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.
Copland (1900 - 1990) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied piano and later studied composition in France. Rodeo was written in the Modern Period (1900 â1990). The ballet was first performed at the Boston Pops in 1943.