Al Roberts
Al Roberts drove the stage between Dawson and Dominion over the old Ridge Road. He was a drinking man but as soon as he was on the drivers’ box he became the best driver to held reins. He drove for Orr & Tukey and Ed Orr, “Old Man Orr” as he was called, said that Roberts could make better time, keep the horses in better condition and have few accidents that any driver in town.1)
In 1903, one of the Daum brothers was knocked through the rail and off the bridge near the firehall in Dawson. Daum’s cutter and the Orr & Tukey stage, with Al Roberts driving, arrived at the bridge about the same time with Daum a little in the lead. Robert’s four-horse team was spooked by a dog team in front of him and his horses started to run. They swerved to the side and the rear of the stage struck Daum’s cutter and sent him over the bridge. Roberts could not stop his horses to check and see the extent of the damage done. Roberts was charged with driving at a greater speed than a walk over the bridge and the court case was dismissed with costs.2)