Flint and Holly Railroad

The Flint and Holly Railroad (F&H) is a defunct railroad which operated in eastern Michigan from 1863 to 1868. It was founded by Henry H. Crapo, a Massachusetts-born lumber merchant who served as Governor of Michigan (1865–1869).[1] The line was originally chartered as the Flint and Fentonville Railroad on January 3, 1863, but this was amended on October 16.[2] On November 1, 1864, the F&H completed a railway line from Flint, Michigan to Holly. Via an agreement with the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway (D&M), F&H ran into Detroit's Brush Street Station over D&M tracks.[3]

In 1868 the F&H was bought by the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM) and ceased to be an independent company. Henry Crapo's son, William Crapo, served an official of F&PM from 1868 until 1903.[1]

The tracks are now owned by CSX Transportation.

Notes

  1. ^ a b "HENRY HOWLAND CRAPO FAMILY PAPERS". University of Michigan-Flint: Frances Willson Thompson Library. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20071012101040/http://lib.umflint.edu/archives/Crapo.html. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 
  2. ^ Michigan Railroad Commission (1896), xxiii.
  3. ^ "Railroad History Time Line - 1864". Michiganrailroads.com. http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1860s/TimeLine1864.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 

References

Constituent companies of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
1868
Flint and Holly Railroad
1872
1889
1897