March 1876 Diary Remembers Long Frontiers Expedition
From the Denver News a marcher’s account of Crook’s Big Horn expedition describes a brutal March trek into Montana. The narrative recalls snowbound marches, piney river crossings on Tongue and Prairie Dog creeks, and the Phil Kearney massacre context. It notes Indian signs, winter hardship, and nearby camps with relics and ochre deposits, plus a mule tied to Crazy Horse’s camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver News
Tonaur River
Montana
Big Horn
Clear Fork
Lodge Pole River
Piney
Prairie Dog Creek
Phil Kearney
Kearney
Erin
Gen
Crook
Prairie Dog
Tongue River
Rosebud Mountains
Panther Mountains
Rosebud
Yellowstone
Frank Giuard
Souter
Crazy Horse
Day Leavitt Deputy County Surveyor and Justice of the Peace
Day Leavitt served as deputy county surveyor and justice of the peace in Sterling Colorado. The notice outlines his official roles and jurisdiction within the county and municipality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice OF the Peace
Deputy County Surveyor
and Justice OF the Peace
Women and men fraud claims and Dickens kin history
An 1876 Iowa speech compares gender spending excesses with men, noting women pay more attention to dress while men eat aboard ships and trains. A Biographical sketch describes Charles Dickens's nephew Augustus Dickens, his troubled life, and Dickens’s support for the family after Augustus’s death, including details of Amy, Adrian Charles, and another son working in Western Illinois.
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New York City
United States
Miss Hindman
Iowa
Charles Dickens
Amboy
Augustus N. Dickens
England
Phillips
Augustus
Boz
Charles
Richard Cobden
Ilinois Central
Amy
Adrian Charles
Ilinois
Whale hunting by Foyn on Wadso Island in Norway
Describes Mr. Foyn and his Wadso operation using small steamers and a cannon to harpoon whales and drag them to shore for processing. Details a four foot cannon barrel, harpoons, explosive shell mechanism, and rapid capture within hours. Also includes unrelated letters and anecdotes from the period.
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Wadso
Norway
Mr. Foyn
Scientific American
Boulder County to showcase resources at Philadelphia expo
The Centennial fund in Boulder County reaches about 3000 through local subscriptions. A carload of mineral specimens totaling eleven tons will be guided by a commissioner to explain Boulder resources to visitors. Farms coal deposits and building stone will be displayed with type specimens. About 10000 descriptive pamphlets with maps and statistics will be issued. In New Jersey Vindaed voted against liquor licenses by 918 in a 1030 total.
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Thomas
Clayton
Philadelphia
Paris
London
Agricultural Hall
Art Gallery
Exposition Grounds
Denver News
Boulder
Tellurite
Boulder County
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Clorado House
H. N. Rogerson
Pioneer Saddle and
N.B
R. BE. Hart
OLD
Main St
Greeley
Colorado
Mt. Boughton
Fort Collins
Rome
Larimer County
B. A. Haynes
F. Atsae
Gipson
A. E. Grisox
Greeey
F. Sanborn
D. Buckley
Weld County
K. L. Childs
Omice
Gredley Weld C O
Lorist
Grant and
Sherman Sts
M. FremMan
Attorney At Law
Jos. C. Shattock
Sec’y Union Colony
Yresneen & Shattuck
Aleo
Masonic Block
Colo
Moelle
France
LAW & Fezer
Greeley, Colorado
Egypt
Minnie
America
Lecure
Frank Leslie
Pearl Street
New York
Sterling, Colorado
Minnie Sherman
New York Custom-House
Congress
Lieut. Fitch
Regular Army
Greeley Tribune
Col. White
Kentucky
Green River
Vindaed
N.J
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