The company formed on September 26, 1898, with the intention of owning a 44-mile (71 km) line from Greenville to Hastings via Belding, Lowell and Freeport.
As built the line followed the course of the Flat River along its west bank, eventually crossing it in Belding itself.
The Pere Marquette promptly took control of the line and administered it until 1903, when it bought the company outright.
The remainder eventually passed to CSX Transportation, which sold it to the Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR).
The MMRR has requested permission from the Surface Transportation Board to abandon the remainder of the line (Greenville–Lowell).