It was founded by Henry H. Crapo, a Massachusetts-born lumber merchant who served as Governor of Michigan (1865–1869).
[1] The line was originally chartered as the Flint and Fentonville Railroad on January 3, 1863, and was amended on October 16, 1863.
Via an agreement with the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway (D&M), F&H ran into Detroit's Brush Street Station over D&M tracks.
[3] In 1868 the F&H was bought by the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM) and ceased to be an independent company.
[1] The tracks are now part of the CSX Saginaw Subdivision.