| VILLAGE OF CLYDE |
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Clyde's birth, growth and eventual decline were closely tied to the railroad and its depot. Departing and arriving passengers created a demand for food and lodging. So too, the same trains that carried away grain and other local produce could easily bring in goods to stock local stores. This photo, taken looking north, shows the depot with the Baker grain elevator behind it on the right. At the far left (over the depot cart) can be seen the corner of the store built by Lincoln C. Johnson, later known as the Weaver brothers' store. The depot building shown here burned on May 29, 1908, after having been struck by lightning.
