Sequoia Park's Giants and Legacy Highlight West Coast Wonder
Sequoia National Park, though lesser known east of the Rockies, houses vast groves of ancient sequoias including General Sherman and Abraham Lincoln trees. The park spans 161,597 acres with 13 giant groves, famed for 279.9 foot giants and 36.5 foot diameters, plus Golden Trout and rich bird life.
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Sequoia National Park
Rockies
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Sequoia
John Muir
R. B. Marshall
California
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite National Park
Tuolumne
United States
General Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
William McKinley
General Grant National Park
Whaworth Huntington
Staan
Egypt
Rome
Muir Grove
Dalton
Garfield Grove
General
Greybull Gusher Fills Town Lake Near Rail Tracks
A high grade oil gusher in Greybull Wyoming flowed intermittently for two days, forming a lake near Burlington railroad tracks. Drilled by Charles Stubbs of Denver the well produced about 500 barrels daily at peak, later around 300, before being capped and stored by Greybull Refining Company. Stubbs plans further drilling on 250 acres to repeat the success.
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Greybull
Wyo
Burlington Railroad
Charles ©. Stubbs
Denver
Greybull Refining Company
Stubbs
Wyoming State Fair set for late September in Douglas
The Wyoming State Fair will run September 27 to October 1 in Douglas with new features including a trotting ostrich on the half mile track under one minute. Searchlights will illuminate the fair grounds and town for evening street entertainments after supper. The Wyoming Old Timers Association fixed the fair dates for its annual meeting.
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Douglas
Wyoming
Wyoming Old Timers’ Association
Miner Dead in Cave In Near Town
Gillette resident H R Brooke aged in the nine years of residence was crushed to death when a cave in while he and C L Broadhurst dug coal a few miles south of town Thursday morning. Broadhurst was bruised but escaped to summon help before Brooke died. Powder River Kid carried word to the mine and Brooke was recovered dead by the time rescuers arrived.
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Gillette
H. R. Brooke
C. L. Broadhurst
Broadhurst
Powder River
Brooke
Douglas Militiamen Claim State Cup
Rifle range scores from the Third regiment Wyoming National Guard encampments show Company F Douglas winning with 1746, Company G Cheyenne second with 1677, and Company A Newcastle third with 1636. Winners hold the militia cup in their possession until a new champion is crowned.
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Douglas
Cheyenne
Wyoming National Guard
Newcastle
Sheridan
Livestock on Wyoming forests under permit 1916
Forestry headquarters reports 670,581 head of livestock were grazed under permit on Wyoming national forests in the year ending June 1916. Of that total 91,067 were cattle and horses and 679,514 were sheep under Denver office jurisdiction.
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Wyoming
Forestry Headquarters
National Forests of
Denver
Dolan Wins 1150 Damages Against Union Pacific Trains
In Kimball Nebraska District Court a jury awarded Do Dolan 1150 dollars as judgment for damage to several of his homes killed by Union Pacific trains. The case involved a stockman from amie county and centered on railroad-caused destruction.
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Cheyenne
Kimball
Neb
Do Dolan
Amie County
Union Pacific
Sheepherder James MacDonald Sentenced
Eight to twelve years in the penitentiary for shooting and wounding C. A. Gilkey, the employer, after a wage dispute at the Gilkey ranch. Also reports a poisoning incident at the Whole Family Ranch. a child dies and other family members are recovering from spoiled canned food.
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Gillette
James MacDonald
C. A. Gilkey
Gilkey Ranch
Charles Tethers
Wyoming State Fair Highlights and Local Updates
Wyoming news rounds up events across the state. Burn’s fair attendance exceeds Cheyenne Day. Uinta and Natrona County fairs listed. Sugar beet yields noted in Upton. Dan Domnash of Cheyenne commits suicide in Douglas. Washakie Day celebration succeeds in Worland. ground broken for state capitol wings. University of Wyoming enrollment hits a high. several local fires and accidents reported. railroad yard improvements and beaver creek coal plans discussed. Oscar Osborne to retire soon. state livestock show anticipated as best yet. Goshen and Crook county postmasters named. multiple arrests and suspicious deaths noted. northern yields and grain prospects highlighted.
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Burns
Cody
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Upton
Gillette
Saratoga
Wyoming
Dan Domnash
Douglas
Worland
State College
Jireh
Claude Rush
Horton
B. C. Noble
Sundance
John Monay
Gunn
University of Wyoming At
Laramie
Cc. E. Lynch
Cokeville
U. S
C. D. Clark
Portland
Ore
Murray
Frank Miller
Rock Springs
Manhattan
Crook County
Frank W. Williams
Pauline Schill
Joseph A. Sedlacek
van Tassell
Burge
Wyo
Chicago
Sheridan
Little Goose Creek
Beaver Creek
José Torres
Colorado State Penitentiary
Carlon City
Dr. Long
Sheridan Min Futer
Medicine Mountain
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Offers Relief
A Lackawanna New York woman reports misery after childbirth. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring strength and energy, enabling her to work and care for three healthy children. The ad touts displacements inflammation ulcers tumors and other female ailments as helped by the product with confidential correspondence from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lackawanna
N. Y
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra
A. F. KreamMer
Electric Avenue
Lydia E. Pinkar
V. le Com
Lynn
Mass
How Could They
A brief dialogue reveals a character named Jones who avoided talking about a fishing trip. He supposedly caught many fish but fears disbelief if he tells others.
Fragmentary Prose Remnants and Epigraphic Fragments
A brief, fragmented passage reflects on honesty and searching with a lantern. The text muddles with stray phrases and garbled words, including references to Diogenes and unrelated terms, creating a puzzling, incomplete literary note.
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Wyoming News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Evanston
Kane
Big Horn
Kendrick
N. J
James Douglas Glage
Ina
Gs Dle
Jeraey City
Glass
Prankoe
Public Safety
Jersey City
Babe Billett
Fletcher
Diogenes
Dean
Colorado
A.B. Mcphenzie
Ius Foster" Surn CO
Buffalo
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