Weekly Leader Item Notes 1877 Deadwood Journeys and Issues
Grain and produce prices in Salt Lake and Kansas. Deadwood freight and cattle shipments. Military moves assign Lt Col Tompkins and majors to Dakota posts. Fort Sully signal station closed. Laramie mill output rises. exploration finds 1868 blazed trail near Spruce Gulch. Grand Island incident reports a distraught passenger leaping from a moving train, injuring herself.
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United States
Fort Sully
Dakota
Daniel O’leary
Deadwood
Hungry Utes Seek Food as Band Surveys Rawlins
An 1877 Rawlins letter describes Ute chief Douglas and about four hundred followers leaving their agency in winter, seeking flour and provisions. It notes hunger, delays from the Indian Department, and tension with possible outbreak unless supplies arrive, with Curtis urging peace.
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Douglas
Rawlins
W. T
The
Leader
Uriah M. Curtis
Indian Department
Sam
U. P
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Danforth
White River
Rawling
Curtis
Washington
Cherokee Springs
Whiskey Gap
Thayer
Corlett
Bonn
Closing the contract for Cheyenne short route to Deadwood
County Commissioners renew contract with Ward & May for the Cheyenne to Deadwood route. Immediate payment of 1500 dollars plus 1500 on first-class completion and acceptance. Ward & May to keep road in prime order for two years with no tolls. Also reports tie Blackburn and Wall to a prior treasure coach ambush and theft, with details of the heist and aftermath.
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Ward & May
Deadwood
Sparks
Gallatin & Co
Cheyenne
Bullock
Crook City
Blackburn
Wall
Scott Davis
Denny
Sidney Hell-Hounds Spurred Local Crime Wave Report
An elderly man named Hendricks traveling from Salt Lake to Omaha was robbed of 462 dollars, his watch, and mining papers in Sidney last Saturday. The next day Des Moines sheriff Charles Galpin lost 60 dollars to pocket-pickers. Local authorities are under pressure as thieves target travelers in Sidney, nicknamed Hell's half-acre.
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Hendricks
Salt Lake
Omaha
Sidney
Charles Galpin
Des Moines
Iowa
Hell's Half-Acre
Brave Brakeman Stops Runaway Horses at Corner
A U P brakeman named Mooney leaped onto a moving freight back, seized the lines, and halted the frightened horses at Ferguson street and 14th, saving a possible wreck as the driver was momentarily away at the depot. The act is praised as noble and praiseworthy.
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Thorpe
Ferguson Street
U. P
Mooney
Cheyenne Tramps and Work
In Cheyenne, residents debate aid to vagrants as many refuse work when offered. A philanthropist’s request for work reveals a man’s reply about the insufficiency of available tasks, highlighting a belief that begging remains easier than labor for many transients.
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Cheyenne
Bilid
Western Wyoming Waifs Highlights Mines and Accidents
Huff Richards & Co start winter work on the Mary Ellen lode while Miner's Delight mill crushes quartz from their mine. Rock Creek water mill closed for winter. Cariboo ore shows potential but extent unknown. George McKay advances Young America extension milling rich quartz. Joe Adairs injured by frozen quartz crushing his left hand. A Green River man sues Sweetwater county after being denied court fees. Prospector Livingston and Waughee find rich ore on South Pass route, shafting west of old mine and striking a four and a half foot vein with about twenty tons of ore worth fifty to one hundred dollars per ton.
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Huff, Richards & Co
Rock Creek
Ansell, Huff & Co
Cariboo
George McKay
Joe Adairs
Miner’s Delight
Livingston and Waughee
South Pass
Green River Courier
Contested election Merrell vs Friend in Cheyenne Council
Nov 18 1877 session covers two reports from special committee on the Merrell Friend contest. Majority backs Friend seat. minority backs Merrell. Testimony read includes hearsay concerns about Medicine Bow votes. Various notices, bills, and resolutions on election law, exemptions, and treasury, with adjournment set to Thursday. Members debated committee of the whole and pay for chaplains.
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Haas
Homer Merrell
J. C. Friend
Council
Downey
Merrell
Pease
Albany
District Court
Mintal
United States
Medicine Bow
Friend
Hays
Ferris
Ross
Whitney
Erret
Holliday
Board of Commissioners
Col. Murrin
Col. Downey
Col
Murrin
Medicine Row
Merrel
California
Uinta
Keller
Gurney
Klingerman
Committee On
Councia Chamber
Congress
Wyoming
Treasury Department
Swan
Molliday
Bemenderfer Barnes Lemons Swan Cheyenne Wedding Notes
Marriage notices list two ceremonies in Wyoming. On November 16 Rev J Y Cowhie wed Miss L A Lemons to Mr W T Barne of Laramie County. On November 14 Rev C M Sanders joined Mr OC H Bemenderfer and Miss Lottie Swan of Cheyenne.
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J. Y
Wyoming House Bills Propose Stock Protection and Claims
The Wyoming House considers measures to protect stock and regulate bulls, regulate voluntary assignments, special partnerships, irrigation amendments, and civil code changes. Memorials on penitentiary transfer were approved unanimously. Court actions include trials for road agents Rines Babcock Wisdom Webb and others with multiple indictments and set dates. Delegate Fenn introduces a land bill granting 160 acres per Indian Reservation for missionary stations.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Homer
Ferris
Carbon County
McKay
Judiciary Committee
Klingerman-H
Hoy
Foglesong
Wyoming
Caldwell
House
United States
Coad
James Colvin
Louis Fabre
Perry Wisdom
Geo. W. Connors
Prescott Webb
Fonce Rines
John F. Babevel
Fence
Rines
Connors
Wisdom and
Webb
Babcock
Ve. D. J. McCann
Fenn
Idaho
Congress
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M. J. Fitzgerald
9Th Infantry
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Laramie
Charles H. Tompkins
Department of Dakota
B. C. Curd
William D. Howell
Missouri
Bainbridge Reynolds
Third Cavalry
S. D. Porter
Spruce Gulch
Deadwood Times
Foncis Rines
Tom Leader
Grand Island
Saga
Omahs Herald
Miss Winteninger
Stockton
Cal
Chicgo
Blackburn and Wall
Sidney Hell-Hounds
Green River
Sweetwater County
Council Proceedings
Council Chamber
Committee On Judiciary
Andrews
House of Representatives
Albany County
District Court Proceedings
Benito Baca
A. G. McGregor
Lieut
Chase
John S. Babcock
John F. Bacock
Rives
Vas Wisdom
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Richoltz
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