Pete Daly built a log roadhouse at this site in 1863. Unlike most roadhouses of the time, which provided meals, companionship and a place to stay for weary travelers, Daly's was allegedly a hangout for Montana's most notorious criminal gang, the Innocents. The gang was reputedly led by Henry Plummer, the Sheriff of Bannock and Virginia City, and his deputies were supposedly members. According to legend, the Innocents watched travelers stopping here on the Virginia City and Bannock Road, and if they looked like easy targets, there were plenty of places to rob them in the wilderness between the two mining camps. Although not a member of the Innocents, Daly was well aware of their activities. Most of the gang's members, including Plummer, were killed by the Vigilantes in early 1864. The log building traditionally known as Robber's Roost was not, however, constructed until several years after Plummer's gang met its grisly end. Unlike its predecessor, this building functioned more as a traditional stage stop. Pete Daly lived to an old age and was one of the valley's most prominent citizens at the time of his death in 1915.