John Kennedy at Owosso, Michigan

In October 1960, then presidential candidate John F. Kennedy stopped in Westown Owosso as part of a 10-stop, one-day train swing through Michigan. Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams (right) and U.S. Senator Frank Church of Utah also visited along with other national Democratic Party leaders.

Kennedy also visited Jackson, Albion, Marshall, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Saginaw along the Michigan Central Railway.

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