From Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide Fourth Volume,
Third Annual Revise New York: Geo. A. Crofutt, Publisher, 1872
Leaving Aspen, we soon arrive at the site of the   Of early
railroad days, but now entirely deserted. It is situated in a
little valley at the mouth of a ravine, where the old overland
stage road comes down from the north of Quaking Asp Mountain. At
one time this place was quite populous, and was supposed likely
to become a permanent town. At this point, the roughs and
gamblers who had been driven from point to point westward, made
a stand, congregating in large numbers. They swore that they
would be driven no farther; that here they would stay, and fight
it out to the bitter end. The town was about two miles to the
eastward of the river, and when the roughs felt that trouble was
coming on them, they withdrew to the hills and organized for a
raid on the town. Meanwhile, some of the roughs remained in the
town, and among them were three noted garroters, who had added
to the long list