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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1878
Page
5
The paper proclaims terms of $2.50 yearly and $1.50 half year and advertises large commercial printing capabilities. It highlights a new type and presses, offering cards, bill heads, letter heads, blanks, posters and other printing on short notice at low prices.
A biographical sketch traces Robert McKemma from Hillsboro Ohio to the Black Hills and Cheyenne river robberies. He joins a gang with Dunk Blackburn and others, loot totaling thousands in gold and greenbacks, and later evades pursuit after marrying in Hillsboro. Authorities including Bullock and Voorhees pursue, but legal maneuvers delay capture.
Robert McKemma known as Reddy describes a buried gold hoard of about $3,000 found with a woman, says he will reveal its location once brought in by Voorhees. He admits shooting Hawley by accident and claims Joel Collins killed Johnny Slaughter, with Hillsboro lawyers set to defend him. Black Hills notes report gold dust pricing pressures and mining camp progress through Galena City to Homestake No. 1 mill developments, including an 80-stamp mill planned in California and large lumber orders for March.
Laramie County Stock Growers Association lists officials in Cheyenne and reports cattle branding details across ranges from Sidney Bridge to Scott's Bluff and Bear Creek. Cattle are branded on left shoulder or side with a Wattle marking noted on the left flank. Several names appear as officers and range contacts including Swan Reel Sturgis Coad Coad Arnold Goodwin.
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