 In addition to a stop at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, by 1879  the horse railroad had a stop near Pitzer Run at the "" which was replaced after 1904 with a horse track east of Stevens Run at the county fairgrounds (now the Gettysburg Recreation Park).By October 9, 1867, "the Gettysburg Katalysine Spring Company had purchased...land from Willoughby run to Gettysburg, lying between the Hagerstown and Chambersburg roads ... to lay down a Horse Railway", and the Gettysburg Spring Railroad was organized by October 20, 1868.Construction had commenced by October 16 at the west end, with the first car running on June 25, 1869.