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Michigan Jackson
There was among the pioneers of Jackson no more pleasant, genial gentleman than John N. Dwight.
Daniel B. Hibbard came to Jackson in 1835. He became interested almost immediately in the stage lines and mail routes diverging from Jackson, and was for many years the principal mail contractor and stage proprietor for the Grand River Valley. In 1838 Mr. Hibbard and Paul B. Ring were proprietors of a line of stages running from Jackson to Adrian. After the capitol was located at Lansing, " Hibbard's stage line "was the main reliance forgetting to that point from all places in the two southern tiers of counties, including Detroit, until the completion of the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad in 1866. Mr. Hibbard has always been, as he still is, one of the most active business men of Jackson. There are but few enterprises of importance in or to the city that have been carried to success in which he has not been interested. He was one of the first to engage in the building of the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad, and was for several years one of its directors.
Jackson
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