Alonzo Hamilton brought his family from Iowa in 1886 to homestead in Delta County. The trip by covered wagon took 4 months. Alonzo raised hay, grain, cattle and horses on 165 acres and also had an orchard. He was a successful sheepman as well and ran his sheep from Marble. On his property, Alonzo built a log cabin, stable, granary, fences, dug ditches and planted fruit trees.