Weekly Leader Highlights Trades and Tales from 1878
The issue notes Geo M. Clay's death in Garland Colorado and his family near Cheyenne. It reports Union Pacific wage cuts, large cattle transfers to Irvine, and a Salt Lake City marriage surge. Also covered are troop pay, station agent downgrades, a mountain lion kill, and a humorous rail fare pill debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. M. Clay
Garland
Colorado
Cheyenne
Stebbins, Post & Co
Black Hills
New York
J. Scott Payne
Fifth Cavalry
Lumbago
Union Pacific Railroad
Salt Lake City
C. W. Bramel
Laramie
Fort Russell
Fort McKinney
Sidney Barracks
Fort McPherson
Camp Brown
Wyo
Edward T. Duffey
U. P
C. C
Hazard
Fannie A, Wheeler
Omaha
Vinton
Town
Union Pacific Railway
Davis
Nichols
North Platte
Platte Valley
Real estate transfers and oil prospect notes in Cheyenne
City of Cheyenne conducts numerous deeds in fee simple and sheriff deeds with assorted lots and blocks transferring to multiple individuals and firms for prices from $1.50 to $841.67. Oil springs near Jenney's stockade attract attention with reports of two wells yielding two barrels daily and a prospective stock company planning a test well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Cheyenne
Henry Altman
United States
W. D. Pease
J. H. Nichols
Jno
A. Campbell
John Sparks
O. Irvine
J. W. Hammond
L. R. Graves
G. A. Draper
Wm. Stephens
Hurlbut
Township
Range
Cheyenne Lodge No
I. O
David Miller
McDonald
I. Nagle
W. M. Ward
R. F. Glover
LT. J. Carr
J. A. Bean
A. W. Haygood
Bresnahen
T. Dyer
L. and
J. Mortis
R. Wenger
City of Cheyenne
G. Kabis
G. B. Stimpson
H. Kimme
C. I. Annett
G. P
M. H. Arnold
M A. Arnold
RK. B. Eldridge
Pease & Taylor
E. P. Johnson
E. Nagle
I. ©. Whipple
Geo
Cagsells
M. Marks
Taylor
Marks & Myers
Housman
Schooler
J. I. Coad
Wyoming
Jenney
Stockade
Belle Fourche
Cheyenne River
Salt Creek
C.M. Jones
Sam Parker
John Mowe
George Jacobs
Lead Cuy
Petroleum City
Deadwood
Baldwin
Pennsylvania
Parker's Landing
Lieut. Geo. I
Chase
Misidentified Train Robber Nixon Believed Swapped by Detectives
The unnamed Texan arrest on Christmas, brought to Omaha and Big Springs for Nixon identification, turns out to be a different man named Underwood. Detectives vent anger as the mistaken lead unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Omaha
Big Springs
Thos. Nixon
Underwood
Arapahoe Indians Seek Trade at Fort Fetterman
Several hundred Arapahoe Indians who moved west from Red Cloud last November to settle near the Shoshone reservation arrived at Fort Fetterman on December 29 to trade buffalo hides and furs for provisions guns ammunition and blankets. The band totals about 1,250 and had gathered hides in the Big Horn and Sweetwater regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
W. H W. Brown
Big Horn
Fort Custer
Boston Custer
Auty Reed
Brown
Boston
Reed
Arapahoes
Arapahoe
Laramie Dinds Highlights Local Festivities and Stores
In Laramie on June 2 1878 Christmas celebrations included store closures and church services. Frank Lepper and Luella Ames wed with friends from Cheyenne, while Wanless & Co staged a grand Christmas ball. The A F and A M installed officers, Rescue Hose Co hosted a ball, and Prof Galloway promoted dances and amateur drama. A debate over 8 pm store closures led to a list of signatories and planned Sunday bans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramus City
Laramie
Frank Lepper
Luella ,Ames
Cheyenne
Frank
Mrs. Lepper
Laramie Society
Wanless Tose Co. No. 3
Ivinson
Fischer's
Rescue Hook & Tadder Co
Tischer
Dunbar
Hughes
Marks & Myers
Messrs
Lona
Weather folly and a tale of shame across the plains
The piece rails at Greely for scolding weather observers, recounts the Converse and Warren firm’s dissolution after decades in Wyoming, and exposes alleged mishandling of Custer battlefield burials with skeletal remains left exposed and not properly identified, calling it a true and shameful story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Converse & Warren
A. R. Converse
Magic City
E. Warren
Wyoming
Custer
Col. M. V. Sheridan
Campaign to subdue Bannock Indians from Fort Hall detachment
Gen. Crook orders Major Verling K. Hart to lead Companies B F I under Captains Montgomery Payne Kellogg from Fort Russell to Fort Hall. Transport delays by Union Pacific push departure to tomorrow. Hart’s experience in Indian warfare expected to yield swift, decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hall
Idaho
Crook
Merritt
Fort Russell
Verling K. Hart
Montgomery
Payne
Kellogg
Union Pacific
Maj. Hurt
Territorial Self Government Debate in The Omaha Bee
The Omaha Bee argues Delegate Kidder’s self government bill for western territories faces long odds. It warns that allowing territorial governors and judges elected by residents could nullify anti polygamy laws in Utah and risk anarchy in New Mexico, questioning broader federal policy for Wyoming Montana Dakota Arizona Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Bee
Shere
Kidder
Utah
New Mexico
Wyoming
Montana
Dakota
Arizona
Idaho
Washington
Runaway Boys and Regional Developments in Wyoming News
Three boys Willie Ladd age 11 Frank Brady and Downey age 10 ran away aboard a Denver bound train, later gathered by detectives and due in Cheyenne. Reports note gains in the C B I treasure coach service, new Concord coaches on the Sweetwater line, the Greeley Tribune’s improved appearance, a petrified dog found on 17th street, and Cariboo gold mine sales led by California officials. Deadwood hunters report Indian lodges near Owl Creek. Rawlins to launch Carbon County News with J Friend as editor, aiming high in Wyoming journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Ladd
Frank Brady
Downey
Denver
Cheyenne
Dengee
Tony
Scott Davis
Black Hills
Concord
Sweetwater Daily Stage Line
Supt. A. S
Cariboo
California
Sweetwater County
Central Pacific Railway
Deadwood
Owl Creek
Rawlins
Carbon County
Territorial Council
Wyoming
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Weekly Leader
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
W. W. Ayers
R. D. Clark
U.S. A
Camp Carlin
Alfred M. Fuller
Second Cavalry
Lame Deer
Wm. C. Irvine
New York World
Fort Walsh
St. Paul
Martin Ryan
Seventh United States Cavalry
Spotted Eagle
Chick
Kittson
Ryan
Irvine
Marmot
Miles
Joseph
Sitting Bull
Jean
Dooley
Nixon
Whipple & Hay
Pease & ‘Taylor
SeaAprn
O. F. Cowhick
Smith
Gutterman & Harrington
A. Pollack
B. Hellman
Whipple & Way
Joslin & Park
D. Miller
Will L. Foglesong
Leibey & Nichols
J. Jay Joslin
Our
Greely
Lieut
Adolphus W. Greely
Signal Service Bureau
Lieut. Greely
Cox
QO. K
Horace
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