![]() ![]() Note the rock in the left foreground that is mentioned in our preceding entry. The shot at is Al Weaver's eastward-looking, ghost superimposition of this station at right and the prrevious one on the left. 1907 and the ICC valuation map at indicates the location of the 'F'=frame, wood structure at our red arrow. The railroad commissioners reported that this station went up in 1901 and the newspapers corroborate that the new depot was finished by the end of October. The image at shows the rock highlighted by Al Weaver's colorization in its proper location in the northwest quadrant of the old grade crossing. The fact that is still a single track indicates that it predates the double-tracking of 1891-1892. The shot at looks east with SACHEMS HEAD2 on the north side of the track, with tie removed and fencing (at extreme right) to deter livestock from trespassing. If it were built in 1894, as suggested on the real estate card in the next entry, that would explain why it is not on the 1892 map. I t seems fair to assume that its twin here was built likely also by the railroad and took the place of the Scranton depot. This stylish little station is virtually identical to PINE ORCHARD1 that we know was built in 1885 by the NYNH&H. The Register reported in June, 1883 that "the depot platform at Sachem Head is nearly completed" but whether that included the s mall but ornate structure seen here is a bit of a mystery because neither depot nor platform is seen on the 1892 ROW atlas plate at. Nevertheless, a station lasting over 60 years had been established through the joint collaboration of a skillful business man and a railroad interested in accommodating the public and increasing revenue. It would not be until the 1890s that this stop shows up on official timetables. This perhaps explains why nothing shows on the Beers map in 1868, though small flag stops, especially seasonal ones, were often overlooked. The hotel burned in 1865 and was not rebuilt until ten years later. Several articles, one in 1861 particularly, imply or mention a depot, leading us to conclude that Scranton built a structure here. ![]() On omnibuses began to meet trains to take guests to the hotel and newspaper timetables show this service renewed through late October, thus establishing a more or less permanent stop though one likely linked to the fortunes of the hotel. " It was the NYP&B, in fact, that was running the line at this time and apparently willing to cooperate with Scranton to mutual advantage. ![]() A clever entrepreneur who understood the power of marketing, he advertised in Washington, D.C., the South, and Ohio to bring people to 'The Head' where he was fond of saying "no mosquito biteth and every scene delighteth." As early as April the papers echoed each other in reporting that the hotel was "situated one mile from the 'Sachems Head Station,' on the Providence and Stonington RR, on which guests have the privilege of Excursion tickets at half price to and from the Tontine Hotel. Lee Scranton who also owned the fashionable Tontine Hotel in New Haven. The new proprietor of what had been a venerable establishment since the 1830s, was H. "a new depot is to be established on the Railroad near the Sachem's Head House," a summer resort in the town of Guilford.
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