This land was sold to settlers at a nominal price. The Robinson farm on Strawberry was first purchased from U.P. by Isaac P. Robinson. When Isaac moved to Arizona it was sold to Ira N. Spaulding, who in turn sold the land to John Heber Robinson, who paid $1.25 per acre on the remaining indebtedness plus. $100 in cash. The original farm con¬tained about 140 acres. The men weren't the only ones to prosper through the coming of the "Iron Horse". WOMEN PROSPERED ALSO Women in the community earned a little "pin money" by supplying camp cooks with fresh milk, eggs, butter, and vegetables in season. Many of them washed and mended the workmen's clothing. Some of the better dressed employees passed on their discarded clothing to the housewives who promptly cleaned and remodeled them for the adornment of the younger generation. Following the completion of the project, men along the route supplemented their meager earnings by working as section hands, track walkers and guards. During World War I there were many 'hot head' German sympathizers in the country and the railroad hired men to guard their bridges and tunnels. James L. Robinson, Ed Fernelius and Ralph Warner were among those who were employed as guards in the lower reaches of Weber Acnyon. The steep ridge directly east of Gateway was notorious for its sudden and devastating snow slides which thundered down onto the tracks, burying or destroying everything in its path. At one time the railroad company built a 'shack', equipped with a telephone, which perched on top of this particular ridge. Here Jim, Ed and Ralph worked shifts watching for fast moving slides. WOODEN BRIDGE—First to be built over Devil's Gate-Washed out by high water. Photo-Utah Historical Society 14