Frontier tale of a 1908 horse theft and a clash with outlaws
The narrator recalls a deadly night ride and a tense camp encounter with horse thieves, a pursuit across rough terrain, and a dramatic escape to Horsehoe Station. He highlights James B. Hickok, alias Wild Bill, as a young frontier ally and famed gunman who later earned renown in conflicts and notable incidents on the plains.
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Tate
West
Bot
Tana
Lew Simpson
Faneheim
Kid
Tam
Horseshoe Station
Iead
Bia
Horseahor Station
Sinde
Buch
James B. Hickok
James
Plains
Wild BI
Southwest
Texas
Missouri
Con
Wild Bill Hickok Defeats Bandits in Border Showdown
A dramatic border tale recounts Wild Bill Hickok facing nine bandits. With a bowie knife he fends off the attackers, wounds three, and cripples eleven buckshot and bullets, leaving him down but ultimately victorious after a fierce struggle. The incident is described as one of the era’s most thrilling and well authenticated exploits.
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Hickok
Wild BI
He Wanted to Know Titanaton and the Lawyer
A fragment from Louis Post Titanaton hints at a lawyer client dialogue over a breach of promise suit. The text suggests inquiry into what constitutes a lawyer and a respondent with low income facing legal action.
Easterners Finance Ely Goldfield Railway Plan
A Mining Financial News dispatch reports a New York centered syndicate will build the Ely Goldfield railroad using Tonopah Tidewater leadership. Survey crews will map the line from Ely to Goldfield with routes from both ends, aiming for final choice by August and construction by September. Tonopah is favored by some, but Goldfield is seen as likely winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mining Financial News
Nevada
Ely-Goldfield
C. B. Zabriskie
Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad
Pacific Coast Borax Company
John Ryan
Tonopah and Tidewater
Corps of
Mr. Zabriskie
New York
Wetern
Zabriskie
F. M. Smith
Max Bernheimer
Montgomery Shoshone Company
W. B. Thompson
Cumberland Ely Company
Tonopah
Goldfield
Ely
Hot Creek Valley
Tybo
Clifford
Bellhelen
Reveille
Bernheimer
Grazing Permits Refused for Foreigners in Ogden District
Officials report a flood of grazing permit applications for Humboldt forest land in the Bruneau addition Nevada. Limited acreage forced the Fourth District Grazing Department to cut permits, denying some foreign applicants while granting priority to U S citizens. Rumors say foreign rangers plan legal action to protect their claimed rights and may graze on government lands if defeated.
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Ogden
Utah
Humboldt Forest
Bruneau Addition
Nevada
F. W. Reed
Homer E. Fenn
Grazing Department
Fourth District
United States
Washington
Wanted Eureka County subscription agent position
Wanted man in Eureka County to manage expiring subscriptions and secure new business by special methods. Permanent position with salary 1.50 per day plus expenses. references required. Apply to R. O. Neal Magazine. Badia Now ve
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Success Magazine
Eureka Conty
R. O
Badia Now Ve
Stockholders' Meeting for Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Co
The annual meeting of stockholders will be at the company's office in P. H. Hill's furniture store Eureka Nevada on Saturday March 27 1908 at 2 PM to elect a Board of Trustees and transact other business. C H Haut secretary Eureka Nevada March 1 1909.
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Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company
Doctor Leaves for California on Temporary Basis
Eureka Nevada February 11 1900 Dr W F Bumwerr states he will be away about six weeks to two months on business and has arranged Tir G M Roberto to oversee his practice in his absence. He signs from Eureka Nevada and directs patients to the Owl for updates.
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California
Tir
G. M. Roberto
W. F. Bumwerr
M.D
Eureka
Nevada
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Price
Kansas
Union
Pleasonton
Jacob McCandles
Rock Creek
Pony Express
Rock Creek Station
Bill
McCandles
McCandies
Nore
Easterners
Ely-Goldfield Railway
Stockholders’ Meeting
Owl
Keen Kutter
Vite
P. H. Hjul
Eat
Haffner CO
the Brown Hotel
A. C. Florio
Scheeline Banking & Trust Co
Reno, Nevada
Teenabs
Milo
C. nleMillan
Aas
Cathber Mohacd Kevland
Dustel Mopar
Anderson Banking Company
Joan Henpenson
Haypen Henpesson
HexpEnson
Bleo
Eureka Brewery
Eureka’s
Paul Yost
Main & Clark Streets
Johnson Mercantile Co
Biram Somnson
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