22 Oct 1895
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1895
Page
1
A Georgia rail station tale recalls a depot agent who handles a dispatch directing the general manager to take full possession. The agent’s calm efficiency and quick train departure prompt the narrator to wonder about gains, while the manager muses about raising the cheeky clerk’s salary.
Report describes a northern colonization effort in Georgia, with 60 000 residents bound for Wilcox county to occupy 12 000 acres of town lots after charter approval. Ex Governor Northen controls 50 000 more acres, with a $500 000 capital and plans for sawmills schools churches and rapid arrivals starting Oct 1.
In 1867 Cheyennes and Kiowas attacked stage lines, burned stations, and cut telegraph wires along the overland trail. Captain Powell rebuilt stations and posted guards as a stage carrying a minister survived an ambush after leaping from the coach to reach the river. He swam to a small island while two Fort Lupton officers guided him to safety.
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