Mr. Davisson told me of the above incident; also told another good tale about the early days in Marble. It seems they had a town marshal by the name of Schuyler Hodson who stood “ace-high” with the workmen. Whenever they imbibed a little too freely and became troublesome, he didn’t throw them in jail but tried to get them to go home peaceably and sober up. If they refused to do this, he would take off his badge and gun, and giving them a good thrashing until they agreed to do as he asked. The following is a copy of a letter received from Mr. Davisson: 855 Elm Street, Grand Junction, Colo. Oct. 14, 1958 Dear Mrs. Francis, In reply to yours of Oct. 10th. I had charge of the telegraph line from Crystal to Crested Butte from 1906 to 1908 inclusive. I ran the jack train from 1905 until 1908. It might interest you to know I packed a 6-hole range to the top of Whitehouse Mountain; had two jacks, 2×6 timbers lashed to the saddles and the stove in between. It was a zigzag trail and it took three men to turn the jacks on each turn. They said it couldn’t be done, but we did it. I am sending you a list of some of the old timers and what they did. You might want to use some of it. I have forgotten a lot of them; after all it was over fifty years ago. Joe Fausson ran a saloon Bob Aahern ran a saloon Frank Tracy ran a saloon Schuyler Hodson ran a saloon and was town marshal Dan Barnes road overseer Al Hodges stage driver from Placita to Crystal Henry Kirk teamster, jack train owner Charles Bemis teamster, jack train owner Jack Clayton teamster Dr. Fuller Confederate Civil War veteran Editor Evans put out paper when sober Jim Downing hunter, kept lion and bear dogs Frank Dickens hunter, kept lion and bear dogs Henry L. Johnson photographer Hope this will help a little. Sorry I haven’t a picture of the jack trains. Good Luck, (_Signed_) John E. Davisson [Illustration: ALONG THE CRYSTAL RIVER—Scene two miles below Marble near the airport. —_Photo courtesy_ John B. Schutte, Glenwood Spgs., Colo.] The broad (standard) gauge railroad was extended from Placita to Marble in 1906. The first train came up to Marble November 3, 1906. By this time they were using a donkey engine to bring the marble down from the quarry.