Huntington NewsLocal news for Huntington, VA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Look into the history of a city- April 2, 2008 "He didn't really have enough time to do it, and he didn't have people that were on his side who saw the same vision he did." D.W. Grover's plan was simple and potentially prosperous: He would buy land along the coast in San Luis Obispo County, then entice the railroad to build a train station on his property, spurring rapid development.To grease the wheels, the lumberman even proposed naming his town (in part) after Collis Huntington, the founder of the Pacific Railroad Company.The Town of...http://www.topix.net/city/huntington-va/2008/04/look-into-the-history-of-a-city?fromrss=1 |