It filed for incorporation April 1, 1876[1] and was bought by Fred M. Steele and renamed the South Haven and Eastern in 1894.
In 1884 the two companies signed an agreement that funds obtained through the sale of stocks and bonds would be used to complete 10 miles (16 km) of rail east of Lawton or west of Hartford.
Even after completing a link to Lawton, the T&SH was unable to stay fiscally solvent.
[3] The company was bought a year later by Chicago businessman Fred Steele, who renamed it the South Haven and Eastern.
This company would later play a large role in the forming of the Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway.