Pioneer Corrects False Claims About Washakie Chief of Shoshone
Dr Thomas G Maghee, a pioneer and friend of Chief Washakie, denounces a Bee story as false. He recalls Washakie’s alliance with whites, noting he never harmed anyone and helped in 1874 with an assault on the Arapaho. He clarifies Crook's 1876 Rosebud campaign did not occur near Fort Washakie.
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Lander
Wyo
Omaha Bee
Wyoming
Washakle
Wind River
United States
Thomas G. Maghee
Ashakie
Camp Brown
Texas
Mexico
Lincoln
Washakie
Alfred BE. Bates
Big Horn Mountains
B" Co. 2Nd Cavalry
Arapahoe
Black Cole
Crook
Fort Washakie and the Legacy of Chief Washakie
The text recounts Washakie’s leadership and the fort named in his honor. It notes his Shoshone and Flathead heritage, a Western education, and his stature as a statesman and military leader. Washakie died at ninety four near his agency and was buried with military honors. His grave is marked by a stone monument.
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Lander
Wyo
Washakie
R. A. Torrey
Fort
Oral
Wash
West Point
John Roberts
Episcopal Church
Riverton Wyoming Eyes Copper Mountain Development Push
Riverton stockholders prepare for rapid mine development at Copper Mountain with plans to bring in Clayton Emig of Washington to assess the property. Charles Swanson to lead opening efforts as a large force is expected to employed, amid a forthcoming arrival in Riverton. Alderman resignations mark local political shifts as a new telephone line expansion bids to extend to Newcastle and beyond.
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Riverton
Wyo
Ae. Republican
Riverton Mill & Mining Company
Copper Mountain
Charles Swanson
Clayton Emig
Washington, D.C
Swanson
Murderer LeBeau Convicted and Scheduled Hange
I Yoakum returns from Kalispell to report the trial of Frederick LeBeau in Kalispell. LeBeau is convicted of murder in the first degree and faces execution. Also note the Copper Mountain Deal where Swanson and Swensen buy the J W Martin Group claims with expected immediate development. Deep snow causes livestock suffering in Crook County as a ten day weather event impacts the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baggs
Wyo
I. Yoakum
Kalispel
Mont
Frederick LeBeau
Yoakum
LeBeau
Copper Mountain
Hudson, Wya
Walter Swanson
J. A. Swensen
Colorado Capital
J. W. Martin Group
Copper Mountain District
Crook
Bundance
Dee
Girl Dies In Runaway After Bridle Rein Breaks
A 9 year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Milne, was killed in a runaway near Chugwater Wyoming. A buggy overturned when a rein broke and the team reared after a northbound train arrival. The Milne child died instantly from a broken neck.
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George Milne
Chugwater
Wyo
Wheatland
Milne
Sever
Lou
Roach
Milne Ia
Swan Land & Cattie Company
Bloom Cane Postponed in Trial at Pinedale Wyoming
The trial of John Bloom charged with misbranding stock has been postponed to the April term of the district court. Also noted are a newborn daughter for the Beach family in Newcastle, mining activity revival at Bar Lodge, the Wyoming penitentiary reporting 245 prisoners with 36 to be released in six months, and oil field prospects near Greybull with refinery talks underway.
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Bloom
Pinedale
Wyo
John Bloom
Tve
District
Beaches
Newcastle
Alfred Hl. Beach
Cheyenne
Sundance
Dee
eBar Lodge
Rawlins
Wyoming Penitentiary
Greybull
F. D. Shields
W. M. Fritzhugh
San Francisco
Japanese man Yamamoto dies after failed murder attempt
Yamamoto Tim, a Japanese resident formerly living in Sheridar Wyoming, killed himself after vainly attempting to kill his wife, a colored girl, in Helena Montana. A police report claiming his death at the hands of an officer was erroneous.
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Yamamoto
Suichie
Sheridar
Wyo
Tim Yamamoto
Helena
Mont
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Lander Pioneer
Sheridan
Wye
A. J. Towle
Pacific Coast
New Telephone Companie Wye
Secess Mare Telephone Company
Smad
Talaphens
Tormbanch
Laramie
Specia
George Clark
Basin
Joe Magill
Burlington
Sane
Big Horn County
Drilier
Henry Sherard
Bell
C. Burdette Bell
Curvier Drury
Denver
Sherif
Lovell
Workman-Johnson Mercantile Establishment
Sheridan Iron Works
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Fender
Ada
Dtenults
Shimitz
Andy E.roedel
17Th Street
Widdle of the
Sunenae
Eddy St
W. E. Dinneen
Ferguson St
W. 17Th St
I. Sigel
Cheyenne Transfer Co
J. L. Murray
Mgr
Colorado
Rock Springs
Wright & Lawson
PS. Cook
Hawes Bros
Capitol Ave
BALCK
Holiday Liquors
I. H. Myers
West
Sixteenth St
Et Ata
Hynde
Metropole
Sibels
Henry Hoffman
John
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