Old and New in U P Transportation Reveals Progress
A Chicagoan details travel trials on the Union Pacific route to the Hills in 1876. He reports rough stage travel from Cheyenne, theft fears, and harsh desert conditions, but notes gold in the Hills and local mining success near Rapid Creek. He works for a Yankton company, earning pay while overseeing 40 miners, with daily yields and cheap supplies cited. The letter ends noting barracks earnings and Telegraphers in Grand Island.
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U. P
Cheyenne
Pedro H
Brazil
Union Pacific Railroad
Patrick
State Line
Missouri River
Rapid Creek
Rapid City
Sidney Knights charter and 4th Degree setup noted
The Sidney Knights of Columbus Council No 1861 received a charter on January 14 1917 with 54 charter members including C Aylward C A Baker F A Beyer and others. The first Grand Knight was James L McIntosh and present Grand Knight is Allen F Karnik. The 4th Degree Bishop Hunkeler Assembly formed May 25 1947 with many members and Dr M J Maher is current Faithful Navigator. Sidney praised as a rising rival of Grand Island near the Black Hills with a growing local press.
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Knights “of ‘Columbus
Sidney
C. Aylward
C. A. Baker
F. A. Beyer
F. J. Beyer
L. H. _Beyer
J. Costello
Patrick Dalton
Edward Donaghy
Joseph Dindinger
Joseph Hahler
F. Herbert
C. Hamilton
Henry Henke
L. Herrod
Patrick Kennan
Chas
James L. McIntosh
John McFadden
F. B. Nolan
Frank Peetz
M. P. Peetz
R.E. Roche
Peter Peetz
Joseph Rollman
Joseph Ruttner
John Simones
Edward F. Shonka
Alfred Lovell
Anthony Lovell
A. C. Cabellia
Raymond L. Smith
Raymond Cerny
Floyd Treblik
Lawrence Treblik
Albert Janicek
Michael O’hare
Leonard O'Hare
C. J. Manganaro
Lucien Siebenaler
Daniel M. Rise
Joseph Benkieswicz
Florian Benkiewicz
Harry Amucnds
C. B. Dorwart
M. J. Maher
Chicago Inter Ocean Gold Rush Scoop Shocks Nation
Chicago Inter Ocean reports General Custer nearing Bear Butte and Black Hills gold rush plans reach readers before noon. The piece traces the rush’s spread, rail and steam boat access, and the changing Old West dynamics with Red Cloud and Standing Buffalo amid mining rights bids and treaty talks.
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Chicago
Washington
Army
Department of the Interior
Black Hills
Old West
Colorado
Charlie
Sidney Telegraph
George Crook
Red Cloud
Standing Buffalo
Sioux Defiance and Hills Withdrawal Spark 1775 Conflicts
Commissioners, unsettled by hostile Sioux negotiators led by Red Cloud Spotted Tail and Little Big Man, withdrew protection from treaty violators as war with the Sioux erupts and a gold rush begins. Fort Sidney Lt Dodd displays Indian trappings, while a crude note mentions Wild Hog and a local advertisement boosts Telegraph want ads.
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Washington
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Little Big Man
West River Country
Black Hills
Robert J. Casey
Dodd
3Rd Cavalry
Fort Sidney
Department of the Platte
Ort Madinso
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Nen Pacific
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Utah
Council Bluffs
Iowa
West Coast
United States
Union Pacific
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Lincoln Journal
Telegraph
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WERE
General Motors
Beckmann Motor CO
Illinois
Che Sidney
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