St. Patrick's Day Hints And Western News Of 1878
Weekly Leader reports St. Patrick's Day approaching, Laramie minstrels praised, Eli Perkins shown in St. Joseph. Kansas Pacific rails contract exceeds 5000 tons. trials, theft cases, and militia actions discussed. Fire department praised after Lone Star hotel blaze. Chinaman with plug hat adds local humor.
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St. Joseph
Eli Perkins
Kansas Pacific
Tower
Pisa
Jean
Laramie
H. Goodfellow
Power
Ranger
Fort Laramie
Judge Slaughter
Elopementary scandal and railroad life in Cheyenne
A Cheyenne railroad section boss Clemens discovers his wife elopes with ex UP employee Charles Thornton after their shared boarding house life. The couple’s actions wipe out Clemens savings of 875 dollars. Thornton is seen in Denver with a woman matching Clemens’s description.
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Mr. Clemens
Hay & Thomas
Colorado Central Railroad
Cheyenne
Charles Thornton
Union Pacific Railroad
Golden
Thornton
Denver
Prisoner Bound Over In Stock Theft Case
Mr W C Lykins Wyoming stock detective arrived in Cheyenne bringing George W Handley foreman at Pratt Ferris stock ranch near Fort Jaramie as prisoner charged with stealing cattle from the firm and other parties A preliminary trial before Justice Slaughter resulted in binding him over in 2000 with commitment to jail Handley proclaims innocence and asks public opinion suspension until final disposition of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Lykins
Wyoming
Cheyenne
George W. Handley
Pratt & Ferris
Fort Jaramie
Slaughter
Handley
Ile
Map of surveyed lands in Wyoming with details
IT have published a map of the surveyed lands in Laramie and Albany counties Wyoming carefully compiled from official land maps It shows every section township and range every stream road military reservation and railroad station Also the limits of the Union Pacific land grant as far as Tort Steele Plain sheets 100 on bond paper 150 on rollers 250 on. Address F2dGtawlt wi R BUACKSTONE Cheyenne Wyo.
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Laramie
Albany
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Winton Ranch Man Thrown From Wagon near Fort Fetterman
Mr John Stunton of Winton s ranch was thrown from his wagon on Saturday the 23d ult breaking his left leg. His horses ran away wrecking the wagon though the horses were uninjured He lies in Fort Fetterman hospital recovering as rapidly as could be expected.
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John Stunton
Winton
Fort Fetterman
Hunton
Fetterman
Petty Jealousy and Ambition in Territorial Press
A letter criticizes the Laramie Sentinel for favoring rival towns over Cheyenne and praising Nebraska and Dakota stage lines. The writer accuses the paper of biased Wyoming coverage and ignoring the Cheyenne & Black Hills Stage route, accusing its editors of provincial favoritism and misrepresenting regional interests.
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Laramie
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Dakota
Livamie
The
Sentinel
Bismarck
Black Hills
Wyoming
Boulder Central and Utah railroad plans outlined
Preliminary arrangements for a Boulder to Utah railroad are under way in Denver. The route would start at Boulder then pass through Nederland and Caribou to Central City with branches to Black Hawk, Idaho, and Georgetown. Additional lines would link Nederland to Hot Sulphur Springs and extend toward Utah, serving mining towns. capital stock set at 3000 shares of 100 each.
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Boulder, Central and Utah Railroad
Denver
Boulder
Nederland
Caribou
Central City
Black Hawk
Gilpin County
Idaho
Georgetown
Clear Creek County
Boulder County
Hot Sulphur Springs
Grand County
Grand and Routt
Territory of
Utah
Railway Corporation
Rumors From Cheyenne and Deadwood Headlines
Local gossip mentions Forresters considering Cheyenne location and Pollard & Co planning a post office building stationery shop. Debates with Hardin, a telephonic Cheyenne romance, a shooting on Iddy street, and plans for a Glimmer purchase of the Deadwood Times illustrate a lively frontier week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Murrin
Party
Deadwood
Pollard & Co
Black Hills traveler barely misses stage after lengthened chase
A stage passenger who overslept near Ferguson street chased a departing coach. An express man’s team later retrieved him near KB Johnsons, delivering him safely. The Cheyenne Debating Society met at Red Cross hall to argue whether pen or sword rules, with next topic to compare labor and capital.
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Black Hills
Ferguson Street
Black Hiller
KB. P
Cheyenne Debating Society
Red Cross
Ben’s Block
W. J. Hardin
C. W. Bramel
W. TH. Pollard
J. Granger
Cornelius
Messrs. Lewer
Price
W. C. Shaw
W. H. Pollard
W. Bramel
W.P. Carroll
W. J. Plardi
Black Hills mining promise andDeadwood perils detailed
New York Herald reports on Black Hills country prospecting from Deadwood and nearby gulches. It notes placer yields around four million dollars, rich quartz prospects, and large mine outputs along with social growth in camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Black Hills
Storm Stuns Cheyenne With Heavy Snow and Chaos
Local notes describe a severe storm across Cheyenne causing blocked trains and telephones failing. Reports detail wind speeds, ruined storefronts, broken windows, and cattle fleeing toward the Platte while residents cope with the deep snow and cold.
Severe early storm cripples city with drifted snow
A fierce wind and snowstorm hits the region Thursday night, leaving streets impassable, businesses shut, and several buildings damaged. Rail travel halts with lines snowbound from Cheyenne to Antelope, while telegraph service falters. Obituaries and local notices accompany the report as emergency conditions persist.
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Tuk
Seventeenth
Fergusons North
J. C .Abney
Kubis & Dillman
Eddy Street
John
Laramie City
Antelope Station
Cheyenne
Omaha
Antelope
Sidney
Denver Pacific
Carr Station
W. P. Davis
Gilderoy
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Weekly Leader
Gheyenne Weekly Leader
St. Patrick’s Day
Tongue River
Miles
Gen. Terry
Department
Evans
Chicago
Denver and
South Park
Dunton
Conejos County
Col
W. P. Carroll
John Cook, Jr
Colorado
Mr. Gaye
G. W. Jones
W. D&greeney
Fire Department
James Gillis
Camp Carlin
Lone Star Hotel
Green River
U. P
Bell
John Welch
San Francisco Mint
Shelby
New Land Map
R. Buackstone
Cheyenne, Wyo
Forresters
Doc Hayford
Hardin
Lyceum
G. Washington Jones
Iddy Street
Slack
Deadwood Times
Bramel
Daniel Webster
Leaader
EL Dorado
Gulches
Battle
Spring
Rapid
Castle
Rapid Creek
Spring Creek
Nigger Gulch
America
California
Eureka
Sierra Buttes
Keystone
Amador
Hite
Black Bear
Standard
DeSmet
Roderick Chu
Hidden Treasure
Golden Gate
North Star
Golden Terra
United States
Luke Voorhees
Jack McAleer
Voorhees
McAleer
Moore
Horace
McNamara & Co
Presbyterian Church
Jones
Doc. Reynolds
Chillicothe
Missouri
Bobby Burns
Goldsmith
J. S. Atchison
A. H. Reel
Platte
aAug
Gueck
Wm. Ware Peck
Carey Block
Bennett
North Pole
Ringolsky
Sixteenth Street
Washington
Talbot
traApmr
C. H. Brinton
New York
John Rockhold
Marshall, Mo
Fisher
Thomas M. Fisher
Caliph
Scribner
Logan
Clara Staples Scribner
Charles M. Scribner
Fort Fred Steele
St. John’s Church
W. H. Stoy
Scrbner
Dooley
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