Jesse's brother, Frank is reported to have lived in Creede for awhile. Bat Masterson was bar keeper of the Watrous Saloon for awhile, and tried to keep some semblance of law and order in this out of control town. He hired gunman John Light from Texas as Creede's Chief of Police. In 1892 the Denver and Rio Grande railroad came to town out of Wagon Wheel Gap to the south. The train, when it comes into sight, is a sight to behold.
Men sit on each other and on the arms of seats, stand in the aisles, and hang on the platforms.
A big tent was erected beside the tracks and served as the depot, and the ticket booth was housed in a box car until a proper building could be built. Whiskey, billiard tables and bar fixtures overflowed the freight trains into Creede. Claims were made by laying a foundation of 4 boards nailed together on stumps to indicate a start of a building. Dozens of hotels opened to accommodate the many people flowing into Creede at this time. Following the fire, a wild debauch was entered into by all the sots and fast women of the camp.