The first mail service to the residents was by train.  Sacks of mail were tossed off the train and sorted inefficiently.  The dissatisfaction with the inefficiency of this service prompted the establishment of a Post Office in 1928.  Leora (Estes) Roycroft became the first Postmaster and officially named the community Moose Pass.  The Christensen Roadhouse used teams of horses for summertime hauling of supplies and mail delivery.  The Estes family used dog sled teams for winter mail delivery..

Leora Roycroft started the first school in Moose Pass in 1928.  The class consisted of her five boys and a child from the hunter station, who she housed all winter so she could have the minimum number of children to start a school.  The school was first held in a tent, and then in subsequent years, various houses were used in the town.  The schoolhouse was built in 1930.  That year Ann Chrisholm was asked to bring the necessary supplies to teach school.

The Estes family installed a peltonwheel hydroelectric plant in 1927 to run their sawmill and for personal use.  They strung power lines to Hilo’s roadhouse in the late thirties, then to the stores, the schoolhouse and to other local residents.  In 1956, Chugach Electric Association began providing electric service to Moose Pass.  In 1976, Ed Estes rebuilt the peltonwheel hydroelectric plant as a replica of the one his stepfather built in 1927.  To this day it generates power to the grocery store.  In 1980, Ed Estes and his sons, Jeff and Dan, built a ten foot waterwheel with a sharpening stone, which is a replica of the waterwheel Ed’s stepfather built in 1928.  The waterwheel had a saw attached so they could cut firewood.  You can stop by the waterwheel and sharpen your knife or axe.  The sign reads, “Moose Pass is a peaceful little town.  If you have an axe to grind, do it here.”