One issue was the toll house itself, which, sitting in the upper narrows, constituted a very tempting target for thieves and marauders.
Brown, for his part, had seen evidence of Indian presence in the Cajon Pass. Fearing for his family’s safety, he’d moved with them out of the area by the spring of 1862. This was probably good timing on Brown’s part, because Indians attacked the toll keeper and the toll keeper’s assistant in May of that year.
The attached video gives some idea of how easy it was for marauders to hide in this rugged country.
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