The hotel burned in 1865 and was not rebuilt until ten years later. Several articles, one in 1861 particularly, imply or mention a depot, leading us to conclude that Scranton built a structure here. On omnibuses began to meet trains to take guests to the hotel and newspaper timetables show this service renewed through late October, thus establishing a more or less permanent stop though one likely linked to the fortunes of the hotel. " It was the NYP&B, in fact, that was running the line at this time and apparently willing to cooperate with Scranton to mutual advantage. A clever entrepreneur who understood the power of marketing, he advertised in Washington, D.C., the South, and Ohio to bring people to 'The Head' where he was fond of saying "no mosquito biteth and every scene delighteth." As early as April the papers echoed each other in reporting that the hotel was "situated one mile from the 'Sachems Head Station,' on the Providence and Stonington RR, on which guests have the privilege of Excursion tickets at half price to and from the Tontine Hotel. Lee Scranton who also owned the fashionable Tontine Hotel in New Haven. The new proprietor of what had been a venerable establishment since the 1830s, was H. "a new depot is to be established on the Railroad near the Sachem's Head House," a summer resort in the town of Guilford.
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