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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1877

Page

6

Sidney to the Black Hills Route Claims Shortest, Cheapest Trail

The piece extols Sidney as the best starting point to reach the Black Hills, arguing the Union Pacific offers the most generous immigration support and fastest routes. It details fare schedules from Omaha to Sidney and onward to Custer City, Red Cloud, Deadwood, and other hubs, plus freight volumes, stage lines, and rapid expansion of Custer City with timber mills and municipal offices.

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The Slags Hills Route Steers Over Black Hills Road

The route from Sidney climbs the Black Hills via Greenwood and Water Mole Ranch, with a stage station and horses changed at each stop. Points include Court House Rock, Pumpkin Creek, Platte River Bridge, Willow, White Clay Creek, Cloud Agency, and Cottonwood Creek, passing military posts, stores, and camps along a scenic, timbered corridor toward Sidney and the northern Black Hills.

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Sidney Wagons-87 Outfitting List Highlights Supplies

A dense catalog lists camp gear and provisions including tents, camp stoves, coffee pots, kettles, cups, plates, pans, canteens, blankets, shovels, ammunition prices, rifles, bacon, sugar, goats, corn, beans, tomatoes, salmon, peas, oysters, and other camp essentials. Names and prices suggest wholesale pricing for outfitting parties in a mid 19th or early 20th century era.

Sidney Wagons Ncdei Dioes

Quirky, wide-ranging 19th century miscellany insight

A long, fragmentary digest of historical curiosities and peculiar facts from various cultures and eras. It recounts ancient rulers, religious practices, notable trials, disasters, and oddities such as poets, explorers, and trades, all presented in a dated, miscellaneous tone.

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