At the end of the 1800s, most people lived less than 20 miles from a railroad station. By the early 1900s, new paving techniques created opportunities for improved roads, like the Lincoln Highway. Automobile travel brought new levels of individual freedom that essentially renewed America’s quest for the “frontier.” The original Everett Train Station, built around 1865 on West Third Street for the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company, burned down in the early 1900s and was replaced with this station and freight depot. The station served the community until railroad operations ceased in May 1954. The Everett Railroad Company began operations a month earlier, using antique passenger cars to offer nostalgic weekend trips for tourists. That operation ceased in 1983. Several years later, Everett residents joined the Bloody Run Historical Society’s efforts to restore some of the train cars, the station, and depot.