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KENO |
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KENO |
By Terry E. Wantz
Keno Post Office was established on June 17, 1889, at a large sawmill belonging to the
firm of Hartt and Horning. This settlement was a few miles north of Woodville, on a branch
of the Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad. In 1899 this became the Pere
Marquette Railroads.
The post office was named after a dog owned by William H. Horning, who was the first Postmaster. Thomas McDuffie was the Postmaster when the office was discontinued on May 21, 1897. This settlement once had a boarding house, along with stores and several other building. There were several narrow gauge logging railroads running to the woods and other lumber camps from here. The village died when the sawmill discontinued operations in 1896. Today, all that remains of the settlement of Keno is a few broken down building and they are fading fast.
