Jordan Narrows was a gateway to Central Utah and California, formed by wave action on the leeward arm of ancient Lake Bonneville. It was the route of the first settlers in Central and Southern Utah from 1848 to 1854, of the government mail line to San Diego from 1854 to 1857, of the Overland Mail and Stage line to San Francisco from 1858 to 1868, of the Pony Express line from 1860 to 1861, and of the first transcontinental telegraph line from 1861 to 1868. Control and way stations on the Overland Stage and Pony Express route, about ten miles apart, were Salt Lake City, Traveler's Rest, Rrockwell's, Joe's Dugout, and Fort Crittenden, originally named Camp Floyd. In February 1854, the Ute Indian chief Tintic led an attack on the early settlers of Lehi between Jordan Narrows and Utah Lake, killing several men.