Louis J.F. Jaeger arrived at the storied Yuma Crossing in July, 1850 where he started a ferry business to transport California gold seekers and other emigrants across the Colorado River.
The Gila Trail was the southernmost transcontinental trail linking the East with the West and from 1858-1861 it would be a crossing for the Butterfield Overland Stage Line.
A small community grew at the ferry cr
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