New Creek Station was the Civil War name for Keyser, where Baltimore and Ohio trains stopped. The first depot stood across the tracks from and near the Southern States store, and passengers could stop over, eat meals, and stay at the New Creek Hotel, built in 1852 by George Washington Mosley at the end of Mozelle Street facing the railroad beside the depot. Around the 1840-1850's, Paddytown almost died, but the town began booming because of the popularity of the Baltimore and Ohio on this westbound route. During the Civil War, it became an important stop on the Baltimore and Ohio used by the North to transport soldiers, equipment, and supplies.