Moses Byrne built several kilns here for producing charcoal, and Charles Guild established one of the first ranches in the Territory.

Originally, the area was named "Byrne," but due to confusion with Bryan Station was renamed Piedmont.

Piedmont, a typical tent camp for the railroad, probably at this time knew its greatest population; yet there is evidence of only approximately twenty homes.

The tent town served as a base camp for the graders who were constructing a roadbed up the steep side of the mountain to the summit called Aspen Station.

Quaking aspen and pine logs were hauled by ox teams to the kilns where they were burned into charcoal.

The completion of the tunnel—approximately one and one-half miles long—resulted in the elimination of the steep, winding grade from Piedmont to Aspen Station.

All that remains are three or four tumbledown remnants of homes, some foundations, the coal dump where the engine shed once stood, the charcoal kilns of Moses Byrne, and the cemeteries.