Governor Warren Tours Fremont County Oil District and Fort Washakie
Governor Warren describes his Fremont county trip with oil expert Vandergrift, noting spouting wells, great depths, and strong prospects in the Shoshone basin. He emphasizes the need for railroads, irrigation, and Fort Washakie’s preservation, and reports on Indian affairs, agency visits, and Lander talks urging statehood.
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Warren
Lander
Ti Sts
Tri Lux
Northwest
Fremont County
Rawlins
Vandergrift
Pittsburg
Amoretti
Dallas
Mike Murphy
Brown
Mullen
Zoo
Shoshone Basin
America
Atlantic
South Pass
Miner's Delight
Snake River
Colorado
Greeley
Fort Collins
Landerworth
Wyoming
West
Odd Fellows
Masons
Odd Fellows Hall
Freight train hauls cattle from Carson to Chicago in record time
A loaded Burlington freight with nineteen cars carried a herd from Carson to Chicago in 17 hours and 1 minute, reaching stock yards at 7 25 yesterday morning. General manager M M Marshall hails the feat as faster than former fast passenger runs.
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Chicago
Burlington Road
Carson
United States
Omaha
Glassworker Defends Honor in Saloon Brawl
In a Albany saloon on a Saturday night a glassworker, drinking with friends, was insulted by a man who used a strong epithet. The glassworker struck the aggressor with a hard blow and the two were separated by onlookers as legal blank forms are advertised for sale.
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Laramie
Eltiven
Great Shops advance at Cheyenne Union Pacific plant
The Sun reports Superintendent Monroe showcasing plans for mammoth Union Pacific shops to be built next season in Cheyenne. Foundations for transfer table and boiler room progress. electric motive power, brick office to be erected, oversized timber uprights and roof timbers dominate the growing complex.
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SUN
Monroe
Tle
Son
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Mammoth Foundry
HRICK
Roth Inst
Monroc Whr
WLACK
Smpte Sinan
Bradley
Consolidation of Union Pacific Systems Ends in Vast Network
The Chicago Primere notes that the Union Pacific and Northwestern merger would create a single vast corporation with through traffic from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It cautions about competition from Gould Huntington interests and possible tie-ups with Canadian Pacific and Canadian lines. The Oregon Short Line provides a Pacific outlet, with a San Francisco link potentially via Northwestern expansion. Total signed through traffic contracts exceed 32,000 miles, and control of the Chicago and Alton may add mileage.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
Northwestern
New York
Boston
Missouri River
Dakota
Wyoming
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Athaetic
Pacific
Vanderbilt
San Francisco
Central Pacific
Thuntington
Southern Wacafic Trust
Washington Territory
Chicago and Alton
Central Pacific moves and western rail links eyed in Vanderbilt plans
Denver dispatch notes a probable Central Pacific maneuver following a Union Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern consolidation. A new Denver Ogden corridor, a Western rail tie with Colorado Midland, Rio Grande Junction, and Rio Grande Western tracks creates a coastbound rival to UP. Also details a Union Pacific depot tower clock requisition with four six foot four inch dials and gilt numerals.
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Denver
Omaha
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Ocean
Vanderbilt
Utah
Colorado
Ogden
Portland
Colorado Midland
Rio Grande Junction
Rio Grande Western
Burlington
Monroe
SUN
Ogden Depot
Oroha
G. M. Cummings
T. L. Kimball
Rattlesnake Killer Returns From Crook County Ranch
E. W. Whitcomb arrives from his Crook county ranch with fifty six rattlesnake rattlers, buffalo horns, eagle talons, and fine specimens of petrified reflections. He killed most rattlesnakes himself and claims a notable rattlesnake killer record to boast back home.
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E. W. Whitcomb
Crook County
New Ditch Company Formed in Sheridan County
Articles of incorporation filed for the Mines and Crise Creek Ditch Company to build and operate a ditch for irrigation on lands along the south fork of Piney creek. Capital stock $7,900. Trustees for year one: Jon W. Price, William Sherman, J.T. Hopkins, Charley Hard. Operations set in Sheridan county.
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Crise Creek
Territorial Secretary's
Piney Creek
Jon W. Price
William Sherman
Sith
J.T. Hopkins
Charley Hard
Sheridan County
A Tin Empire Emerges in Dakota Mines
Three million dollars cash on hand for development. James Wilson, a New York businessman, rises as a tin king in the Harney Hills with 350 workers. English capital backs a $15 million Starney Peak company owning 22 lode groups and placers, while railroads, mills, and camps spread across Hill City as Wilson courts bold mining ventures.
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Mer
James Wilson
New York
Wilson
Shy Me
Rapid City
Bimin
Gilbert E. Batley
Wyoming
London
John Gilbert
America
United States
Ile
M. C. Vincent
John Taylor
H. Seaton Carr
Mr. Rice
Manchester
Vincent
Gilbert
New York Company
Starney Peak ,Tin Mining, Milling and Manufacturing Company
Hill City
Welkin
Hlarney's Peak
Dakota
Harney Company
Monroe Foreman Reassigns From Cheyenne to New Home
District Foreman J C Monroe arrived in Ellis on Sunday evening and announced he is pleased with his new position. He and his family will move to Cheyenne where they were met with best wishes from colleagues and residents of Ellis.
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Lander
Wyoming
Cheyenne
GC. Monroe
Ellis
Kansas
Aguila
J.C. Monroe
Monroe
Lis
Fia
Murder Trial Moves as Judge Van Devanter Leaves Morning
Judge Van Devanter departed in the morning for Rawling after a telegram from Judge Corn requesting his presence to try a murder case. The Union Pact notes September earnings rising versus last year, signaling improved conditions in the aiming states and torr trios.
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Lander Country
Fort Washakie
Mith
Washakie
Sharp Nose
Arapahoes
Lasso
Burt
Major Burt
Noble & Lane
J. K. Moore
Swan
John Fosher
Armstrong
Lawson
Fort Laramie
Nez Perces
Pullman
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U. P. and
N. W. Union
United Systems
Black Hills
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