1908.
Photo Info: Top, the Pere Marquette depot at Kent City. 2nd photo, the depot and a section of nearby downtown Kent City. Dates of both photos are unknown. [Both, Alan Loftis collection]
Notes
Time Line
1908. The PM built a new depot here. [PMAR-1908]
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI