John and Sarah Broadbent Nield moved their family to Star Valley in 1888 over the Crow Creek Road, and hauling all their possessions over the mountain route taught them firsthand its dangers, much like other early settlers to the valley. In 1890, their sons Joseph L. and John E. subcontracted the mail for two years from Montpelier to Afton, and the Nield family then carried the mail under contract for twelve consecutive years. Because fresh horses and a stopping place were needed along the route, John Edward and Jane Parker Nield moved to this location on Cozzens Ranch, where horses were pastured or fed, rested, and prepared for the next mail carrier, stage driver, or freighter needing fresh horse power. A milk house was built over the large spring flowing out of the hill so the water could cool milk, and Jane hired help to milk cows and make butter and cheese to sell in Afton and Montpelier or to travelers on the road, sometimes including a Shoshone Indian to whom she gave a large slice of her best cheese. The road station served the family and other teamsters well. Later, John William Nield, Ben Nield, Seth Broadbent Nield, and Joseph Taysom moved the mail for eight more years, and by the end of this contract in 1934, trucks rolled over the Crow Creek Road in summer. This mail contract was the last to use team and sleigh. For 22 years the Nield cousins carried the U.S. Mail between the two valleys, with help from freighters on the road to get it through on time. In the early days, the Alleman, Wells, Books, and Lowe ranches had cabins with welcome warming fires for emergency stops, and other friendly faces along the way belonged to the Tolmans, Kenningtons, Beyelers, Halls, Thorntons, Bagleys, and Allreds. When Lavar, Floyd, and William Nield moved to Montpelier, the cousins worked both ends against the middle, hauling cheese and butter for Burton Creamery Company to be shipped by rail from the Montpelier Depot. By age seven, cousins Ellis and Horace followed close behind their fathers' wagons with their own rigs as third-generation freighters on the Crow Creek Freight Road.