Fort Laramie and its fading frontier role in Western history
Fort Laramie once stood as a pivotal frontier post at the junction of the North Platte and Laramie rivers. The piece traces its origins from a fur trading post built by John Laramie to its military peak in the 1840s and 1850s, its role aiding emigrants, and the 1854 Grattan incident sparking a war with the Sioux. It notes later decline after the Pacific railroad era and mentions generations of soldiers, bands, and social life at the fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Laramie
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Utah
Fremont
Plains
John Laramie
Chateau & Co
St. Louis
Laramie
Fort John
Laramie Peak
Laramie Plains
Wyoming
6Th Infantry
Mounted Rifles
8D Cavalry
Sanderson
Schnyder
Leavenworth
Kansas
Fort Kearney
Great Platte River
North Platte
Hartville
Addams & Glover
Dater Brothers & Harrington
Lieut
John L. Grattan
Fleming
Lieut. Fleming
Platte
Muat-To-I-O-Way
Lieut Fleming
Grattan
Mut-to-l-Oway
Harney
Sergeant Schnyder of Fort Laramie Aged 69
A 69 year old fort ordnance officer at Fort Laramie, in service 45 years, recounts the post history since 1849. He has never ridden a train except once in 1870 and now works on a fort history. He notes climate unchanged over 33 years and that earlier timber was more abundant along rivers. The elder soldier is the county’s oldest resident save one, with a long record of duty and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Laramie
Utah
Bridger
Laramie Peak
Jim
Schnyder
Denver
Fort
Cheyenne Pass
Cheyenne
Ife
H. B. Kelley
Chugwater
Fort John
Kelley
Sergeant Schnyder
Final Session of Stock Growers Association Delivers Round-Up Report
The Stock Growers association held its final session with merriment after major business. Sturgis chaired the round-up committee meeting in the court room with Blair as secretary. Judge Carey moved printing 500 copies of the adopted circle-up report for circulars and daily publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Papera
Messrs
J. F. Carey
G. L. Holt
John Kuykendall
Association
Sturgis
Blair
John Pratt
Pratt
Haygood
Carey
Babbit
Goodell
Bronson
Davis
Nagle
Messrs. Babbit
Cater
Warren
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Judge Carey
Sheriff Sharpless
Mr. Blair
N. R. Davis
Leadville Doings Tim Kinney Fatally Shoots John Lukenbill
In Leadville Tim Kinney fatally wounds John Lukenbill after a brief quarrel in which Lukenbill struck Kinney with a revolver. The dispute stems from Lukenbill accusing Kinney of seducing his wife. A large crowd eyed the jail and cried lynch him, but lawmen maintained order as the scene dispersed. Denver reports quiet municipal elections and GOP wins in small towns.
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Leadville
Tim Kinney
John Lukenbill
Kinney
Lukenbill
Denver
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Golden Medical
Charles H. Terry
Dare & Collins
Merry Mavericks
The
Stock Association
Leadville Doings
Rade Mark
Hale
Pike
Hale’s
C. N. Crittenton
New York
Stephenson
Great Shoe
Cheyenne, Wyo
Burt
Leather & Findings
Teller City
Eugene Bi. Stork
Junction City
John Arnall
Washington
Ohio
dney-Wort
M. M. B. Goodwin
Chardon
Belrig
Deller
Khiney
WELLS
Richardson & Co
Prop’s
Cwill
Nurlington
Justin D. Fulton
D.J
Brooklyn
P. A. Westervelt
Nashville
Jenn
Mayo
8. B. McCord
P. O
Pond’'S Extract Co
14Th St
Sanfordh
Broadway
N. Y
ALL
RacistRisution Co
Louisville
General Assembly of Kentucky
United States Circuit Court
Commonwealth Distribution Company
N. B
Handa Ratwa Reserve Fund
Express
RM. Boardman Courier-Journal
KR. M. Boardman
Postoffice
Geo. L. Holt
News -Depot
Anakesis
Silsheo
Mul
P. Neustiedter & Co
York City
F. A.M. Beauntifel
Bradway
New Yorke
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