Paint Mill - 1856
There is very little information about the construction of the second leg of the railroad grade being built from Littleton to Lafayette, Alton, Bond Vein, and Buttsville (named after James E. Butts and Gilesville of Lafayette Township.) The 1864 Stone Arch Railroad Bridge is located on this section of the grade, about a mile from the bottom of Big Shanty Hill.
The demand for coal was increasing, so the need to finish the railroad to the Lafayette plateau was imperative.
Prior to the 1860's, there were very few homes in Lafayette Township, a few located at Lafayette due to coal. There was a placed called Paint Mill in 1856 that was located on the East Branch Tuneangwant, where paint was manufactured from native red clay and iron ore shale. It was said the paint was used on the business office of Daniel Kingsbury in Bradford, which was built by John F. Melvin in 1853. It was known later as the Old Red Store.