Lost Cabin mine legend in Big Horns tale of gold
A sprawling account tells how 1863 prospectors Allen Hulbert Cox and Jones found a rich Big Horns mine, were attacked by Sioux, and Hulbert escaped with gold while companions perished. The story expands to later ventures seeking the Lost Cabin and the famed Comstock-like finds through perilous river journeys and hostile camps.
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Big Horn S
Comstock Lode
Allen Hulbert
Cox
Jones
Bonanza
Walla
United States
Big Horn
Big Horns
Walla Walla
Hulbert
North Platte River
California
Lost Cabin
Comstock
Nevada
Little Big Horn
Coralita
Fortune
Bertil
Texas Rangers Centenary Celebration Foretold in 1830s Origins
The piece traces the Texas Rangers from their 1835 frontier formation through their role in defending settlers against Comanche and Mexican threats, noting their equestrian skill, six shooter weaponry, and informal tactics. It compares Rangers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and highlights their early struggles, independence era context, and the Texas revolution era foundations.
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Texas
Lone Star
Texas Angers
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted
Thomas D. Barton
Texas Rangers
Walter Prescott Webb
Department of History
University of Texas
Texas Force
Royal Force
Texas Stanger Organization
Repubic of Texas
His Majesty
Esquime
Texas Ranger
Fly
Texas Civil Court of Appeals
Gonzales
Alamo
Santa Anna
San Houston
San Jacinto
Texas Rangers A Compendium Of Duty And Valor
A historical sketch recounts the Texas Rangers from their early recruitment by Gen. Sam Houston to subdue Comanches and Kiowas, through their Civil War service and frontier policing, to 1874 when the Frontier Battalion was created with 300,000 in funding. It highlights leaders like Captains Coleman, McCulloch, Terry, and Jones, and notes the Rangers’ lasting fame for courage, loyalty, and effectiveness in maintaining peace on the Texas frontier.
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Stephen FP. Austin
Texas
Colorado River
Eugene C. Barker
Stephen
Austin
Cokesbury Press
Bastrop
Trespalacios
Colo‘Fado
Garza
Moses Morrison
Tonka
Brazos
Texas Rangers
San Felipe de Austin
Ike
Ips
Army of Liberation
Trinity River
Trinity and
Colorado
Alamo
Sam Houston
New Republic
Gers
San Jacinto
Rangers
BR. M. Coleman
Coleman
Trinity
Colorado Rivers
Houston
Fée
Ben McCulloch
Davy Crockett
Omcchilloch
McCulloch
Pew Ridge
Ark
Mexicar
Clyllswar
Terry
Appomattox
William Tecumseh Sherman
Shiloh
Frontier Battalion of
Richard Coke
Corsicana
James B. Gillett
Yale University Press
Batalion
Tremendous Trifles 8 The Open West and Barbed Wire
A fragmented reminiscence ties the Oregon cow tale to frontier clashes with Sioux at Ash Hollow and the 1840 Harrison Van Buren election. It links barbed wire to the end of the cattle era and the rise of the cowboy myth in American history.
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Crete
Great Plains
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Winning Fashion for Home Wear
Model text describes a new house dress with cap sleeves and front back panels for slender lines. Shown in printed lawn swiss gingham muslin or solid cottons. heavier fabric removes need for a Petticoat. Pattern 2100 fits sizes 14 through 44 with 4 1/2 yards 86 inch fabric size 16. Includes illustrated sewing instructions and costs 15 cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Noted Senator Warns of Influence by Suspicions
A fragment quotes Senator Sorghum remarking that many people are swayed more by suspicions than by verified knowledge, reflecting concerns about judgment and influence in public discourse.
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Senator Sorghum
Miss Quizzer Learns Why Wolves Howl In Cabaret Cage
In a playful scene Miss Quizzer asks about wolves in a cage. The Attendant explains they howl because they are hungry as other animals feed, revealing the wolves are cabaret performers.
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Miss Quizzer
Quizzer
Crude and Refined Daughters of Willionaires Clash
Fragmentary OCR notes describe two daughters of Willionaires, one refined and educated, the other involved in crude trade. The text questions why one looks down on the other and hints at differences tied to their fathers' fortunes.
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Martin
Willionaires
Gibert
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Col. W. S. Harney
Little Thunder
Varney
Ash Hollow
Martin van Buren
Henry Clay
William Henry Harrison
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