Local Leaflets and New Beginnings On Cheyenne Streets
Swift and Neely build two brick homes on Eighteenth street while Denver traders Stokes and Stevens head toward Deadwood with stocks. A Greeley loss of horses hints at rough winter, and readers hear jokes on marriage, revolvers, and phrenology as Prof. Fitch joins Cheyenne Leader as Albany County ad agent.
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Swift & Neely
Eighteenth Street
Stebbins, Post & Co
New York
Spring Creek
R. E. Fitch
Laramie City
Albany County
Fitch
Albany
Taos Woman Murdered by Husband in February Incident
The Taos community woke to news that Maria de Jesus Martinez was killed by her husband Jesus Santistevan on Sunday morning February 4. Authorities report he forced entry, shot her with a revolver, then beat her head with a pistol butt. the suspect fled and is believed to be at large.
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Taos
Maria de Jesus Martinez
Jesus Santistevan
Freight Figures and Indian Creek Butchery Revisions
A Union Pacific report lists westbound receipts totaling 122 carloads including 44 horses and varied goods such as brick hay stoves and wagons. In Greeley Colorado Macy’s disputed Indian creek butchery tale is corrected by Walker and others, with apologies for misstatements and a shared wish for forgiveness.
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Union Pacific
Keller
Appies
More Beer Score and Fashionable Women in Muddy Streets
A saloon beer mug carries a cryptic inscription read bottom to top about paying debts and a clerk’s score. The text also describes fashionable women dancing and lifting their skirts with a kick to avoid puddles, noting how they raise their dresses to stay dry.
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16Th Street
Cerito
Denver Ex-Marshal Shaffenburg Found Guilty of Fraud
In Denver, Ex-Marshal Mark A. Shaffenburg was convicted on the June 1875 indictment charging false vouchers to the government. The case is part of a broader suit with over $200,000 at stake, detailing subsistence fraud for witnesses never subsisted or nonexistent individuals. Shaffenburg, once a prominent Denver figure, led a lavish life after his 1868 appointment, until suspicions rose in 1874 and an Washington audit exposed extensive fraud schemes.
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United States
Denver
Mark A. Shaffenburg
Shaffenburg
Colorado
Washington
Charles Croup
Frankenstein misfires in Arctic chase critique
A Chicago Times critique of the electoral commission parodies Frankenstein. The piece argues the monster did not instantly devour its creator, instead pursuing in Arctic cold. It notes Frankenstein’s regret and jokes about tariffs, while urging accuracy for Chicago readers.
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The
Chicago Times
Electoral Commission
Frankenstein
Times
Monster
Chicago
Major North Arrives at Sidney Barracks with Pawnee Scouts
Major Frank North and a band of Pawnee scouts arrived at Sidney Barracks from Fort Fetterman after detaching Crook's command. They bring 1000 ponies and 15 scalps from the Mackenzie campaign against the Sioux and Cheyennes in the Sioux pass of the Big Horn mountains. North is famed as one of the west’s top scouts, though others like Lone Tree Ned and Little Buckskin fade from memory.
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Frank North
Sidney Barracks
Fort Fetterman
Crook
Mackenzie
Sioux Pass
Big Horn Mountains
North
Charlie
Ned Buntline
Armijo Case: Man Acquitted in Self Defense
Miguel Armijo, charged with killing Jose Armijo at Bear Springs crossing ranch Monday night, faced Justice Slaughter for preliminary examination. Testimony from Armijo and the sole witness J M Chavez led the justice to rule the act was in self defense and Armijo was discharged.
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Armijo
Miguel Armijo
Jose Armijo
Bear Springs Crossing Ranch
Slaughter
J. M. Chavez
Dried Apple Whisky Tale From Last Chance District
A Hayward correspondent visits Whipple’s saloon in Last Chance district where the proprietor shows off quartz and proclaims the town’s future as a port of entry. He serves a mysterious “dried apple” drink, explains it is warm by the fire, and boasts profits while claiming town riches.
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Hayward
Last Chance District
Whipple
The
Stock Exchange
Recorder’s
Foster
Last Chance
Deadwood to Get Daily Newspaper From Denver Publisher
Porter Warner of Denver has arranged to send a newspaper plant to Deadwood to start a daily paper. Warner, long associated with the Denver Times, is regarded as a top Rocky Mountain journalist and businessman. The new paper is expected to begin soon and aims to be successful.
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Porter Warner
Denver
Black Hills
Warner
Denver Times
Rocky Mountain Country
Deadwood
Origin of the term Maverick in Texas cattle slang
A historical note explains that the word Maverick comes from Pete Maverick, a Texas cattle owner with a large unbranded herd. In his region unbranded stock was often attributed to him, leading to the modern use of Maverick in cattle slang.
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Maverick
Texas
Pete Maverick
Fremont Tribune Blacklists Rosewater After Slur Claim
The Fremont Tribune rebukes E. Rosewater, calling him a self impeached witness and a malicious liar perjurer. It urges editorial standards in journalism and says vandals and Goths in the profession should be banished, demanding accountability.
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Edward Rosewater
Ratified Sioux treaty provisions reach House approval
The September agreement with Sioux agencies at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail is ratified by the House and awaits the President's signature. Key terms require cession of western lands, right of way for roads, annuities and subsistence, self support plans, education, housing, and a yearly census of heads of family. The pact binds full blood Indians under federal oversight and civil law.
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Sioux Commission
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
U. S
Senate
House
Nebraska
Cedar Creek
Missouri River
United States
Congress
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Red Riders and Indian Ponies in War Tales and a Military Murder
A historical vignette compares the endurance of American cavalry horses to Indian ponies and details the Indian pony culture and war horse training. The piece shifts to report a separate incident: Thomas McClain of Co. D, 5th Cavalry, fatally shoots George Hunt of Co. K in Sidney after a night of drinking and threats.
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Thos. McClain
Co. D
5Th Cavalry
George Hunt
Co. K
Sidney
Hunt
McClain
Claimant Arrives Over Mystery of Missing Clark
Evans Journal reports W. W. Bill from the Black Hills arrived in Evans to claim mule teams and wagons found deserted in the grove by the upper bridge. He says Clark, his partner, was en route from the Black Hills when he vanished. The paper hopes the case is cleared.
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Evans Journal
W. W. Bill
Black Hills
Evans
Clark
Vicious Vagrants Attack Westbound Express
A party of tramps boarded the west bound express at Kearney Junction Nebraska and were put off before Shelby. They pelted the train with rocks and brickbats breaking several car windows. Two passengers narrowly escaped serious injury and one sleeper passenger was bruised leaping from a berth.
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Nebraska
Kearney Junction
Neb
Shelby
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Meekly
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Hve
George Stokes
J. M. Stevens
Stokes
Stevens
Greeley Tribune
Pacific Coast
Greeley
Denver Pacific
Don Juan Dolores
Poudre Valley
Land of Nod
Cheyenne Station
Paneaves
Indian Creek
Thomas G. Macy
Colo
B. C. Stevens
Salt Lake
Fred
Buartell
Sunshine
F. J. Walker
Macy
Hat Creek Station
Walker
Puttyhead Richardson
Thos. G. Macy
Marshal Shaffenburg
Uncle Sam
Major North and
Scouts
E. Rosewater
RED Riders
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