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Camp Clarke Correspondence Reports Weather And Local News
Camp Clarke correspondence notes a cold snowy day and a blustery wind at Pumpkin Creek. It covers residents like Van Gorden and Mrs Hirney, land moves to Iowa, fencing projects, and December rain forecasts. Military updates include promotions, desertions surrender, Thanksgiving dinners, leave of absence, and burials. Community events feature a literary association program and Calico hop at Fort Sidney Post, plus two weddings in Sidney and Chappell.
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Camp Clarke
Clarke
Eer van Gorden
Pumpkin Creek
John F. Creighton
B. Co
Bernard Bloomer
F Company
Placebo
California
Fort Sidney
Joseph W . Duncan
Fort DuChesne
Utah
J S Parke
Fort du Chesne
C Co
W. F. Drum
Department of Arizona
Prescott
Arizona
G. Company
John Williams
Drum
Twenty-first Infantry
Laramies City
Mollie Taylor
Sidney
Edward S Farrow
Department of the Platte
Fort Bridger
Wyo
Francis FE Eltonhead
Inf