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Station: Kingsley, MI
Kingsley was located on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad Traverse City branch, about 10 miles northwest of Walton Junction. Kingsley was settled about 1874 when the railroad came through. For a while, it was called Paradise. In 1890, the village was incorporated. [MPN]
Photo Info: Top, a GR&I passenger train arrives in Kingsley. [Alan Loftis collection]
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Time Line
1924. February 10. A snow plow derailment on the Pennsylvania's GR&I line near Kingsley kills two people. ICC Report [PDF]
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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