The place was bought out in 1882 by brothers J. B. & J. M. Huntington,
with J. M. as the first postmaster.

Huntington was known as a "division point" for the railroad.
It was an important railroad town since 1884 when
the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
made Huntington their common terminal.

The Oregon Short Line (a Union Pacific subsidiary) and the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Companies were joined
in a nationally acclaimed spike-driving ceremony in 1884.

In 1898, the Northwest Railroad Company began extending a short
line down the Snake River. It reached Homestead about 1910.
This increased transportation at Huntington and gave an outlet
for Eagle and Pine Valley fruits, cattle, lumber and ore.
This line was flooded by water from the power dam at Brownlee.

With the advent of the railroad came J. T. Fifer, who had been selling
general merchandise to the construction crews and moving
his goods from town to town as work progressed.

Shortly after Fifer arrived, the Huntingtons closed the tavern.

Soon other businesses opened such as the Oregon Construction Company,
a general merchandise store, a blacksmith shop, the Pacific Hotel,
several boarding houses, restaurants and a number of saloons.

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