In April 1907, the rail head of the VV&E, a Great Northern Railway subsidiary, advanced westward across the border.

When the Armstrong bridge, which was about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of the crossing, washed out in a 1972 flood, cross-border rail service ceased permanently.

In 1929, when border patrols and their propensity to fire weapons increased, the smuggling activity moved farther eastward.

[9] The location of this station is unclear but it may have been back from the border at the Nighthawk settlement to handle both road and rail traffic.

[13] The area west of the station is the most remote part of the contiguous US border, passing through the Cascade Mountains.