Gold Mining Letters Report Fast Growth at Auraria City
The Avani Cirz and Auraria messages from 1858 describe a rapidly growing camp at Auraria near Cherry Creek with seventy five houses and hundreds more planned. A correspondent notes $5 to $15 per day from mining, cheap pine lumber nearby, and prospects of selling cattle and flour. expresses intent to mine next spring and asks for a saw mill and help establishing supplies while warning of cold weather.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Cherry Creek
Platte
Wm. Smith
Leavenworth City
Auraria
B. Hiatt
Cerex
South Platte
Geo. Sevill
Tragic Lincoln County murder and lynching reported
From the St Louis Republican Jan 4 a slave killed his master near Troy Missouri with a knife after a dispute. The master Thornhill died two days later. The mob seized the prisoner at Troy and lynched him by burning. Also notes a Waterloo newspaper promise, a slave sale, a new courthouse in Town City, and political caucus actions in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
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St. Louis
Lincoln County
Troy
Smeon B. Toursuits
Toonnhill
Eperece Hipsoe
Tuorx- Hill
Thornhill
Asudmision
Mount Washington ascent ends in frost bound triumph
The Cool Republican reports two climbers reach the Tip-top and Summit Houses on Mount Washington after a perilous ascent. They force entry through frost-laden windows, endure an icy interior, and narrowly escape a spreading frost cloud on their return to Glen House. The piece then shifts to a discussion of camels' utility on plantations, asking if more uses exist beyond those cited.
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Mount Washington
White Mountain Range
Samuel F. Spaulding
Lancaster
Lucius Hartshorn
B. F. Osgood
Glen House
Spaulding
Messrs
Hartshorn
Osgood
Eload
Camel in the United States as Proposed by Major Warne
Major Henry C. Warne reports on camel viability in the United States. Camels tolerate 15 to 52 degrees latitude, cost $150 to $200 landed at Mobile or Pensacola, require little water, minimal grooming, and shed protection. They are hardy, carry 800 to 1,500 pounds per trip, and can replace wagons and horses with lower forage needs and similar or better transport capacity.
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Henry C. Warne
Mobile
Pensacola
Maj. Warne
Asia Minor
Aurich
United States
Runaway Slave from Georgia Captured near Aquia Creek
A man described as a slave holder’s servant traveled with a white man toward New York. Authorities questioned both, and the white man’s story proved false. The enslaved man, Hudzon, claimed a fictitious name and named Patrick Downes as his organizer. Downes’ trunk yielded few clues. efforts to locate him continued. Hudzon said Downes threatened him at gunpoint and forced escape from Macon area. The case involves Dr. John R. Cook of Marshallville, Georgia.
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Aquia Creek
Mc. Mattingly
New York
J. T. Rogers
Wilmington
N. C
Mattingly
Rogers
Loyd
Goddard
Thomas
Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Downes
Macon
John R. Cook
Marshallville
Hudzon
Oglethorpe
Macon County
Hog Trade Reflects Strong Packing Across Regions
Louisville Courier reports falls pack nearly 288000 hogs with 42000 more than last year, plus 21000 at Nashville. Gosport Indiana shows 8000 vs 18300 prior year. Farmers push hogs to slaughter as corn stays scarce and costly. Alexandria Missouri to pack 20000 this season. Cincinnati Price Current notes 836943 hogs received to date with regional totals and weight declines. Frozen to Death in Minnesota scene recalls Fort Ridgley incident. two soldiers and an Indian perish. blanket exchange saves one. Milwaukie Wis.
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Louisville
Falls
Nashville
Gosport
Alexandria
Cincinnati
Muscatine
Iowa
Connersville
Ind
Richmond
Indiana
Eaton
Ohio
Spring Valley
Springfield
Hll
Vermont
Glencoe
Fort Ridgley
Milwaukie Wis
massacre at Vidaurri siege and railroad note in Argentina
A Mexican correspondent reports that four hundred captured Vidaurri forces were massacred after their disarmament as a brutal act in the struggle for liberty. The Argentine Government also authorized a railroad between Santa Fe and Sentinso. Additional inquiries reveal historic weather data from 1845 to 1859 detailing record rainfall and snow in the region.
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Harry Buteneny
Aspinwall
Vidaurri
Santa Fe
Sentinso
Execution of Rhinehart in Minnesota
Correspondent reports Rhinehart was hanged by about forty locals at the jail after abducting Mr Bodell of Leominster in October, then murdering, robbing, and burying him near Dubuque. He had escaped jail before and faced repeated attempts against him. Rhinehart leaves a wife.
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St Susur
Min
Rhinehart
Bodell
Leominster
Dubuque
Minnesota
Nottinghams Growth in a Year of Rail Link
A Nottingham wares of 1859 notes Dubuque and Pacific Rail Road as the city’s first year milestone. It reports 47 buildings, population rising from 11 to 223, two hotels, four stores, a hardware shop, an apothecary, two forwarding firms, three lumber yards, and sales totaling over 51 thousand dollars. The piece forecasts a seminary or academy, and notes Delaware County’s need for a Republican paper and a thriving freighting point at Nottingham, with Delhi and surrounding towns tied to its future trade role. It ends with a postal address in Earlville and a brief Worcester, Massachusetts update on an engine-house explosion causing heavy damage and an estimated 10 thousand dollar loss.
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Nottingham
Dubuque and
D. H. Dorrmer
Dubuque and Pacific Railroad
Plum Creek
Delaware County
Delhi
Colesburgh
Almoral
Eads Grove
Greeley
York
Iowa
Earlville
TELEG
Worcester
Mass
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