The Muldoon and other frontier notes from the West
A rapid collage of 1874 frontier items: travel by Union Pacific and westward movement aboard the Muldoon, local rumors, financial tidbits, and development news. Mentioned are Conant’s eastward trip, Gold coin in Denver at par, new Green River Press replacement Rocky Mountain Courier, hotel plans for women, and the Tomestake No. L mine sale for thirty five thousand dollars with cash down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River Press
Rocky Mountain Courier
Wm. T. Shaffer
America
John Harrington
Jacob
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Missouri River
Colorado
Cheyenne
Lead City
Black Wills
California
Sioux Removal Progress and Sheridan Preparations
Dr James Irwin reports a partial Washington compromise with the Sioux on removal to White river Dakotas. Chiefs fear youth unrest, but Gen Sheridan plans a strong force at Camp Robinson to secure peaceful relocation and future civilizing aid including schools and agriculture. Sterling shoots a large elk near the Chug-Water, delivering the head and carcass to the city after a dramatic pursuit and final shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Irwin
Red Cloud
Washington
Arapahoe
Railroad House
Wyoming
Congress
Missouri River
White River
Missouri
Dr. Irwin
Sheridan
Irwin
Crook
The Coming Indian Policy Reacts to Settlement Plans
The administration outlines a peace oriented Indian policy as established by Gen. Grant with reforms but largely unchanged. The new commissioner pledges prompt action on agreed moves, preserves a Sioux homeland between White River and Big Cheyenne, and relocates tribes from Yakama, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Colorado toward the Ute reservation in Utah and additional Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Grant
Hay
Indian Territory
Northwest
White River
Big Cheyenne
Yakama Reservation
Washington Territory
Arizona
Nevada
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Plan to Locate Indians Would Save Troop Transport Costs
A proposal argues locating the Indians could cut troop and supply transport costs by millions and allow the government to regulate its management more effectively than before.
The Plight of the White Squaw at the Agency
A stark portrait contrasts a white woman's burden with colonial roles. It notes her lack of knowledge of suffrage and women’s rights, her heavy labor carrying water and wood, and her rough status beside men. It recalls Minnehaha as a romantic beauty amid harsh surroundings. The piece observes Native women’ cautious, pitying stance toward the white intruders and their ridicule of riding skirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womin
Minnehaha
Black Hills Republicans Elect Delegate for Territory Movement
A Black Hills Republican convention in Deadwood elected E. C. Briarley by acclamation to serve as the delegate to Washington for the new territory movement. Delegates from most mining camps attended as resolutions endorsed President Hayes administration and a hope for national reconciliation and harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Black Hills
Washington
New Territory
E. C. Briarley
President Hayes
United States
Greeley Gleanings regional trade and coal prospects
Greeley news notes report Flower freight from Cheyenne via Longmont extension at half the usual rates, with Wheat shipments steady from twenty to thirty teams daily and some from forty to sixty miles. Wheat quality praised, price around 180 dollars per hundredweight with expected rise. Poudre camping groups complain of skunks, one Cheyenne girl nearly touched a skunk. Coal prospecting by Dilackhurst notes a three foot vein at eighty five feet, claimed superior coke coal to Cation City. Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Dilackhurst
Cation City
Tribune
Scott Davis the brave messenger's story
Scott Davis is described as a young freighter raised near Fremont on the Platte River. He began freighting to the Black Hills in early 1876, first serving as wagon master of a wagon train, and the article asserts his account is truthful based on long acquaintance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Davis
Brave Messenger
Scott
Platte River
Fremont
Black Hills
Green River
Union Pacific as eastern terminus eyed for St Joseph
The St Joseph Chronicle reports negotiations advancing to make St Joseph the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific railroad with prospects for early success. If achieved, Missouri Pacific Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Central Branch lines would follow, and the Chicago Rock Island Pacific would need to rail into St Joseph or be left out. The city owns 500000 of stock in the St Joseph Bridge Company, currently valueless as receipts barely cover expenses and the first mortgage bonds due for over a year risk foreclosure. If that stock could secure Union Pacific access, a deal might be struck only with a condition that the Union Pacific run daily passenger and freight trains from San Francisco through to St Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
St. Joseph Bridge Company
Union Pacific Railroad Jo
San Francisco
Military movements send regiments to Montana and Helena
The Thirteenth and Eighteenth Infantry, now in the east, are ordered west with several companies stationed at Corinne and others bound for Montana. Companies B D HW and TF of the Third Infantry, led by Captain Penrose, left Corinne on the 5th toward Missoula with wagons and supplies. The remaining troops began marching to Helena, while freighters report a rough Montana road from Corinne with deep dust, though soldiers may benefit from marching over it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne
Montana
Third Infantry
Penrose
Missoula
Helena
Muldoon’s petrified man tale spurs local speculation
A Missouri Valley letter from Arkansas City Kansas reports large petrified bone specimens found along Grouse Creek suspected to be from a mastodon. William Hatfield presents an affidavit to a township justice claiming its identity. Locals debate natural growth versus clever hoax and Barnum’s possible interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muldoon
Arkansas City
Kansas
Grouse Creek
William Huntfield
Hatfield
Barnum
Conant
Muldoons
Barnum Faces Suspicion Over Alibi Ties
The article questions Barnum's timing and alibi after a series of incidents. It notes his TV tour to Des Moines where seven of his men died in a railway crash and his travels to Kansas City Colorado including Greeley Denver Castle Rock Pueblo to check real estate and cattle interests while denying charges. The piece casts doubt on his explanations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas City
Colorado
Greeley
Denver
Castle Rock
Pueblo
Barnum
Soldier regiments join Bear Paw fight in Miles dispatch
Miles telegram to Gen Sheridan recounts a fierce Bear Paw engagement in which three companies of the 7th Cavalry joined the battle. Their exact whereabouts were unknown until Miles's dispatch arrived. Miles encountered them during the action and pulled them into the assault after meeting them.
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Miles
Sheridan
Bear Paw Mountains
7Th Cavalry
Custer
Doubts Cast On Joel Collins Guilt In Train Robbery
A Kansas City telegram reports grave doubts about Joel Collins's guilt in the Union Pacific train robbery. A Topeka law firm for Collins's father has been hired to investigate the matter. It is alleged Collins could not have been at the robbery, as he carried nearly $25,000 claimed to be from selling cattle after returning from the Black Trills. His arrest conduct is explained as thinking he faced robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Redford
Hugo
Kansas
Denver Tribune
Denver
Redford
Deryer
Deadwood
Chas Hutton
Laramie
J. M. Taylor
Missouri
Utah
Corinne Record
Salt Lake City
Whitewood
Pat Casey
Cape Horn
Frank M. Allen
Central City
Black Hills
C. & B. HH. Stage Company
Fort Laramie
Andy Borie
Mountain Division
Davis
Borie
Beaman
Sherman Street
South Deadwood
Parsons Paper Company
Holyoke
United States
Washington
Mrs. Kelly
Mon
Geo. W. French
Ifon
Ss. W. Downey
Albany County
Peter Melkay
Laramie County
Ton. Chas, Stone
Uinta County
Territorial
Warren
Kansas City
Joel Collins
Union Pacific
Topeka
Collins
Black Trills
Eastbound car carries millions of fish eggs to New York firm
A car traveling east recently carried several millions of fish eggs shipped from the Pacific coast to a piscicultural firm in New York. Cot Robert McGerson is quoted asserting cooking is a fine art and that he is a good cook, claiming it is a crime to fry beef steak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Piscicultural
New York
Cot. Ropert Mgerson
Dooley's Yeast Powder Letters Exalt Product Quality
Extracts from letters to the manufacturers praise Dooley's Yeast Powder calling it the best ever and much cheaper than rivals. Testimonies claim superior results and satisfaction with the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooley
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Wheely
Peter McKay
Geo
A. Draper
J. W. Wammond
The
Times
Terry & Hunter
16Th Street
Hill
A. T. Stewart
Isaac Edwards
Omaha
Sterling
Pease & Taylor
Greeley Gleanings
Flower
Longmont
Muldoon Business
New York Tribune
P. T. Barnum
Kansas Pacific
Glenn
Joel Collins Innocent
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