Custer and Buffalo Bill Host Alexis at Camp Alexis in 1872
An 1872 account recounts General Sheridan directing a grand duke visit to the plains. Buffalo Bill Cody, General Custer, and Lt. Hayes organize a luxury Camp Alexis sixty miles from North Platte for a buffalo chase and imperial hospitality. The hunt features a major Indian roundup, prancing ponies, bow and arrow tests, and trophies sent to St. Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
Russia
United States
Grand Duke
Alexis
Far West
Phil Sheridan
Sheridan
North Platte
Red Willow
Buffalo
E. M. Iayes
Jack Hayes
Chicago
Hayes
Spotted Tail
New York Herald
Whistler
Buffalo Bill
Mr. Cody
Bill
Hero of the
Indian Service
Plains
Concord
Buckskin Joe
St. Petersburg
Uncle Sam
E. O. C. Ord
Department of the Platte
General Custer
City People and Visitors List From Saturday
Cook and Sherman Miss Ruth Ball of Winfield shopped in the city. Charles Blair returned from a Chicago business trip. Mrs James Stone and Grace Stone of Ainsworth called in. Miss Katherine Dempsey from Brighton visited at home. Mrs L P Jackson and Emma Jackson of West Chester visited friends. W W Rush of Richland rode home after a city visit. Miss Alice Dempsey resumed work at Bowman dry goods. Miss Katherine Benz left for Chicago to attend Benz millinery business. A parent praises Foley's Orino Laxative saving a three year old’s life after severe fever and constipation. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ball
Winfield
Charles Blair
Chicago
Katherine Dempsey
Brighton
L. P. Jackson
Emma
West Chester
W. W. Rush
Richland
Alice Dempsey
Bowman Dry Goods
Katherine Benz
Benz
Foley
A. Wolkush, Casimer, Wis, Lemmon's Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug Co
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Spring Regimen
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring cleanser and regulator that revives energy and health. Promotes the product at 30 cents through Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Rocky Mountain Tea
Lemmon
McElhinney Drug Co
Notice on Return of Blacksmith Forge on Milwaukee Rail Line
A notice states that the party who removed the forge from the concrete crew’s outfit on the Milwaukee railroad one mile west of Washington should return it within ten nights or further remarks will be made. The party is known.
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Rexall
Washington
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Journal Office
Sisto P. Sewell
Crawfordsville
the Royal
The
Big Market
South G Postoftice
South Dakota
Iowa
S. Oakland
Ben Keyes
Red
Ise
Henry Bosche
TRUE
Williams
Phil
Adam
Uris
Niagara
Cook & Sherman
James Stone
Grace
Ainsworth
City
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company
New York and Everywhere
5Th Street
Des Moines
Lowa
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