Black Hills Route and Goods Prices from Sidney
A Sidney guide explains distances to Black Hills towns and the route via Water Hole Green Wood Court House Rock to North Platte river crossins. It lists stage fares Sidney to Red Cloud and to Custer City, freight rates, horse prices, and mining tool costs showing Sidney as the cheaper outfitting base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silney Ta
Court House Rock
North Platte River
Burdue Creek
White River
Ewan
Tenubutes
Tenluter
Weaver Creek
Beaver Creek
Custer City
Land of Cold Journey Prompts Packed City Growth in 1876
In Custer City Dakota Territory on April 9 1876 Jack reports a booming town with over 600 houses and more than 1 000 residents. He notes three sawmills operating daily and rapid Platte River bridge progress, while urging readers to consider local mining prospects and the credibility of Sidney route reports. He promises to write again with updates.
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Hrund Gossage
Mr. Burgess
Custer City
Selney
Flick
Melluech
Ontahay
Sidney
Costar City
Cheyenne
Platte River
Sidneystey
United States
Jills
Qtr
Mr McNagh
Neity
Jack
Start of Corliss Engine at Machinery Hall Inspires Crowd
The Philadelphia Times reports the Centennial authorities and Geo H Corliss of Providence completed preparations for the huge engine in Machinery Hall. At six thirty the engine moved for the first time with a hush of steam and a roaring cheer from onlookers, as spectators marveled at its 400 ton weight, 1400 horsepower capacity, and massive fly wheel.
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Philadelphia Times
Geo. H. Corliss
Providence
R. I
Wns
Dineter
Geshorn
Corliss
Every.nuty
Black Hills Traders Reach Toward the Gold Fields
Lively notes from Nebraska towns report Lee Baker elected captain of the Toman Black Hills outfit from Omaha. Travelers plan trips to the Black Hills with wagons from Kansas and Cincinnati. Miners expect to work once weather warms, while a lost $200 setback is noted on the road to wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Baker
Toman Black Hills
Omaha
Neligh Journal
Kansas
Black Hills
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Nedigh Journal
Vest Joke Through The Barricade Of Maine Law
A Dutch customer in Fulton clothing asks for a vest in a crowded store while a Teuton tells a humorous tale about vests and a Syracuse purchase. At Bangor a man injured by a drunk driving accident sues the liquor vendor for 10000 dollars, highlighting the Maine law as an institution.
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Teuton
Syracuse
der Board of Drugtecs
Maine
Bangor 2
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sidney Celegraph
Jossepil
Gossage
Malle
Bart Elecea
Pundasa
Duspey
Sliney
Dinck Hills
Gossu
Geo. R. Ballou
Sidney, Neb
Geo. W. West
Sionty, Seuraska
Hall
Irawn Jqun
Tudiston, Brown & Thurston
Attorneys At Law
Omaua, Neb
Hinman & Gantt, Attorneys At Law
Nortit Platte, Ner
N. Hobbs
Joan Carril
Hhitr
Jas
Nebraska
N. Grant
Main Streets
Neb
AXE & CO
Surveying and Engineering
Oniven Ganriwatt
Gould
Deadwood
Whitewood
Dulet Pedd
Linisters
Sidnes
Hlach Halls
Poids
Traselers
Stage
Snake River
Red Cloud
Rsn
Aingle
Iesa
Jad
Iink
D.T
Wight
Dean
Corton
Dark Hills
Lowell Register
LaMunvon
Atte
Kearney
Union Pacific
Black Hillers
Morse
Jubal Brown
Jesse Crook, Jr
N Davison
Franklin Kirkmand
John Ayres
Fulton
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