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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1960
Page
4
The account discusses the guns carried by an express rider, noting Navy Colts of the 1851 model as the likely revolvers. It describes a five-shot percussion .36-caliber pistol with an octagonal barrel, manually cocked for each shot, and questions the pistol’s heavy, ponderous weight and general use.
Help wanted for route work paying $250 per hour or more, part or full time. Large repeat orders. Open to man or woman. Apply McNess Co. 120 B. Clark St, Freeport, IL.
Wyoming state archives recounts tradition from Saddies and Spurs noting early Pony Express riders wore buckskins or red shirts with blue trousers and high boots. They carried quirts and spurs, used horn signals, and by 1860 were bristling with revolvers and other weapons, reflecting rugged frontier life.
One hundred forty chuckar partridges were delivered to the South Dakota Game and Fish Department as part of a trade with Wyoming. Assistant State Game Warden Fred Yeaman said Wyoming will receive 12 mountain goats in exchange for 330 wild chukar partridges, with the 140 delivered from the Big Horn Basin area last winter and 210 more to be trapped next winter.
Pommariet congregational church led by J A Northrop with 10:00 a m School and 8:00 p m worship each Sunday. Upper Green River branch meets Sunday 11:00 a m at Legion Hall with 3:45 pm Wednesday Primary and 8:00 pm Tuesday MIA. St Anne Catholic Church summer Masses begin May 8 at Pinedale Our Lady of Peace Big Piney St Ann 9:00 a m. Assembly of God Evangelistic Service Sunday evening 7:45 p m with Children’s Church 7:00-8:00 p m Wednesday Bible study 7:00 p m and prayer 8:00-9:00 p m. First Baptist Church Southern style Sunday 10:00 a m and 7:00 p m with Wednesday 8:00 p m prayer. Church of St John the Baptist Episcopal School 10:00 a m Sunday Evening Prayer 7:30 a m. Rev Raleigh Denison Vicar Pinedale 6971.
Subscription rates listed by GEO. W. TIOPEINS JR editor and publisher. Card of thanks and resolutions billed at standard line rates, with a $3.00 annual advance subscription fee.
Town of Big Piney Wyoming accepts completed drilling project for water distribution system. E H Hubbard Driling Contractor of Lander entitled to final settlement. payment scheduled June 1 1960. Mayor Cornelia L Fear signs. Published April 21 28 and May 5 1860.
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