There was a time (in the UK at least) when the word station would only ever be taken to refer to a railway station. For some reason, nowadays people insist on referring to a station as a train station, as if there was any other sort of station.
Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) An American novelist, writer of short stories, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most famous for his novel Moby Dick. Born in New York, NY (408). Esther Hobart Morris (1814 - 1902) The first female Justice of the Peace in the United States.
Born in Astoria, Queens and raised in Baldwin, New York on Long Island, she first participated in the MSG Varsity Talent Show during her junior year of high school, and subsequently rose to prominence in 2012 after appearing on the American television vocal talent show The Voice.