Flint and Holly Railroad

The Flint and Holly Railroad (F&H) is a defunct railroad that 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).{{cite web|url=http://lib.umflint.edu/archives/Crapo.html |title=HENRY HOWLAND CRAPO FAMILY PAPERS |work=University of Michigan-Flint: Frances Willson Thompson Library |accessdate=2007-12-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012101040/http://lib.umflint.edu/archives/Crapo.html |archivedate=2007-10-12 |url-status=dead }} The line was originally chartered as the Flint and Fentonville Railroad on January 3, 1863, and was amended on October 16, 1863.Michigan Railroad Commission (1896), xxiii. On November 1, 1864, the F&H completed a railway line from Flint, Michigan to Holly, Michigan. Via an agreement with the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway (D&M), F&H ran into Detroit's Brush Street Station over D&M tracks.{{cite web | url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1860s/TimeLine1864.htm | title=Railroad History Time Line - 1864 | work=Michiganrailroads.com | accessdate=2007-12-29}}

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 W. Crapo, served an official of F&PM from 1868 until 1903.

The tracks are now part of the CSX Saginaw Subdivision.

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  • {{cite book | title=Annual Report | year=1896 | author=Michigan Railroad Commission | url=https://archive.org/details/annualreport03railgoog}}

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Category:Defunct Michigan railroads

Category:Predecessors of the Pere Marquette Railway

Category:Railway companies established in 1863

Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1868

Category:American companies established in 1863

Category:American companies disestablished in 1868