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Station: Kidd, MI
Kidd was founded in 1836 with a sawmill located here in northwest Ionia County. It was first known as Dickinsonville and renamed to Otisco in 1845. It was changed to Kiddville or Kidd in 1878. The town was two miles north of Belding on the Montcalm County line.
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1870. November. The depot at Kiddville is completed. It was 24' by 70' and "one of the best depots on the line". [I&L]
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
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