Nine Mile ranch sale at low price in Cheyenne
Weekly teater reports that L Davis offers Nine Mile ranch on Black Hills road for sale at 1000 dollars. Governor Thayer and family pass through Cheyenne en route to Rockaway summer residence. Proposals to provide city water will be laid before city trustees. Grasshopper fleeing Nebraska families head to Washington Territory. Remains of prehistoric monster found near Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Davis
Nine- Mile
Black Hills
Gov. Thayer
Clark
Seventeenth Street
Oscar B. Sharpless
Mountain Division
Washington Territory
L. Allyn
Denver
Ike Voorhees
Hat Creek
Jack Gilmer
Deadwood
Longmont
Sidney
Cheyenne
D. W. Gates
California
Nevada
Horse Creek
Fort Laramie
J. N. Bard
Mah-pe-ah-luta
Connecticut River
Powder River Bridge Swept Away by Freshet at Cantonment Reno
Special Correspondence from Cantonment Reno dated May 22 1877 reports heavy rains and floods washing away the Powder River bridge, the second time this structure failed after spring ice gorge breaks. Soldiers did most of the rebuilding, while a visitor caused a brief disturbance in the sutler store claiming to be the worst man in the territory.
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Cantonment
Reno
Powder River
Tom
John L. Simms
Londoner Montrose in a New York Hotel Scuffle
Hildebrand Montrose, Esq., from London, arrived by train and demanded the best room. A clash over advance payment led to the porter tossing him into the street with his stage bag and a gold headed cane, while Montrose wandered for shelter and sought confinement in the brig or a night’s lodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildebrand Montrose
Hildebrand Montrose, Esq
London
New York
Hildebrand
Montrose
Howard
Map of the Black Hills labeled Deadwood location disputed
A Denver cartographer H I Thayer issued a map of the Black Hills that places Deadwood east of Custer, outside the Wyoming boundary. A returning observer asserts Deadwood is northwest of Custer and inside Wyoming, noting errors in roads and streams. Capt. Stanton also states Deadwood lies in Wyoming.
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Black Hills
H. I. Thayer
Denver
Deadwood
Custer
Dakota
Hills
Wyoming Line
Fleet of the Bear under sealed orders sails week
Commodore Addams inspects four vessels two scows a ferry boat and a canoe in ready sea condition and expected to sail from his ranch under sealed orders this week. Admiral LeFeyre has watched the lake for Brigham's fleet while the Record secures a flatboat to move correspondents to the action scene in Salt Lake City.
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Addams
Admiral LéFeyré
Brigham
Trafalgar
Salt Lake
Record
Corinne Daily Record
General Grant in England praise from British papers
Telegraphic dispatches report favorable reception of General Grant in England. The Daily News and other leading journals praise him as a premier soldier and salute his visit as strengthening Anglo American relations. Grant’s London reception is anticipated to surpass others save Wellington or Nelson, reflecting strong English admiration for his leadership and success.
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Grant
England
Kingdom
Daily News
United States
the Post
the Standard
Great Britain
Liverpool
London
Wellington
Nelson
Deadwood Drift and Local Notes Include Theater and Rations
Subscriptions began to fund a new church while corn scarcity permits only privileged buyers at 15 cents a pound. Tom Miller’s new theater nears completion, a lunar rainbow astonishes Sheridan, and mining shafts on Mineral Hill reveal rich ore. A city editor chase ends with unnamed crowd story due to typesetting limits.
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Tom Miller
Postoffice
Sheridan
Pennington County
el Refugio
Lame Deer Defeat Report Mixed By Cheyenne Accounts
Lieut W P Clark reports to Gen Sheridan that Sitting Bull is likely north of the Yellowstone and probably north of the Missouri, while the Cheyenne tale about Lame Deer's defeat on the Rosebud is partly true. Lame Deer's band, once allied with Spotted Tail, split during a buffalo hunt and his tribe is scattered, deemed harmless now by frontier observers.
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W. P. Clark
Crook
Lame Deer
Rosebud
Sheridan
Sitting Bull
Yellowstone
Missouri
Spotted Tail
Buffalo Country
N. A. Miles
Fifth Infantry
The Black Hills Quartz Mines Prove Vast Riches Ahead
The Black Hills hold untold wealth with Deadwood Gulch already yielding at least three million in gold. Quartz mines near Troy, Lead City, and Father de Smet are described as huge, richly ore-bearing mountains, with walls and true fissure veins claimed by experienced miners. Owners invest in mills and machinery, projecting decades of production and strong confidence in the mines’ permanence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Black Ills
Messrs
Spring Creek Valley
Hillyo
Young
Eureka
Hill City
Custer Herald
Black Hills
Deadwood Gulch
Ifills
Colorado
Thills
Capt
Nichols
Father de Smet
Pacific Slope
Troy
Gayville
Lead City
Northland Notes military moves and mining hopes
Lieut. Simpson and Capt. Wessells of the Third Cavalry move between Camp Custer Camp Canby and Camp Robinson Neb. Major Burke relieves Gen. Mackenzie at Camp Robinson while Major Burke moves to Camp Sheridan. Indian train supplies arrive at Spotted Tail Agency as the Cheyenne embark on a six week journey. J W Brooks reports progress on Hahn’s Peak mining with drifting near rim rock and strong gold indications. Humorous fruit anecdotes from Spotted Tail and Red Cloud agencies close the column.
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Lieut. Simpson
Third Cavalry
Camp Custer
Camp Canby
Wessells
Red Cloud
L. P. Bradley
Ninth Infantry
Camp Robinson
Neb
Burke
Fourteenth Infantry
Mackenzie
Maj
D. W. Burke
Camp Sheridan
Lieut. Lee
Spotted Tail
Charlie Hewitt
Spotted Tail Agency
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Sill
I. T
A. 5
Burt
Messrs. Dear
Yates
Lieut
Lawton
North Platte River
Hahns’ Peak
J. W. Brooks
Denver
Hahn’s Peak
Arapahoe
Brooks
California
Red Cloud Agency
Erin
Pat
District Court Proceedings May 31 Chief Justice Fisher presiding
In Hurd day proceedings Edward Baines case heard as demurrer to counterclaim sustained with leave to amend. Equitable Fire Insurance Co. versus M A Gervais August Gueck and Jacques Braun. Motion to strike redundant petition matter sustained. Depositions allowed in term time. Grand jury returned three indictments. bills against Lutes Hooker Adams and Walker ignored and discharged. Adjourned until 10 o'clock June 1.
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Hursday
Fisher
Edward Baines
Herman Haas
Equitable Fire
Ing. Co
M. A
Samuel Lutes
Joseph Hooker
Jas. B. Adams
Franklin Walker
Black Hillers seek county organization and Wyoming ties
A letter from Joseph Bernard, Bernardville, May 20, 1877, urges northwestern Wyoming residents in the Black Hills to organize under Wyoming law, seeks information from Governor Thayer and Col. Steele, and notes mail access and representation issues. The piece also mentions Gov. Thayer and Steele visiting the Hills and a Dakota ethnology chart published by Brevet Lieut. Col. Garrick Mallory, illustrating 71 years of Dakota history with red and black symbols.
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Bernardville
Bear Gulch
Wyonxina
Leader
Wyoming
Black Hills
Legislative Assembly
Dakota
Steele
Deadwood
Sand Creek
Potato Gulch
Iron Creek
Wyoming Territory
Joseph Bernard
Thayer
Crook
Pease
Col. Steele
Hilla
Garrick Mallory
U. S. Infantry
Railroad Meeting Supports Black Hills Rail Line Effort
A largely attended meeting at the First National Bank parlor discussed aiding the Black Hills railroad. Merchants favored the proposal and formed a twelve member committee to confer with Gould and Dillon about arrangements with the Union Pacific Railroad. The group will act in good faith to advance the project and urged the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Co. to improve timely delivery of The Leader.
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First National Bank
Black Hills
Messrs
Gould
Dillon
Cheyenne
Converse
Whipple
Steele
Carey
Warren
Swan
Slack
Joslin
Murrin
Nagle
Nichols
Glafcke
Deadwood
Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Co
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Sheyenne Weekly Leader
Iear
Ned McGowan
San Francisco
Barbara
San Diego
U. S
Washington
Eaiheme Frontier
Powder River Bridge
Deadwood Drift
Grasshopper
Nebraska
Miles
Mass
The
Northland Notes
Larg
Rosseny
Carrie
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