The town was crowded. A multitude of shops had sprung up to furnish the emigrants and Santa Fe traders with necessaries for their journey; and there was an incessant hammering and banging from a dozen blacksmiths’ sheds, where the heavy wagons were being repaired, and the horses and oxen shod. The streets were thronged with men, horses, and mules. –Francis Parkman,
1892

According to Parkman, which best describes the conditions of this jumping-off town?

quiet, peaceful, and deserted
idle, slow, and boring
violent, hostile, and terrifying
noisy, busy, and packed