Narrator: Near the line’s terminus at the Ohio River, Huntington purchased 5,000 acres of farmland, which he sold to the C&O at a handsome profit.

Around the railroad's depot and repair yards, a town rose up from the cornfields. Huntington named it after himself.

“The first train from Richmond to Huntington, to say that the occupants of the train were welcomed would be a feeble way of expressing the enthusiastic display. A yell burst forth as they came up to the platform, and the passengers were almost dragged out by eager hands.” —Richmond Whig