Weekly Leader report on Colorado rail and regional events
Snow blocks Sidney route and Red Cloud railroad corridor as the Colorado Central runs eighteen cars. Fort Laramie telegraph operator Ford is named U.S. Commissioner. Union Pacific to build long bridge. Denver to Golden freight rate shifted. Fort Russell disappears Quartermaster Rohrs. satirical ice jacket joke and incident at Inter Ocean. Leaders note excursion praise and mail service woes at Fort Fetterman. plea for tri weekly mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Red Cloud
Colorado Central
Carr
Saguache Co
Colorado
J.C. Ayers
Ordnance Department
Department of the Platte
Rock Island
Cheyenne & Black Hills
John W. Ford
Fort Laramie
Fisher
United States
Ford
Deadwood
Graham and Crocker
Fairview
Storey
Union Pacific
Loup Fork
Kellogg Bridge Company
Detroit
Missouri River
American Bridge Company
K. P
D. P
KK. P
Denver
Golden
Cheyenne
Fort Russell
Rohrs
Laramie
Metropolis
Inter- Ocean
N. J. Andrews
Albany County
Fort Fetrerman
Wyo
The
Leader
Wriekty Leader
Fort McKinney
McKinney
Fetterman
New Posts Named Forts by War Secretary
By direction of the Secretary of War the new post on the Big Horn river Montana is Fort Custer the Tongue river post is Fort Keogh and the Mis soula post is Fort Missoula.
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Secretary of War
Big Horn River
Montana
Fort Custer
Tongue River
Fort Keogh
Missoula
Fort Missoula
Mining Operations Expand in Oriental and Dyer Lodes
McAuley Fletcher & Co commence on the Oriental lode with McAuley to work the Dyer lode this winter while Judge Washington builds new hoisting works on the Mary Ellen lode and mobilizes a quartz cutting force. Guides work paused by cold weather. Sharp & Co and Disner Le Doux & Co shut for winter. Caribou’s Fred Asbeck plans 2000 tons ore on dump by spring. Britannia Tunnel Co pushes for drainage and mining of the former Loweles & Perking lode, through blue gneiss and quartzite costing over forty dollars per foot. 837 feet complete with 43 feet to tap. Council committees and various territorial boards listed with members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McaAuley
Britannia Tunnel Co
Loweles & Perking Lode
Green Tover Courier
Excursion Train Brings Colorado Officials to Cheyenne
An official Colorado excursion train left Denver at 8 30 for Cheyenne over the Colorado Central extension. Governors officials editors and bankers from Denver Golden Central City Georgetown Boulder and Wyoming press rode, with a banquet at Inter Ocean hotel. Snow blocked a cut 15 miles out but a snow plow cleared the way and the party arrived by nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Central
Golden
Boulder
Longmont
Fort Collins
Central
Black Hawk
Georgetown
Idaho Springs
Hay & Thomas
Inter-Ocean Hotel
Wyoming Press
John L. Routt
Wm. M. Campbell
D. C. Crawford
John Gilpin
John Evans
Hi. Beckwith
Tribune
W. L. Vickers
T. F. Dawson
J. T. Smith
Democrat
R. W. Woodbury
Mining boom and town growth in Black Hills region
The Black Hills Nugget reports wage cuts at Lead City mines by fifty cents daily and notes the Cheyenne stage route shift leaving Mountain City near abandonment. It highlights Sawpit gulch quartz discovery, Pennington’s improving streets, a Lead City lot sale for six hundred dollars for a future livery stable, and legal action by Mrs. Xeripha Rollins against George Moser for twenty thousand dollars in slander.
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Sawpit Gulch
Pennington
Mill Street
Lead City
Xeripha B. Rollins
George Moser
Impostor Father Leo Seeks Pass at the Inter Ocean
A man arriving as Father Leo, Omaha, 80 drunk, sought a pass to Laramie claiming Christian minister status but was denied by Superintendent Davis and insulted him. He was ejected after refusing the pass and drinking before leaving. A stock-transport outfit with a young proprietor headed west to start a stock farm was observed. The paper also notes varied local items and advertisements including a quip about chestnuts and a postal theft statistic.
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Father Leo
Omaha
Davis
Laramie
H. H. Clark
Leo Byrne
West Bound Express
Mr. Davis
Cheyenne Jail Visit Reveals Notorious Robber Ryan
Lieut George F Chase brings in two road agents to Cheyenne. a crowd identifies Poncy Ryan as the stagecoach robber now facing possible lengthy prison time. Babcock remains quiet, about 35, unclear, as details of prior crimes surface. Also includes Beauregard on levee materials and praise for Mrs. Hayes.
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Ryan
Babcock
Cheyenne
Geo. F. Chase
Poncy
Cary
W. 3 B. Ingus
L. R. Bresnahen
Fort Laramie
Lieut
Chase
Stage Road
General Beauregard
New Orleans Picayune
Mississippi River
Lake Pontchartrain
Louisiana
Gulf
Gulf Coast
Fort Pike
Roy
America
United States
Military Assignments and Duties Across Posts
Second Lieutenant George A. Doda of the Third Cavalry is on temporary duty with Company 5 and headed to Red Cloud Agency. Major W. K. Hart of the Fifth Cavalry moves from Fort McPherson to Fort D. A. Russell Wyoming to report for duty. The remittance of the unexpired portion of private Frank Dubois’s confinement is noted. Several officers receive orders for temporary duty and court martial appointments at Fort McKinney Fort Fetterman and Omaha Barracks. Telegraph operator Eugene Watrous is reassigned to Fort Duke Russell. Lieutenant Colonel TL Bradley is sent to Omaha Barracks for temporary duty then to Fort Sanders. Edgar B. Robertson reports to Sidney Barracks for temporary duty with Company 1 Ninth Infantry. Captain Gerald Russell is directed to Cheyenne depot to move his company property to Fort Laramie and will rejoin at completion.
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George A. Doda
Third Cavalry
Company 5
Red Cloud Agency
W. K. Hart
Fifth Cavalry
Fort McPherson
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
Frank Dubois
Company G
George O. Webster
Fourth Infantry
Fort Fetterman
W. T
C. J. von Slermanan
Thomas F. Quinn
Charles W. Mason
Fort McKinney
Eugene Watrous
Chugwater
Ninth Infantry
Gerald Russell
Fort Laramie
Cheyenne Depot
Ft. Laramie
Change in Union Pacific leadership announced
Webster Snyder resumes the role of general superintendent as S H H Clark becomes general manager. The changes occur after Snyder's tenure during construction and reflect a new leadership structure for the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Road
Webster Snyder
S. H. H. Clark
Leader Printing Co. promotes Wyoming printing services
First and only to Steam Printing House in Wyoming offers all kinds of book and job printing with prompt execution. Call on or address Leader Printing Co. Cheyenne Wyo.
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Tim
Steam
Wyoming
Leader Printing Co
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Weekly Leader
Denver Tribune
Colorado Central Extension
Long’s Peak
Beth
Sweetwater Mines
Pease
Downing and
Keller
Draper
Holliday
Swan
Mertzheimer
Hays
Downey
Dyer and
Mertzheimer, Pease and Keller
Swan, Dyer and Hays
Downey, Hays and Haas
Haas
Council
State Officers and Press of
W. A. H. Loveland
C. C. R. R. George West
Transcript
L. J. King
F. E. Everett
E. W. Rawlins
David Barnes
Capt
P. S. Reed
Central City
H. B. Morse
Raynolds
H. M. Rhodes
Town Talk
J. A. Thatcher
E. H. N. Patterson
Miner
L. W. Note
W. L. Campbell
W. M. Spruance
W. W. Ware
W. A. Clardenbrook
O. N. Henry
C. R
Tice
Texas
Indian Nation
Zambezi
Black Hills
Mountain City
Postofice Department
Hale
Pike
Cheyenne, Wyo
Sal George
Stockman
Bond Street
New Yorketis
Washington City
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Baltimore
Richmond
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Fradelphia
New York
Boston
Travelers Gaels
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pullman Palace
Dorsey
L. M. Cole
Barry
Thos
R. Sharp
Western Pass
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