Nine Mile ranch sale and Black Hills travel notes
Weekly teater reports L Davis offering the Nine Mile ranch for sale at 1000 dollars. Gov Thayer and family travel through Cheyenne toward Rock Creek summer residence. Local water proposition to city trustees, and a humor note about a hat. Extra items include a Black Hills newspaper agent, grasshopper refugees, dinosaur remains found near Denver, and pedestrians like Judge Ned McGowan departing for the Black Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Davis
Nine- Mile
Black Hills
Gov. Thayer
Clark
Seventeenth Street
Oscar B. Sharpless
Mountain Division
Washington Territory
Powder River bridge swept by freshet at Cantonment Reno
Special Correspondence from Cantonment Reno May 22 1877 reports heavy rains washing away the Powder river bridge for a second time after ice gorge breakup. Soldiers did much of the reconstruc tion work and are praised for their labor. A weary traveler in the sutler store shows defiant swagger as he tries to buy liquor with a nickel and boasts of being the worst man in the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantonment
Reno
Powder River
Tom
John L. Simms
London Gentleman's Hotel Scene Ends With Brisk Exit
Hildebrand Montrose from London enters a New York hotel with a carpet bag and a faux cane, demands the best room, and, after a confrontation over prepaid board, is shoved into the street by a porter. An hour later Montrose seeks jail or brig lodging for the night as a public scene unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildebrand Montrose
Hildebrand Montrose, Esq
London
New York
Hildebrand
Montrose
Howard
Map of the Black Hills misplaces Deadwood and misdraws roads
A Denver mapmaker H I Thayer draws a map claiming Deadwood lies east of Custer inside Dakota. The author, returning from the Hills, declares Deadwood northwest of Custer and within Wyoming. He notes road directions and Mountain City near the boundary and cites Capt. Stanton confirming Deadwood in Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
H. I. Thayer
Denver
Deadwood
Custer
Dakota
Hills
Wyoming Line
Fleet of the Bear report and fleet preparations
Commodore Addams inspects four vessels on his ranch including two scows a ferry boat and a canoe all in good sea going condition and set to sail under sealed orders during the week Admiral LeFeyre surveys the lake from a willow tree with a bottle telescope seeking Brigham's fleet while the Cheyenne LeApge cites the enemy The Record claims a flatboat will carry correspondents to the scene of action from Salt Lake City to Corinne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addams
Admiral LéFeyré
Brigham
Trafalgar
Salt Lake
Record
Corinne Daily Record
General Grant in England praised by British press
Ex President Grant receives lavish praise from major English outlets during his England visit with ministers and Liverpool officials hosting a luncheon. The Daily News lauds him as a supreme soldier and victor in a great war, while other papers call the visit opportune to strengthen Anglo-American ties. Grant responds with gratitude and extends health wishes to the mayor and ladies of Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
England
Kingdom
Daily News
United States
the Post
the Standard
Great Britain
Liverpool
London
Wellington
Nelson
Deadwood Drift and Local Notices From Sheridan to Deadwood
Subscriptions are being taken to raise funds for a fine church. Corn remains scarce with privilege restricted to certain buyers at 15 cents a pound. Tom Miller’s new theater nears completion and showcases fine western craftsmanship. Post office lacks stamps with three and five cent stamps available at the stand. A lunar rainbow was observed at Sheridan the Pennington county seat, a rare phenomenon. A shaft 15 by 18 feet was sunk on the El Refugio on Mineral Hill revealing a continuous ore wall across the shaft width, the fourth shaft on the lode confirming Mineral Hill naming. An eastbound arrival brought a group of grasshopper editors from Nebraska. a city editor’s attempt to publish their names failed due to type limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Miller
Postoffice
Sheridan
Pennington County
el Refugio
Grasshopper
Nebraska
Lame Deer’s Death Reported After Rosebud Fight
Lieut. W P Clark reports to Gen Sheridan after investigating Cheyenne accounts of Lame Deer's defeat. Sitting Bull is likely north of the Yellowstone, the rest of the Cheyenne tale may be factual. Lame Deer's band split, with threats ended as they disperse. Miles says he found and spun tales on the Custer plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Profound Wealth Revealed
The Black Hills are described as immensely rich with gold from Deadwood gulch, projected to yield at least three to fifteen million dollars by 1887. Quartz mines near Troy and Lead City are called mountains of ore, with veteran miners affirming well defined walls and promising long lasting production. Owners invest in stamp mills and machinery, signaling strong confidence in sustained riches.
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 movements and mining news
Lieut. Simpson and Capt. Wessells of the Third Cavalry move from Camp Custer to Camp Canby near Red Cloud. Gen. Bradley takes command at Camp Robinson Nebraska. A Fourth Cavalry relocation to Fort Sill and a court martial at Camp Robinson are reported. News of Cheyenne Indians en route to the Southern Agency, and mining developments at Hahn’s Peak with J. W. Brooks planning large drift work. Light human-interest pieces recount farm and fruit anecdotes from Spotted Tail Agency and a Red Cloud ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
District Court Proceedings May 31 Chief Justice Fisher presiding
The court met at 10 o'clock with Chief Justice Fisher on the bench. The case of Edward Baines was heard as Her man Haas demurrer to the counter claim in the answer sustained, leave to amend granted. Equitable Fire Insurance Company versus M A Gervais August Gueck and Jacques Braun. Motion to strike redundant matter from the petition sustained. Leave granted to take depositions in term time. The grand jury returned three indictments and ignored the bills against Samuel Lutes Joseph Hooker Jas B Adams and Franklin Walker discharged. Adjourned till 10 o'clock June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hursday
Fisher
Edward Baines
Herman Haas
Equitable Fire
Ing. Co
M. A
Samuel Lutes
Joseph Hooker
Jas. B. Adams
Franklin Walker
Black Hillers push for Wyoming county governance
Readers from Bernardville and Bear Gulch urge county organization under Wyoming law, noting lack of mail and representation. Joseph Bernard claims 1,500 residents seek proper information from Dakota Governor and Wyoming officials, and cites mining districts in Bear Gulch Sand Creek Potato Gulch Iron Creek and African Gulch. Governor Thayer and Col Steele expected to aid Black Hillers. Also featured is a Dakota nation calendar chart by Brevet Lieut. Col. Garrick Mallory illustrating 71 years of tribal history and notable chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Rail Road Meeting on Cheyenne Black Hills Aid
A largely attended meeting at the First National Bank parlor discussed aiding the Black Hills railroad. Merchants favored the proposal and a twelve member committee was formed to confer with Gould and Dillon about arrangements with the UPRR. The group adjourned to await committee actions and the Deadwood telegraph notes sell 160 Leader papers in a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
L. Allyn
Ike Voorhees
Hat Creek
Jack Gilmer
Longmont
Sidney
D. W. Gates
California
Nevada
Horse Creek
Fort Laramie
J. N. Bard
Mah-pe-ah-luta
Connecticut River
Ned McGowan
San Francisco
Barbara
San Diego
U. S
Washington
Eaiheme Frontier
Powder River Bridge
Deadwood Drift
Miles
Mass
The
Northland Notes
Hahns’ Peak
J. W. Brooks
Hahn’s Peak
Arapahoe
Brooks
Red Cloud Agency
Erin
Pat
Larg
Rosseny
Carrie
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