Judge Slaughter Plans Culture Of Small Fruits For Summer
Judge Slaughter arranges to cultivate gooseberries strawberries blackberries raspberries and currants next summer. The item also notes Dill Wise acquire Denver Sunday Mirror, with Fowler leaving for the east, and John W Hoyt of Wisconsin praised for scientific agriculture. A Nebraska storm drives cattle into the Platte river, frozen in ice. Sergeant Ford of the Fifth Cavalry is trapped two miles from Sidney under a 20 foot drift and perishes despite rescue attempts.
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John W. Hoyt
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Platte River
Nebraska
Ford
Ford, Company D
Fifth Cavalry
Sidney
Salt Lake Letter Reflects Mining Boom and City Life
A Salt Lake City letter from March 6 1878 notes thriving mines in Park City Alta Bingham Tintic and Frisco plus Ontario Smelting Co shipments to New York totaling 20061.68 for eleven bars. It reports a successful Telegraph Leaching works and a Wasatch smelter fire at Big Cottonwood with 32000 loss. It also mentions improving business and spring optimism as theater and garden activities resume.
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Salt Lake Crry
Cheyenne
Utah
United States
Park City
Alta
Bingham
Tintic
Frisco
Ontario Smelting Company
Park
New York
Telegraph
KR. P. Launsberry
B. M. DuRell
Salt’ Lake
Harris
Terpsichore
Imblac
Beeson Lectures on Indian Question in Gotham
A man calling himself John Beeson lectures in Gotham on the Indian question narrating his travels among the Indians and accusing profiteers of backing unjust wars. The Herald reports his remarks criticize the leaders behind the conflict while offering sympathy to Beeson.
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Beeson
John Beeson
Gotham
The
Herald
Snow Storm Delays Wagon Road Survey and Snake River Shooting
A severe late winter storm delays a U.S. surveying party locating a wagon road from Camp Brown to Rawlins. In Snake River settlement a shooting leaves Allem severely wounded and Slinkard at large as deputies pursue arrest amid snowbound roads. The Mexican Ray Gonzales freezes to death at J. E. Rugg's ranch. coroner and jury investigate.
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Rawlins
Wy0
the Leader
United States
Camp Brown
Bryan
Sweetwater River
Arapahoe
Snake River
Collins
Allem
Chas
Slinkard
Ulem
Ullem
Chas. Slinkard
Sherley
Denver
Rankin
Lawry
Ray Gonzales
J. E. Rugg
Charles B. Wolff
T. Casey
A. Adamsky
L. Biddle
Frank Miller
M. Gottstein
Goldacker
Gonzales
Rugg
A Printer on His Travels
BEAR SPRINGS March 138 A traveler reports arrival after a heavy day and notes freighters marching toward Fort Custer are stalled by snow. Ambulatory and military escort crews remain in place as storms delay wagon trains. several outfits are observed between Bear Springs and Nine Mile ranch and stock losses are noted.
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Bear Springs
O. K
Nine Mile Ranch
Fort Custer
Condition of the Cattle on Horse Creek and the Chug
Castle Ranch March 13 1878 reports ample feed between Horse creek and the Chug with losses limited to drifted stock. Fisher Brothers camped near the summit last Thursday, were drifted in, and returned home Monday after burrowing through the drifts. A narrow escape. Henry Chase
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Bard
Black Hills Stage Company
Cheyenne
Johnny Denny
West
Castle Ranch
Leader
Horse Creek
Fisher Brothers
Henny Chaase
Union Pacific Clears Snow After Six Days of Labor
After six days of arduous work by Union Pacific officers and employees the rail line is freed from the storm's grip. Led by Superintendent Clark and Division Superintendent Jeff Davis, plow crews toiled day and night, delivering a swift, energetic revival of the thoroughfare.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Clark
Jeff’ Davis
Stock Interests Report On Wyoming Storm Losses
A telegraphic inquiry from New York asks about stock losses after a Wyoming storm. Officials report about three percent sheep loss, cattle losses far less, and predict total losses will not exceed any year since 1872. The winter season is favorable so far.
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New York City
Wyoming
Three More Victims Found Near Cooper Lake
The Sentinel reports three men frozen to death in a snow drift near Cooper's Lake about 20 miles west of Jaramie. The bodies of Chas Wilson Cardl and Kuntze were identified. two men McCann and Conroy remain missing. Widows and families travel to Laramie for burial.
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Sentinel
Cooper’s Lake
Jaramie
Mr. Littlefield
Cooper Lake Station
Big Laramie
Nottage
Dysart
Cooper Lake
Chas, Wilson
Cardl
Kuntze
the Sentinel
Messrs
McCann
Conroy
Laramie
Mining notes and local matters from Sweetwater Wyoming
A 1878 Sweetwater county column reports on winter conditions, mail routes, and a missing pack of registered mail. It criticizes Judge Peck and praises local judges, while detailing mining prospects at Miners Delight, Young America, Carrie Shields, Little Giant, and other sites with ore yields and shaft progress.
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Atlantic Cray
Mar
Leader
Wyoming
Green River City
Camp Brown
Sweetwater County
Peck
Senate
Edmunds
East
Sweetwater
Jones
Carey
Fisher
Blair
Thomas
Judge Peck
House
F. Nicholls
Delight
Left Lake
James Kime Esq
George Bennett
McKary & Co
Young America
Johinson & Burgess
Carrie Shields
Norton & Billcox
Cresp Gulch
Fletcher & Co
Oriental
Garbanati & Co
Pendleton
Logan & Ricketts
Judge Washington
Budd & George
Livingston & Vohn
South Pass City
Sioux hostiles threaten border tribes as 7000 Sioux roam north of Yellowstone
Army reports intelligence on Sioux rebellion risk with about 7000 warriors absent from agencies. Bands travel north of the Yellowstone and south of the Missouri. Sitting Bull allegedly dispatches emissaries to neighboring tribes to unite against authorities. To avert collapse of supplies, rationing is ordered for the starving Assiniboine, Brevity.
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Army
Missouri River
Yellowstone
Sitting Bull
Terry
Assiniboines
Secretary of War
Gone but Not Forgotten Disappearing Doctor Thompson Found Alive
Dr A N Thompson, last seen in Cheyenne, reappears in Colorado claiming urgent business in Denver. The note details his Omaha past and a debt of $35 signed by Thompson. locals recall his mild manners and a wish to pay back. A Fort Defiance correspondent reports Ute and Navajo tensions near the Animas valley and Agency Pines.
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A. N. Thompson
Cheyenne
Denver
W. W W. Crook
Lone Tree
Thompson
Crook
Hle
Omaha
A. Gueck
Gueck
Benson
Fort Defiance
the Animas
Pines
Animas
Correspondence Wanted for THE LEADER Readers
The Leader asks friends nationwide to send news and progress updates. Call at the office when in the city to share information and developments.
Black Hills Railroad Project Approved by Union Pacific
At the annual meeting the Board of Directors voted unanimously to build during this summer a hundred miles of track toward the Black Hills. The resolution hints Cheyenne as the southern terminus of the Black Hills branch, a major development for the region.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Black Hills
Cheyenne
Victims of the Storm and a Missing Local Doctor
The paper reports five storm victims near Coopers Lake with a sixth fearfully awaited. Dr. A N Thompson, a Dayton native and local Delmonico hotel clerk, has vanished after being seen in Longmont. Suspicions of foul play or insanity persist as searches fail to locate him.
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Coopers’ Lake
Lindsey
Gonzales
A. N. Thompson
Longmont
Denver
Fisk Block
Delmonico
Dayton
Ohio
Omaha
Colorado
Forger y Foul Highlights Cheyenne Crime Case
George Williams, an ex convict, faces trial for forging an order for ten dollars. He was employed by Rev. F. W. Tomkins and presented the forged draft to J. S. Taylor, who paid the money. Williams, alias Jones, is held in county jail with bail set at five hundred dollars awaiting the next district court term.
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George Williams
Wyoming Penitentiary
Cheyenne
F. W. Tomkins
Episcopal Church
Williams
Taylor
F. Tomkins
Lewis Jones
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Weekly Leader
Salt Lake
Dooley
Ailem
Sweetwater News
Sam Johnson
Tales of the Border
Ambrose N. Thompson
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