Station: DeWitt, MI

DeWitt interurban depot Dewitt Interurban Station DeWitt was settled in 1833 about six miles north of Lansing in Clinton County. It became a village in 1928. [MPN] The village was served by a interurban railroad which ran from Lansing north to St. John's.

Image info: Top, the DeWitt interurban depot. Date not known. [Alan Loftis collection]. 2nd image, the same station photographed at a different time. Note the Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes box in front and the train order signal on the building for interurban cars. [UML]


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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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