The small community that sprouted around this stop on the railroad became known as Wright's Station, or simply Wrights.
On the way to Nashville, the army encountered and attacked a settlement known as Buchanan's Station.
He began offering his water at the train station and soon the whistle-stop became known as Frazier's Station.
They built cabins and a stockade, which came to be known as Floyd's Station, as early forts were called.
(At that time, the town was known as Dwight's Station.)
One of these was Elmwood initially known as McKinley's Station.
The log "public house", which furnished food, lodgings, and liquor, soon became known as Gorman's Station.
The area is presently known as Shepherd's Station, a recreation park that offers fishing, hunting and camping.
Near their target on the evening of 30 September, Watts's combined force came upon a small fort known as Buchanan's Station.
The community was originally known as Bassett's Station and then Bassetts.