New President Hayes Drives Reform and Politics Quiet
Our New York Letter notes the surprise at Hayes strong civil service reform, his independence from cliques, and the drift of Democrats toward support as business improves. Vanderbilt will dispute ends with a vast estate, while dissipation and fate temper power as the era of good feeling returns to commerce and politics.
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New York
Gov. Hayes
Grant
Congress
Blank
Mayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
Gen. Hayes
Vanderbilt
Friends of
William H
Republic
Hayes
Black Hills Prospectors Report Vast Mineral Wealth
C V Gardner and J H Coleman describe in a letter to the Inter Ocean the Black Hills as an El Dorado with over 800 gold bearing quartz lodes found in a hostile environment. They rate several mines as highly productive and note silver lodes, copper and iron discoveries, abundant timber, fertile valleys, and strong local industry potential. They urge investors to act to secure business and rail trade.
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Black Mills
Messrs
C. V. Gardner
J. H
Coleman
Black Hills
el Dorado
Inter- Ocean
Father de Smet
Homestead
Golden Gate
Chief of the Hills
Golden Star
Bear Butte
California
Nevada
Montana
Colorado
Ilinois
Deadwood City
Chicago
United States
Coumman
Modern Cantonment at Powder River Described in Detail
Alter Ego from Fort Reno offers a vivid portrait of a Sioux war era cantonment. It sits far from civilization along Powder River with thirty rough log huts forming a hollow square, no floor, heated by stoves, shared rooms for officers and men, and essential facilities including a large storehouse hospital post office bakery and blacksmith shop all built in just over a month using troop labor.
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Old Fort
Reno
Powder River
Uncle Sam
Crook
Mrs Hayes and Her Children
Mrs Hayes, described as charming and fresh, has eight children: Birchard 23 at Harvard Law School, Webb 21 and Rutherford 17 at Cornell, Joseph who died in infancy, Georgia Crook born after the war, Fannie 9 with blue eyes and diplomatic manner, Scott called Tuss 6 admired like Tad Lincoln, and Manning born in Fremont who died at 20 months. the piece notes General Crook as a friend of the President and Mrs Hayes.
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Mrs. Hayes
Birchard
Cambridge Law School
Harvard University
Webb
Rutherford
Cornell
Joseph
Georgia Crook
Crook
Hayes
Fannie
Scott
Restoring the Whipping Post in Kentucky Debate
The Lexington Gazette argues signs of returning reason favor whipping post punishment for thieves. It claims the penitentiary is crowded, lash is needed to cure offenders, and urges legislators to support restoring this punishment before December legislative sessions.
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Lexington
El Dorado ore testing by Davis to lure California capital
Chambers C. Davis, formerly of the Denver Mint and now tied to the assay offices of a Nevada mine, arrives Thursday en route to Deadwood with a stamp mill and full assaying gear. He will test El Dorado ores and report to San Francisco financiers who sent him, with a favorable result likely to spur major California investment in the Black Hills.
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Chambers C. Davis
Denver Mint
Big Bonanza
Nevada
California
Black Hills
Whaling in a Western Creek at Anaheim
An enormous right whale entered Anaheim Creek on March 2 and, trapped by the ebb tide, was hunted by locals with shotguns rifles and grappling hooks. After wounded it fought a skiff crew before slipping back to sea as the flood tide rose. Estimated length over forty feet.
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Anaheim
Sacramento Record- Union
Greeley Horse Round-Up Planned Across Poudre Area
The town notes a spring round-up starting Monday April 9 at Eaton's corral for all horses in Coal Bank Draw and Black Hollow. A sweep will move Brady's corral via Box Elder to Moodie's and down to the Colorado line, with Hart and McClellan, Jr. available for inquiries. The river is scenic and shad and suckers are shipped south to Cheyenne. Grasshopper eggs are reported healthy to hatch mid April.
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Max Clark
Eaton's Corral
Coal Bank Draw
Black Hollow
Brady’s Corral
Box Elder
Moodie’s
A Fighting Editor Praised by National Republican
The National Republican of Washington lauds General McComb for defending himself against a belligerent Alta editor. It praises McComb’s discipline, sharp shooting, and leadership of California militia, noting his popularity and integrity on the Pacific coast.
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National Republican
Washington
McComb
San Francisco
Alta
The
Pioneer Journal of California
Pacific Coast
National Guards of
California
Republican
United States
General Sheridan Foresees No Peace in Frontier
Sheridan doubts frontier peace signs and warns of a possible spring round up. He vows a vigorous, determined campaign and notes that the annual spring roundup will proceed regardless of hopes for settlement.
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Sheridan
Yellowstone Field Notes by J W Bogert near Fort Pease
In Yellowstone valley the route from Fort Pease passes through deep water channels and broad fertile flats with cottonwood along the river. McClernand notes include Coy ote Butte, Frozen To Death Creek, the Great and Little Porcupine, Table Creek, and Buffalo Rapids as the party advances downriver toward Tongue River and Sunday Creek with lush hay country and scale of river crossings as rain falls for days.
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J. W. Bogert
Fort Pease
Yellowstone
Coyote Butte
Yellowstone Valley
Death Creek
McClernand
Lewis and Clarke
Table Creek
Tongue River
Phis
Ifere
Dry Creek
Powder River
Buffalo
Missouri
Buffalo Rapids
Fort Elis
The Big Bonanza in the Black Hills Opened by Moulton Letter
Geo B Moulton writes from Galena Black Hills March 8 describing climate and wealth prospects. He notes mild winter, rising mining potential, quartz ledges with gold, and multiple mills including Grasshopper Nicholls Wagen Golden Gate. He recommends Cheyenne route and advises Sharp rifles and ammo for spring settlement. He praises future rail access and notes limited schools and churches in new country.
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Black Hills
Salt Lake Herald
Galena
Mark Twain
America
Big Horn Range
Black Hills Gold Mining Co
Grasshopper Company
Pinney Brothers
Wolsey
Inquirer
Nicholls & Wagen
Golden Gate
Utah
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Gilmer, Salisbury & Patrick
Mouton
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