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Station: Jeddo, MI
Jeddo was settled around 1840 as Potter's Corners and then Potterburg. It was renamed Jeddo in 1864. [MPN]
Jeddo was located on the Port Huron & Northwestern line which ran north to Bad Axe. The town was about 1 mile south of the Sanilac County line, about 25 railroad miles north of Port Huron.
Image info: An early view of the PM depot and elevator at Jeddo. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1898. Jeddo was a station stop for passenger trains. The depot had a daytime agent/operator. There was a 15-car passing siding at this location.
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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