Local leaflets mock politics and frontier news in 1877
A Denver era column parodies elections and public figures, noting the Montana rename of Little Big Horn river to Custer river, and recounts comic quips about crime, love cures, and Cheyenne store wit. General Crook departs for Fort Laramie, hopeful Spotted Tail will quell Crazy Horse, as frontier tensions weigh on readers.
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Denver
Swain
New York
J. ‘Tilden
Hayes
France
G. Wash
Jones
America
Africas
Winter Warfare Against Sitting Bull Exposed
A reflective piece on the hardships of winter campaigns against Sioux forces led by Gen Miles. It details scarce supplies, inadequate clothing, and exhausted mules, noting miles marched and battles near Fort Peck and the Yellowstone Missouri junction amid hostile Yanktonai Sioux.
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Reid
Miles
Sitting Bull
Yellowstone Valley
Montana
Yellowstone
Missouri
Fort Carroll
Fort Peck
Baldwin
Sitting Bull Arrives at Wood Mountain in British Possessions
Information from Winnipeg reports Sitting Bull has reached Wood Mountain in British Possessions with 1000 horses and mules captured from United States forces. Mounted police are dispatched to interview him.
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Winnipeg
Sitting Bull
Wood Mountain
United States
Redskins Returning from Spotted Tail Band Pursuit
Hap Creek Wyoming March 10 Several hundred Indians crossed the road at Utter's ranch on Lost Water Indian creek believed to be part of Spotted Tail s band returning from a hostile camp. Many squaws and papooses accompanied them as smaller bands crossed toward the Agency in recent days.
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Hap Creek
Wyo
Utter
Buffalo Bull Drives Herders to Chicago Market
While J W Diff’s cattle herd moved toward Julesburg for shipment, a massive buffalo bull joined the herd and, though calm at first, became dangerous when herders tried to separate him. He finally entered a car and was shipped east to market with the rest of the cattle.
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J. W. Diff
Julesburg
Chicago
Drunken Gamblers Duel Shocks City at 7 P.M.
Two gamblers C H Harrison and J Levy quarreled over a big game in a Shin gle Locke saloon. Harrison returned with a pistol, exchanged six shots with Levy, Harrison wounded in the left breast, Levy shot the prostrate man in the hip and fled. Levy’s wound is serious and may prove fatal. Harrison has a wife and daughter.
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Holdy
16Th Streets
C. H. Harrison
J. Levy
Shingle & Locke
Lévy
Harrison
Levy
16Th Street
Senate
Eddy Street
Dyer’s
Frenchy’s
Joseph W
Joseph
Died on the Cars Onboard Express Body Found in Water Closet
A telegram from the eastbound express conductor reports the discovery of Ira B. Rose a second class passenger in a water closet at Ante lope station the body laid out and telegram sent to his wife in Northfield Minnesota. A brother lives in Coulterville Mariposa County California. Cause of death not determined but likely heart disease.
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Ira 8
Rose
Antelope Station
Northfield
Minnesota
Coulterville
Mariposa County
California
The Shot Shuffler Harrison Shot by Levy in Street Conflict
The gambler known as The Shot Shuffler, C H Harrison, shot Friday evening by J Levy, a Green Cloth brother knight, had the ball removed from his left thigh at dawn Saturday. His condition remains critical despite slight improvement, with hopes of recovery fading. Harrison has a history of shootings in Pittsburg and other eastern cities, and the report suggests Levy acted with intent to kill, despite possible self defense claims.
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C. H.harrison
J. Levy
Joseph
Harrison
Pittsburg
Sholy
Levy
Fort Leavenworth convicts to make army shoes
General McDowell and Major Barr surveyed Massachusetts shoe works and drafted rules for military shoemakers. Old and young soldiers withdrawn from active service by court martial will learn a trade in the prison, enabling them to rejoin civilian life as skilled mechanics.
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Fort Leavenworth
McDowell
Thomas F. Barr
Board of Commissioners
Massachusetts
Miles Mule Train Struggles Test Sioux War Ending
Bozeman Montana February 28. If Miles’ mule train holds out, new war news may come. Fed by two mule teams between Powder River cantonment and Fort Buford, forage shortages threaten miles’ supply chain. If supplies fail, military operations could cease until spring, inviting renewed Sioux activity led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Gen Miles vows to push on if transport endures, planning to strike later in spring.
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Bozeman
M.T
Powder River
Fort Buford
Miles
Glendive Creek
Yellowstone River
Sitting Bull
Fort Peck
Crazy Horse
Man Bets Five to Put Billiard Ball in Mouth
In Cheyenne a man bet five dollars he could place a billiard ball in his mouth. After doctors and specialists failed to remove it, Ea Merrill was consulted but could not help. Final effort by physicians freed the ball after several attempts. The patient recovered, but the stunt ended with the ball removed.
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Cheyenne
Ea. Merrill
Black Hills Railroad Rivalry Between Cheyenne and Union Pacific
The Cheyenne push to gain the Union Pacific branch to the Black Hills faces strong opposition from Sidney North Platte and Grand Island. The Sidney debate warns that profit motive may drive alignment with Cheyenne, while the Omaha Herald’s stance is cited as a discouraging predictor of local gains. The piece asserts a Cheyenne rail link to Fort Laramie by 1878 and teases a future ride by Dr. Miller.
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Cheyenne
Union Pacific Branch
Union Pacific
Black Hills
Union Pacific Company
Sidney
North Platte
Grand Island
Wyoming
Omaha Herald
Herald
Fort Laramie
Stage Men Buy Black Hills Mines in Deadwood
The Rhoderick Dhu mine above Guyville Deadwood gulch was sold by B F McCarty to Gilmer and Salisbury of the Cheyenne and Black Hills stage company for fifty thousand dollars. They also bought a one third interest in the Laura mine in the same area from C Ti Wagner of the Grand Central hotel Deadwood for ten thousand dollars.
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Deadwood
Rhoderick Dhu
Deadwood Gulch
Guyville
B. F. McCarty
Messrs. Gilmer and Salisbury
Cheyenne & Black Hills Stage Company
Laura
C. Ti. Wagner
Grand Central Hotel
Mystery laundress finds baby in clothes basket
A stranger left a laundry basket with ten dollars for washing and vanished. Inside was a week-old baby boy wrapped among the clothes, prompting sensational speculation about Indian affairs and a warning about keeping stock safe after a brutal loss of four hundred sheep when a corral lock failed during a storm.
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Sieben Brothers
Meagher
Montana
Debaters' Dispersed on the Corner at Two AM
Two colored gentlemen debated on civil liberty and paternal government from two to four in the morning. Mrs Johnson appeared in night robes with a rolling pin, shouting for Ephraim Johnson to go home, ending the discourse as he left.
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Mr. Johnson
Ephraim
Sidney Stages Stopbed After Ad Warrant Issued
A Western Union telegram from Custer City dated March 9 reports HT. S. Wright special constable attached the Sidney stages and teams under an ad warrant in a contract breach suit brought by passengers. The Sidney line advertised 48 hours Sidney to Deadwood. the current coach took seven days and is 7b miles from Deadwood. Trial set for March 20.
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Western Union Telegraph Office
Custer City
HT. S. Wright
Sidney Stages
Sidney
Deadwood
Deatwood
The Bond Question in Cheyenne County
The Leader opposes county bonds to aid railroad entries, arguing bond overhang devalues securities nationwide. It cites high discount costs, the risk of loss for solvent counties, and legal timing constraints. The piece urges abandoning bonds and seeking alternate railroad aid before December legislative action.
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United States
Cheyenne
Build the Railroad From Cheyenne
Cheyenne should be the initial point for a new railroad linking Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas to the Black Hills and Montana. The route would pass near the Rocky Mountains base, half way between Omaha and Salt Lake City, with Fort Laramie and Lake Minnehaha sites argued for shops.
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Cheyenne
Rocky Mountains
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Kansas
Denver Pacific
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Big Horn Country
Montana
Black Hills
Dakota
Fort Laramie
Big Horn
Helena
Sheridan
Robinson
Custer
Lake Minnehaha
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Learer
Cache-a-la- Poudre
Ranchiman
Ranchman
British America
THE
Black Hills Railroad
Spotted Tail
Red River
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