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Station: Ovid, MI
Ovid is a city in both Clinton and Shiawassee counties. The town was located on the Grand Trunk Western line from Detroit via Durand to Grand Rapids and the depot was west if the county line in Clinton County. Ovid was settled in 1836. It was incorporated as a village in 1869. [MPN]
Photo info: Top, an early photo of the GTW depot. Below, a 2004 photograph of the former GTW freight house at Ovid. [Alan Loftis]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The GTW had an operator and an agent here during the day. [TRT]
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