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From Stags to Riches in the Cheyenne County West
J. W. Harper, a Sidney, Nebraska businessman and early western figure, recounts a lifetime spanning lumber, coal, banking, hotel building, railroad work, and stagecoach transport. He met Buffalo Bill, aided western expansion with capital, and helped transform the Great American Desert into farmland. His ventures stretched across Nebraska towns and into California and Colorado.
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W Tlorper
Mink Litee
Sidies
West
Thirper
Pearance
Durper
Mississippi
Canada
Great American Desert
Nebraska
Uss
Harper
Blnner
Pumers
Capitagael
Ako
Black Hills
South Dakota
Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney
Tarper
Tar
Mrsharper
Denver
Preckenridge
Kanse
Bost
Musele Bhoals
Jlarper
Hfe