On September 5, 1876, Charles Crocker, President of the Southern Pacific Company, hammered a golden spike into a railroad tie at this spot.

The second Lang Station Depot was not open long, as it caught fire and was burnt down on August 14, 1888.

In 1871 Lang built a hotel at the spot to service the visitors to the nearby mineral springs.

[7] The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869, this connected the East Coast of the United States with San Francisco, but not Los Angeles.

Central Pacific Railroad Company was managed by Collis Huntington, Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker.

In 1887 the Southern Pacific started to expand and built a line though the Santa Clarita Valley to Ventura.

[8] The Saugus train station is now next to the William S. Hart Ranch and Museum in Newhall's Heritage Junction.