This was a turning point for the town. It had been a mere wide spot in the road, being overshadowed by nearby Adin to the east. Beginning in the fall of 1878 and by the summer of 1879 fifteen new homes were constructed in Bieber. But, it was the summer of 1879, when one of its most imposing landmarks was constructed  an Odd Fellows Hall. The two-story structure was completed in August, and in the middle of that month, the downstairs was occupied by the Brownell Brothers general store. The town continued grow and in 1881, taking a metropolitan flair, could even boast of having a weekly newspaper the Mountain Tribune.

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