The Saratoga and North Creek Railway operated over former Adirondack Railway trackage built by Thomas C. Durant in 1871 . North Creek station is where Theodore Roosevelt learned he was to become president of the United States of America after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 . During World War II , magnetite , ilmenite , and titanium were shipped by rail from Tahawus by the Delaware and Hudson Railway ( D&H ) . The D&H , which acquired the Adirondack Line from William West Durant in 1889 , ran through this region until September 1989 when the mine at Tahawus closed
William McKinley was assassinated
Assassination of William McKinley
Saratoga and North Creek Railway