When the Civil War ended in 1865, the railway stretched over the newly-bridged Colorado River to the rest of Colorado County (notably Columbus, a few miles north). Alleyton, no longer an important stop for rail goods, became a supply center for the area. Agricultural business in the surroundings required manufactured goods to be shipped into a city center, so Alleyton developed five different general stores and a drugstore. A saloon and two churches served the population of 200 and the nearby farmers by 1890.