William W. Hunter and his older brother, John, kept the stage stand on his place on Mud Creek.  The Pony Express was the only through transportation and the stage line ran from Fort Worth, Texas, to Yuma, Arizona, with a stand every twenty miles, where they stopped twice a day and changed horses.  The stage would blow a horn when within hearing distance, and the Hunter boys would have four horses harnessed and ready for them when they stopped.  This stand was the nearest stop to Camp Colorado, the location of the only Post Office in Coleman County, and the Hunter boys would carry the mail on to the Camp.

The Hunters were charter members of Eureka Baptist Church, and the Coleman County Deed Records, Volume 47; page 521, under date of March 9, 1901, reads, “By W. W. Hunter and wife, 1 ½ acres to Trustees, Robert Rainey and L. L. Baker, for as long as it is used for church purposes, land will revert back to W. W. Hunter when it ceases to be a church site.”

The family were faithful members of the Eureka Baptist Church, located in eastern Coleman County.  They helped build the church on land which their father had deeded for a church site.  They also helped build a bridge over Mud Creek between the church and the Hunter home.