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Wild Cattle Hazard Near Pine Ridge in 1884 Trek
In Aug 1884 a Sidney party of ten men led by Dad Taggart skirted a herd of about five thousand wild cattle near Cotton Creek on the way to Pine Ridge Agency. They fled through the herd using improvised fish distraction to escape. The tale, told by J. J. Parks, recounts danger and a miraculous escape on a long plains journey.
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Sidney
Pine Ridge Agency
J. J. Parks
Parks
C. Fred Parks
Florence Jackson
North Loup, Nebr
Herald
Nebraska
Pine Ridge
D.T
The
Pap Hubbell
Dad Taggart
Billy Dailey
Barney Elliott
Geo. M. Bayer
Billy Hubbell
Water Hole
Camp Clark
Platte River
Pumpkin Creek
Courthouse Rock
Chimney Rock
Cotton Creek
Billy
Point of Rocks
Rustlers Gulch