This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1878
Page
5
The Weekly Leader promotes commercial job printing of all kinds with new type and presses. It claims neat, cheap, and expeditious work including letterheads blanks posters and cards, available on short notice.
The article reports that Oregon Bill was killed over a card game at Saguache Colorado last week. It notes various local items including a temperance union meeting in Ogden a smallpox case there and a fire in Trinidad Colp with $4000 loss. It also mentions officials and local anecdotes.
Six prisoners remain in Carbon county jail. A search party left Medicine Bow to seek H. J. Davis, feared lost returning from Yorts Fetterman and Mc Kinney. Reports note December prison costs at Laramie penitentiary reached 2006 dollars. A new ten stamp mill may operate at Seminole by mid April with English funding. Keystone Mining Co adds a fifteen stamp mill at Douglas creek, planned by Feb 12. Wm Vandever, Indian Agency inspector, investigates White River Ute troubles and is authorized to secure provisions and contracts for relief. a courier is sent to Sweetwater to urge Utes to Fort Steele for winter care, with further relief planned for Snake River valley residents.
Reports detail warrants at eight cents on the dollar, rich ore finds near DeSmet and Lone Star prospects, and the Woolley and Pecadho mines held by Sheriff Manning. Other items cover new wells, a double homicide rumor involving Red Cloud, Nugget gulch discoveries, a planned rapid creek water project, and Pactola’s historical site.
The commanding officer at Camp Douglass assigns Private Frank Williams of Company K First Cavalry to San Francisco under guard with papers for the adjutant general. Leave of absence for Capt. Burt is granted. Fort Bridger appoints Col. Flint as special inspector. A court martial at Ft. Laramie has members detailed, and the board of survey moves from Camp Stambaugh to Camp Brown.
From Our Own Correspondent Rarrip Orry Black Hills Jan 9 Pennington county may host two newspapers next year The Rapid Creek Mining and Manufacturing Company plans the second paper at Pactola W S Maguire and M H Kendig finish a public hall at Pactola to be dedicated around February 1 A dozen hydraulics to be operated on Rapid Creek placers next spring and summer. expected yield for 2025 to reach about a quarter of a million dollars.
Water scarcity slows mill work in Lead City while a real estate boom grows. Purchasers of Father DeSmet plan to build three sixty stamp mills within a year. Germania district towns Quartz City Beaver City and New Berlin rise at Hay Elk creeks. About 150 prospectors work mines as building advances.
Deapwoop January 15 reports Maj Evans camp in Spearfish valley welcomed back two Third Cavalry scout detachment units. They saw no Indians or signs of activity on patrol.
At the Mother mine on January 15 Elizabeth F. Lovell appeared at noon and ordered miners off the site. She drew a six shooter to enforce demands, cut the windlass, and toppled an ore car. When challenged by a mine owner she fired but caused no injuries. miners pressed for her arrest.
Special notices offer a free receipt to cure nervous weakness early decay loss of manhood and similar issues. Claims the remedy was found by a missionary in South America. Requests readers send a self addressed envelope to Rev Joseph T Inman Station D Bible House New York.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.