![]() RC: It was made into a house and some years ago someone put an addition on the back to make it bigger, but he (Calvin) became the stationmaster and studied Morse code so he could run the telegraph. The original railroad station, a small one story wood building now resides on Maple Street here in Liberty Center. So one thing led to another happened and that is why Liberty Center has a railroad station. The way it finally wound up, he offered to build a railroad station and to man it if they would put in a siding. RC: Shortly after that the Wabash Railroad was going to put a line through this area and they were going to have a station at Colton, but Calvin’s property was in the Liberty Center area so he went to the railroad to see if they would put a siding in to Liberty Center. RC: The earliest thing that I have written down that tells about the time he came to Liberty Center was 1849. Young was very instrumental in the starting of Liberty Center. Interviewed by Charlotte Wangrin, May 12, 2012, Liberty Center, Ohio
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