Weekly Leader Note on Regional Developments in 1878
A broad roundup covers the extension of the telegraph line from Deadwood to Rapid City, cattle trade from Texan buyers, jail holds, roofing work on Horrie’s brick building, and shipments by Dowlin & Hackney. It notes temperance leadership in Colorado, health compares, church postings, railroad plans to Manitou, and a Denver-area death story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Rapid City
Brigham Young
Carey Brothers
A. Rhiner
R. B. Horrie
Eighteenth Street
Dowlin & Hackney
Cheyenne & Black Hills
Fort McKinney Wyoming Chosen Site Described
The editor learns of a new Fort McKinney site on Clear Fork Wyoming about two miles from the nation’s mouth. The piece praises the location for military advantage and future settlement opportunities, notes rapid labor by troops, and mentions legal and religious tensions around Mormon settlement and polygamy in surrounding states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McKinney
Wyoming
The
Leader
Powder River
Clear Fork
Keogh
Custer
New Fort McKinney
Big Horn Mountains
Polygamy Abolition Plan Discussed by Congressman Luttrell
Special correspondence from Lake on August 20 1878 reports California Congressman Luttrell plans to visit Utah to study polygamy and push disorganizing legislation that would split Utah into Nevada Wyoming and Colorado. He argues no further polygamy law would be needed once the split occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sar Lake
Luttrell
California
Utah
Washington
Congress
Nevada
Wyoming
Colorado
Placer mine collapse kills two men near Castle Creek
In Castle Creek, about forty miles from Deadwood, an embankment collapsed last Monday while two men were at work in a placer mine. Both men died. one was named Troas and the other is not identified in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Castle Creek
Troas
Hammock Living Demands A Shade and Careful Setup
Swinging in a hammock is a luxury within reach for all citizens with space. hammocks can be bought for 2 to 5 dollars and should be hung in shade. For children use keep it low so they can climb in, head end six feet high and foot end 3 1/2 feet, with a rope lengths of one foot and four and a half feet respectively for ideal swing.
Indian Agencies Developments At Spotted Tail And Red Cloud
Mr. Gus Terry reports from Old Spotted Tail Agency that men are tearing down the old quarters which will be moved to the new Spotted Tail Agency about 150 miles away. Afterward, the Old Red Cloud Agency buildings will be dismantled and relocated roughly 50 miles west to form quarters for the new Red Cloud Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus
Terry
Old Spotted Tail Agency
New Spotted Tail Agency
Old Red Cloud Agency
New Spotted Tail
Red Cloud Agency
Military matters inspectors and court martial duty ordered
Colonel John E. Smith of the Fourteenth Infantry at Camp Douglas Utah is named special inspector to examine unserviceable quartermasters stores with Lieut George T T Patterson in charge. Major George A Gordon at Sidney Barracks Nebraska is named special inspector to examine serviceable subsistence stores with Lieut John A Baldwin and Lieut Lewis Merriam in charge. Third cavalry at Fort Fetterman will move to Ramp Robinson Nebraska for temporary garrison court martial duty and then return to stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Smith
Fourteenth Infantry
Camp Douglas
Utah
George T. T. Patterson
George A. Gordon
Fifth Cavalry
Sidney Barracks
Neb
John A. Baldwin
Ninth Infantry
Lewis Merriam
Fort Laramie
James E. H. Foster
Third Cavalry
Fort Fetterman
Robinson
Nebraska
Stage robbed near Deadwood by three bandits
At about 2 am the north bound Cheyenne stage was halted between Cheyenne river and Lightning creek, 90 miles south of Deadwood. Three road agents forced passengers to surrender valuables then opened U S mail sacks and took registered letters, scattering the rest of the mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Cheyenne
Cheyenne River
Lightning Creek
United States
Indian Trouble Near Spotted Tail Agency Report
An incoming report from Spotted Tail agency describes a clash among Indians hundreds of miles out, with two killed as about eight hundred youths moved north. Major Pollock reached the area but the group refused counsel, likely due to rations and factional disputes. Also, Moses McGurk, jailed in Yankton for illegal in Indian country, was captured after a horse theft scrape and later hanged by an angry mob but survived after pleading for mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton, D. T
Spotted Tail Agency
Pollock
Moses M’gurk
United States
Bonhomme County
Benedict
Creek Bridge
Wheelbarrow Bean and a drunken parade to City Hall
An officer named James A. Bean carried a drunk man in a wheelbarrow from near Abney's to the City Hall during a storm. Onlookers cheered as the pair passed Masten's Hellman's and Polack's. The man bragged of the ride, and Bean later kept him in the cooler for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Bean
Sixteenth Street
Abney
Jim
McDonald’s Palace
Bean
Senate
Masten
Hellman’s
Polack’s
Heaven
Death of Capt. C. P. Rogers on Fort Fetterman Road
Instant death of Capt. C. P. Rogers of the Fifth United States Cavalry reported Friday. He had traveled from Camp Big Horn to testify in a Fort Rungell court martial and perished in a thunderstorm near Rock Creek station while seeking shelter in a tent with two Indian scouts. The scouts were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Rogers
Fifth United States Cavalry
Fort Fetterman Road
Rock Creek Station
Big Horn
Fort Rungell
Fort Fetterman
Death of Captain Rogers After Carriage Accident Near Rock Creek
The report, likely from Rock Creek station, notes Captain Rogers died in a carriage accident. An ambulance is en route to Cheyenne with his body marking the loss of a gallant, popular officer and a devoted husband. The community mourns his death and offers condolences to his widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
Cheyenne
Rogers
Movements of Gov Hoyt Near Frontier Camps
A letter from Governor John W. Hoyt dated at Gen Merritt camp near Fort Phil Kearney describes an expedition into Lodge Pole Powder River and Crazy Woman valleys. He plans to accompany Gen Merritt to Tongue and Little Big Horn rivers before returning to Cheyenne, aiming to report on Northern Wyoming after September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt
John W. Hoyt
Merritt
Fort Phil. Kearney
Lodge Pole
Powder River
Crazy Woman
Cheyenne
Gen. Merritt
Tongue
Little Big Horn
Wyoming
Bold Man in Cheyenne Alleged Murderer and Fraud
A Cheyenne resident described by Deadwood Times as a dangerous long haired “Professor” with two wives, one in Rapid City. Accusations claim he poisoned rivals for wealth, escaped a penitentiary, and changes names after crimes. Also notes local ads for soaps and medicines and a chattel mortgage sale in Cheyenne with property including carriages and billiard equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Deadwood Times
Black Hills
the Times
Rapid City
Wuerens
Jacob Fuhrman
Wyoming
Laramie County
Territory of
Christian Kapp
Sixteenth Street
Christian Karp
Special Notices on Youth Errors and Remedies Ad
An advertisement promises a cure for nervous weakness early decay and loss of manhood. It claims a remedy found by a missionary in South America and offers a self addressed envelope to Rev Joseph T Inman at Bible House New York Station D for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Joseph T, Inman
Bible House
New York
Seplleod
Wheat surplus eyed for Europe by Utah markets
European demand appears to attract Utah surplus wheat as California grain merchants seek to handle it. Beecher plans a Cheyenne lecture on September 17 with agent C H Pratt arranging with Jervis Joslin. Colorado Central rail work doubles crew under Superintendent Henry with rails to protect curves. J A Cox and Mortimer Cox are arrested in Omaha for alleged involvement in a Kansas City railcar robbery. Hail strikes Cache la Poudre. Sheep injured prompting herd repairs. Colorado Cattle Growers Association prepares cattle inspections for the remainder of the shipping season urging broad participation to spread costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
Cheyenne
C. H. Pratt
Jervis Joslin
Henry
Black Hawk
J. A. Cox
Mortimer Cox
Omaha
United States Express
Kansas City, St. Joe
Council Bluffs
Winthrop Station
Sugar Lake
Messrs. Warren & Miner
Cache la Poudre
Colorado Cattle Growers’ Association
Democrat
Swayne's Pills Offer Cure for Headache and Digestive Ailments
Swayne's Yar and Sarsaparila Pills claim to cure headaches constipation inward piles torpid liver and indigestion by stimulating the liver and cleansing the system. Priced 25 cents a box, available at leading druggists and in Cheyenne from Addams & Glover. Also note Kinnear's Cocoanut Laundry Soap claims to avoid resin and prevent clothes from shrinking or rotting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Addams & Glover
Hurlbut Bros
Cheyenne
Swayne
Kinnear
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North Platte Bridge
Sidney
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Durant Fire Company
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Invention
Edison
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Wyo
Tim Lraper
Fort Fred Steele
Thornburg
New
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U. S
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Judge Burke
Yellowstone Valley
Big Horn River
Wind River Mountains
Fort Custer
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