On December 26, 1913, he wrote a letter from Chihuahua City. The Wyoming State Historical Society is proud to be able to offer this presentation of Wyoming Historical Maps on our web site through the work and cooperation of the of the Wyoming State Archives. In November the Wyoming territorial legislature authorized the survey
and designation of a road from Cheyenne via Chugwater Creek and Fort
Laramie to Custer City. The building in the background is not the Hat Creek Stage Station. bodies to be removed by a passing troop of soldiers. History of the Cheyenne & Black Hills Stage Line (1876-1886). The trussed iron superstructure, consisting of three
bowed spans each 140 feet in length and plank roadway, was completed in
time to accommodate the military traffic of the 1876 campaigns. An objective, I understand, is to embark on a scavenger hunt to locate all 17 or so oversized boots stepping around the city. Recommended option Bus 9h 52m Take the bus from Spearfish, SD to Buffalo, WY Minneapolis Before the organized large-scale fighting against the Indians reached
its climax there began an upsurge of civilian activity vitally affecting
Fort Laramie. The Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage was not the only stage line that had problems
I crossed into Niobrara County on U.S. Route 85, the least populated county in the least populated state in the nation. The first volley killed the driver, and just as the bandits felt sure of success, a woman, Martha Canary, who afterward became known as Calamity Jane, who was riding on the seat with the driver, seized the lines, gave the whip to the team, and amid a running fire brought the coach safely into its destination. secretary, Carrie Christiansen, and that the letter revealed a plan to travel to Ojinaga, Mexico. The stageline was first owned by F. D. Yates & Co., owned by Capt. Thus, May's trip was for naught and
A crashing volley killed Hugh Stevenson and Gail Hill and wounded the other guards, making resistance impossible. in the Cheyenne jail for disturbing the
; (side bar) Holdup (at the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show). Using modern horsepower I could likely do it in five, but I was here to poke along. Other cite rumors that Bierce, notwithstanding that he would be
Wrong in a big way. 42 56.34 N, 104 22.182 W. Marker is near Lusk, Wyoming, in Niobrara County. the Deadwood Stage, more properly, the Blackhills Stage and
Deadwood South Dakota . Cheyenne was the starting place and Custer Valley (black hills) was the destination. The latter
is alleged to have played various roles in the saga of Fort Laramie,
including stage driver, roustabout, and occupant of one of the boudoirs
at the Three Mile Ranch. What historical period does the marker represent? About the Author: The Deadwood Stage was excerpted from Charles Dawsons book, Pioneer Tales from the Oregon Trail and Jefferson County, published in 1912. mud and a breakdown five miles north of Hill City. The crowds were gone, so I dodged a bullet. all he had for his efforts was a rather unusual souvenir. crime, found Towle's remains, cut off the head, and returned with his gory proof to Cheyenne
While the Overland Stage Line helped open the West, the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Line serviced locations in South Dakota. found the coach abandoned with the treasure box empty, Miner locked in the
Stagecoaches followed a 300-mile Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Road carrying passengers and mail. If so, When they returned,
Regardless, Deadwood became the end of the line for the stage. Dec. 17, 1916, The Inter-Ocean Hotel burned the ground, killing a family of six. driver would blow for the horses. stopped when the lead horses became entangled in the leads. They hopped the stage en route for Cheyenne but shortly afterwards, two other road agents stopped their stage to rob it. In another shoot-out Deputy James Macke will killed. The gang fled to Nebraska where they robbed the Union Pacific train at Big Spring
Hill died several years later from complications from his wounds. The 300-mile trip was made in 50 hours. The last coach was driven across the route in February 1887. In one, he wrote. The Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage Line changed routes several times during its history. Eventually traveling the trails across the Rocky Mountains, it came into possession of the stage company operating in eastern Wyoming and the Black Hills. Regular passengers were not permitted and extra guards
The whole town has been described as illegal anyway since it lies within the territory granted to Native Americans in the 1868 Treaty of Laramie. five miles west of
William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody was another
celebrated visitor of the period, as scout for the Fifth Cavalry. Ft. Laramie, Lusk, Douglas, Buffalo and Deadwood. 05. At Rawhide Buttes, south of present day Lusk, Mother
that year, he was in Texas. This is the start of the famous Cheyenne-Ft. Laramie-Deadwood Stagecoach Trail. $25,000 being recovered. I approached Lusk, population 1,567. who achieved fame and, allegedly, her name as a result of her rescuing
At the fort itself, in the west bottoms, the Post
Trader was permitted to build a log structure known as the Rustic Hotel,
which doubled as the Fort Laramie stage station. The stage run began in 1876 to link the railroad at Cheyenne to the gold fields surrounding the new town of Deadwood, but only lasted 11 years as new rail lines began to join the two. As Dolan died, he confessed to Bret to killing a man during a bank robbery in Dry Springs, Arizona Territory, five years earlier. Created / Published Lusk, Wyo., Lusk Herald [1929?] The road map above shows you the route to take to your destination. During one two-month period the Deadwood stage was held up four times by the Sam Bass Gang, consisting of
night run between it and the Hat Creek Station. The route
from Cheyenne to Fort Laramie followed the Chugwater and Laramie Rivers
where there was a series of road ranches. In 1874, the U.S. Army discovered gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota. after embezzling money. birthday, July 27, 1878, Bass died from gunshot wounds
Memoirs of a pioneer: Indian fighter, Cheyenne-Deadwood stage driver, one of the first to help in the opening of the great West. The stage was fitted up as a treasure-stage to carry the gold from Deadwood to the railroad, and a number of shotgun messengers accompanied the coach on its trips to and fro. American Heritage. gone into partnership with James Moore in Bear River City until the riot
Big Piney, 1885-1920*. "Featherlegs" Shephard kept a
After Dolan died, Bret continued on the stage to the end of the line in Cheyenne, wondering how he could ever keep such a promise. Jane Cannary Burk, photo below,
$25,000 being recovered. Inside were messengers Scott Davis and Eugene Smith and company
Towle's demise and the reward had been cancelled. As I entered South Dakota, the highway finally bent into delicious curves. The last trip of the famous Deadwood coach took place on December 28, 1890. She ultimately married Clinton Burk in El Paso by whom she had a daughter. 3. It's simple to do. telegraph operator H. O. Campbell, who was reporting to his new post at the Jenney Stockade station. [1] Known informally as the Deadwood Stage, the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Line operated from 1876 until February of 1887 when railroads made stage travel into the Black Hills obsolete. Not a problem. Sorry, but we don't have a picture of this historical marker yet. Ft. Steele. ", Sixteen months after the killing of Slaughter, Bass was ambushed at Round Rock, Texas, by
granary, the relief team stolen, and other employees bound and gagged tied to
Where did all these folks come from? Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage: Hat Creek Stage Station Marker. View Road Map. Other nearby markers. Follow the Maverick boys story by story or explore on your own . If you have a picture, please share it with us. two days for Macke to die in agony. These shotgun messengers were men of a reputation as killers. General Crook used this stage in his campaign in 1876 against the Indians; and Buffalo Bill, who was his scout, used it on several occasions. In addition, we have been given permission to hike on the ranch south of CRR to Spring on the Hill, which was a stage stop on the Cheyenne - Deadwood stage line. The vehicle could accommodate
nine first-class passengers inside and and equal number on the roof,
plus up to 1500 pounds of cargo and luggage. The first driver killed was Johnny Slaughter on March 25, 1877, driving a stage
One archivist of the stage journey described the scene this way: There is something on the Plains that cannot be found elsewhere, something which can be felt better than described, something you must go there to find. These are reasons why I wear an open-face helmet while on tour. when railroads made stage travel into the Black Hills obsolete. been put forth, would be one that he ran away with Etta Place. The station attendant, in this case, William Miner, would have
She then drifted to Deadwood but, after James "Wild Bill" Butler
Though the stage line was more familiarly called the Deadwood Stage, it was officially called the Cheyenne & Black Hills Stage. trial was delayed and the prisoners were taken back to Deadwood City. drunk in a Negro parlor house in Horr, Mt. the express business, it was lost in mining. The stages crossed the Cheyenne River just west of the current "Old Highway 18" railroad bridge. These famous trails from the Cheyenne River south to the Nebraska state line and from the Missouri River west to the Black Hills and Pine Ridge are as follows: Old Deadwood Trail opened up the western part of South Dakota for homesteaders and travel to the Black Hills where the Gold Rush spurred on the creation of Deadwood and other communities . It got real cold in the Black Hills. In the second on May 8, 1893, Deputy Bill Rader was killed. Trip (273.7 mi) on Map Cheyenne Deadwood. When the coach pulled into the station, no one was to be seen. "Old Ironsides" was also used for a three-year period on the Deadwood-Sidney run and was robbed only once. Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History, Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, June 7, 2016, 1. Thinking Bret was a fellow, being chased by a posse, Dolan shot at the mob and chased them off. Recognizing how much their prosperity
depended upon freighting contracts to supply new camps and agencies
north of the Platte, and disturbed by competition from a new road north
from Sidney, Nebraska (with a timber bridge near Courthouse Rock),
Cheyenne business interests agitated for a proper bridge at Fort
Laramie. [Today, the coach is at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in Cody, Wyoming.]. was a price upon Towle's head. His partner, Monroe Salisbury, was sued by the federal government in the
The Deadwood coachs first baptism came with the killing of a driver, John Slaughter, in the White Wood Canyon. coach to Cheyenne, where his hearse
Located at the Stagecoach Museum in Lusk. The ghost town of Gilmore, Idaho, was named for him. Grabill, 1889. The stage line initially ran from Cheyenne via Horse Creek,
The first was built in 1876 but burned later the same year. "Old Ironsides" was also used for a three-year period on the Deadwood-Sidney run and was robbed only once. Mar/2023: Lego 70815 - Detaillierter Ratgeber Die besten Lego 70815 Aktuelle Angebote Smtliche Testsieger Direkt les. [1], Known informally as the Deadwood Stage, the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Line operated from 1876 until February of 1887 when railroads made stage travel into the Black Hills obsolete. First Elected Teton County Officials, 1894. Established in 1876 by Red Cloud Agency trader, Captain F. D. "Frank" Yates, the Deadwood Stage was the only successful attempt to establish the route between Cheyenne, Wyoming and the mines at Deadwood, S.D., due to many Indian attacks. The shortest and easiest route went west from Fort Pierre to Deadwood, a distance of about 195 miles. in Cheyenne. coaches "licky-cut", pulled by a matched team of six horses. The June 6, 1879, issue of the Sidney Plaindealer told about the building and repair of stagecoaches used on the Sidney to Deadwood Trail.The Sidney repair shop was operated by William Richardson of the Black Hills Stage Company. Nebraska line, about two miles after Cottonwood Station, the coach was halted by road agents,
Dieser Artikel wurde entwickelt, um den Bedrfnissen unserer Kunden entsprechend zu werden und bietet eine Vielzahl von neuen Funktionen. The first driver killed was Johnny Slaughter on March 25, 1877, driving a stage
, 2. While Indian strays killed mainly for
revenge, the outlaws were bent on plain stealing, with their killings of
company employees and passengers incidental to that main objective. The first driver killed was Johnny Slaughter on March 25, 1877, driving a stage bearing eleven passengers and $15,000. The 300-mile trip was made in 50 hours. In 1895, Gay was caught in
literature advertising service to Chugwater,
Coffee Siding, just across the
Artifacts at the Stagecoach Museum in Lust and the Anne Miller Museum in Newcastle are available to the public for viewing as well as an exhibit on bandit Clark Pelton at the Wyoming Territorial Prison in Laramie. In consequence, the country was filled with the most noted bandits and desperadoes of the plains, who openly pounced upon their prey, the treasure-laden stagecoaches being their favorite, objects. of the law abiding. the eastbound Denver stage [At Camp Collins, now Ft. Collins, a branch line from Denver
Bluebird Drive. Lusk is located at the northern margin of the High Plains physiographic region of the Great Plains. The sole clue as to his intentions and where he planned to travel was the letter which, unfortunately,
As it happened, I rode into town a day after the citys celebration of 150 years of Wyoming statehood in conjunction with the four-year restoration of its gilded domed statehouse. The establishment of Edgemont, though, was preceded by a furor of activity in 1876, when the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage Line was established. In 1863, George Plumb, a young military officer had a
Egan from
The station at Rock Creek was also destroyed and the stage was required
as the agent on the Bitter Creek Division. Sometimes there was no way to tell whether a given atrocity was the
handiwork of red man or white. On the northern fringe of Deadwood I encountered a scene from the movie Dances With Wolves at an interpretive center called Tatanka, where giant bronze sculptures of bison pursued by Indians are gathered on a hillside overlooking an expansive view of the valley below. near Canyon Springs Station. Freight was then loaded onto wagon trains at Fort Pierre, each holding up to 20,000 pounds of goods. refused to go on until Plumb agreed to ride shotgun. Gay and Gross eluded the lawmen. Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage: Hat Creek Stage Station Marker. There is no
Gail Hill, Jesse Brown, Jim May, Boone May, and Scott Davis, all well-known characters who had performed some deadly exploits and were known dead-shots, composed the force of gunmen that defended the coach; but despite this protection, the bandits, by treachery, successfully staged the Cold Spring tragedy. allegedly wounded by Indians on the Deadwood to Wild Birch run. Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/21305647399. After the campaign Buffalo Bill learned that the coach had been abandoned during an Indian attack and was lying neglected, away out in the hostile country, so, with a few companions, he proceeded to rescue and bring it back to camp. Far to the southwest a distant thunder storm flickered with nervous bursts of lightning. Arrange meets have been made to prevent the winning team from making . The hog ranch at Ft. Laramie was not the only such establishment along the
City. Touch for directions. Country: United States of AmericaBuy United States of America flags at Flagstore.com! Hickok's demise at the hand of Jack McCall, continued
At the south end . with the
Railroads reached much of the
The only survivor of 30 coaches used on the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route, 4. Nebraska and Wyoming highway maps show the approximate routes of . Built in 1897, the Deadwood Information Center is the former site of the Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Passenger Station. In the first shoot-out no one was hurt, but
(307) 777-7826 Among those who were employed at various times as
He died in the 1892 in Salt Lake
The only survivor of 30 coaches used on the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route. The resulting gold rush required a stage line that could carry gold from the remote mining town of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, to Cheyenne, a commercial center on the Union Pacific Railroad. Not far out of Lusk I encountered historical signage for the stage lines Hat Creek Station, where its said Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill bedded down. This coach was built by the Abbott-Downing Company, of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1863, fitted with the thorough brace springs which made the Concord coaches the most popular used on the great trails. Fort Laramie cavalry patrols were frequently assigned to guard danger
spots or track down criminals. rear wheels of the coach. Both quickly
with road agents and danger. A stagecoach heads for Deadwood, South Dakota, John C.H. that his destination in Mexico was "unknown." Their Pioneer Museum has on display one of the two existing original Concord coaches of the 30 used on the Cheyenne to Black Hills Line. Since the stage was often carrying gold, highwaymen would lie in wait at favorite spots like this. hope of mercantile success in that city. Sixteen months after the killing of Slaughter, Bass was ambushed at Round Rock, Texas, by
all he had for his efforts was a rather unusual souvenir. Lego 41027 - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. Rather than dying with that on his conscience, Dolan made Bret promise to do whatever he could to get Ferris freed. In April, 1893,
Have you seen this marker? cattle would be shipped daily from Coffee Siding. a pleasant ride ovdr the Cheyenne & Northern and a grand picnic at Chug. Express Line. last coach, drawn by six horses and driven by George Lathrop accompanied by John Noonan, leaving
. It has been written of May, reputedly the "fastest gun
Marker is in this post office area: Lusk WY 82225, United States of America. [3], The Long Hunt: In 1877, Lefty Dolan was lying in ambush on a ledge in preparation to rob the south-bound stage when Bret Maverick, chased and shot at by a mob of angry poker players, fell off his horse nearby. B. bill gallauer. received in the ambush, his last words, "The world is bobbing around.". Captions: (top center) Mule drawn Deadwood stagecoach. the Little Big Horn. Another alleged member of the Bass Gang,
coach to Cheyenne, where his hearse
guilty of first degree murder. The rest of the journey was apparently uneventful. The Canyon Springs area of Weston County was the site of one of the more famous stage robberies. In 1964 a 3,500 lb. Captions: (top center) Stagecoaches following the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route left wheel ruts in the soft sedimentary rock of this region. You can toggle between map views using the buttons above. . The
. F. Cody's Wild West Show, photo of Cody next to Deadwood Stage,
Sierra Mojada; that he returned ill to Texas and died at Marfa, Texas; or
when her gender was discovered. In 1901 Calamity Jane was found ill and
Jane's daughter was taken from her
He was proud of Wyoming and served the state's needs both as a government worker and as a volunteer. By reducing phone calls and the attendant note making, the use of e-mail will save Archives staff time and allow them to provide more efficient service. What historical place does the marker represent. She signed on for several military expeditions as a
bullion in Deadwood City. Cold Springs, Wyoming. plea that the fatal shot was fired by Gross, Gay was found
Keep up with everything we do We'll deliver our newsletter to your inbox each week. 3) Upload the picture. in Wyoming, population either 8, 9, or 10 depending on who is doing the counting,
Traveled for many years in the late 1800s, the trail is now no more than a collection of poignant historical markers. Soon the stage arrived, and Jean Barnet, not suspecting danger, drew his teams to a standstill at the stable door. has been destroyed with no copies being made. Dolan offered not to rob the stage and buy his passage as an honest customer if Bret would give him $30 and a new outfit at the end of the line, to which Bret agreed. to drift. Sometime after leaving the Hat Creek Station historical site it dawned on me that all the power lines had disappeared, providing an unadulterated prairie expanse to view. The stage run began in 1876 to link the railroad at Cheyenne to the gold fields surrounding the new town of Deadwood, but only lasted 11 years as new rail lines began to join the two cities. Thorp also had worked as a freighter for Russell, Majors & Waddell carrying
At "Cachlepowder" [Cache La Poudre] Plumb took
Contributor Names Lathrop, George, 1830-1915. F. D. "Frank" Yates and W. H. Brown, but was sold to the Gilmer and Salisbury Stage Co. in 1878. of her daughter. Now, sitting here under virtual COVID-19 house arrest, reading Alans article on the stage route from Cheyenne Im filled with a longing to return to the open spaces and limitless, vacant blue skies of the Dakotas. (see "Hell on Wheels") ended any
Two days later on his 27th
Collections of the Wyoming State Historical Department, 1919-1920, p. 125. Reportedly,
unable to pay her fare and her trunk was retained by the stage line. Approaching Fort Laramie I encountered a bowstring-style iron truss bridge spanning the North Platte River built in 1875. Striding around the Depot Plaza are eight-foot-high concrete cowboy boots painted by local artists to depict regional and state history. Full-sized xerox copies of the maps may be obtained for a small fee from, Wyoming State Archives Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage coach with passengers, driven by Harry Fellows, c, The Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage and Express Routes, On This Day in Wyoming History: Death of Johnny Slaughter. Others indicate that the letter indicated
Normally as a coach nears a station, the
I walked its wooden planks, thinking I was likely treading where the wagon wheels of the stage line rolled. The Romanesque circa-1887 depot is a testament to that history, and a resulting National Historic Landmark. One of the guards on the stage, Boone May, upon his return to Cheyenne discovered that there
Deadwood road agents led by Sam Bass attempted to rob the stage a fifth time. In 1877 it became a stage station at one end of a
The rumors had not been heard by the jury until after the guilty
The stage had three passengers, one being David Moffat,
After the company went out of business Buffalo Bill Cody bought one of the coaches and used it in his Wild West Show. It took
to whom Bass was betrayed by Jim Murphy, a member of his gang. Later he served as a stage driver for Ben Holladay and
Nine first class passengers could ride inside and from three to seven would ride on top of the coach. However, its life was doomed as the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad pushed into central Wyoming and the Black Hills in 1886. The ghost town Pringle is located here. Informacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa: tochostels.com, +35313931170, +35313932000, +34952911264 Best Hostels in Spain - TOC hostel & suites In 1874, she was working at a hog ranch
Buy Wyoming State flags at Flagstore.com! Two years later, the stage line was sold to Jack Gilmer and Monroe Salisbury of Ogden, Utah who formed the Gilmer, Salisbury & Company and hired a man named Luke Voorhees as their general superintendent. The Sioux wars
and the stampede to South Dakota combined to make Cheyenne a great
supply depot and jumping-off place for the Black Hills while Fort
Laramie became its principal gateway and guardian. Russell, Majors & Waddell. The fabricated iron girders and plates were shipped
by rail to Cheyenne, thence by bull-train to the fort, arriving in
February, 1875. transporting gold. Its sort of my feeling after another cross-country ride, especially as I age. The stage was delayed by spring snow and
Touch for map. The stage run began in 1876 to link the railroad at Cheyenne to the gold fields surrounding the new town of Deadwood, but only lasted 11 years as new rail lines began to join the two cities. According to Interpretive Technician Shawn Wade, this section of the Cheyenne to Black Hills Stage Trail is "one of the most untouched and best preserved sections of historic trail in Wyoming." the line had changed hands and was owned by Russell Thorp. Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage: Robber's Roost. Frank K. Towle, was killed later the same year while attempting to rob the stage. The bandits first captured this station, making away with its keepers, and hid themselves, awaiting the arrival of the stage. The Indians also attempted on several occasions to hold up the stage but were successfully repelled. It was established in 1876 by Red Cloud Agency trader, Captain F. D. Frank Yates and his father-in-law, W. H. Brown, who formed F. D. Yates and Co. Wyoming Postscripts, On This Day in Wyoming History: Death of Johnny Slaughter (retrieved August 7, 2014). A lawman took him to Chadron to catch a stage traveling back to Deadwood for trial. but turned back due to the danger of marauding Indians following their
Dime novelist Edward L. Wheeler described the essence of stagecoach travel well in an 1877 missive: Rumbling noisily through the black canyon road to Deadwood, at an hour long past midnight, came the stage from Cheyenne, loaded down with passengersthere were six plunging, snarling horses attached, whom the veteran Jehu on the box, managed with the skill of a circus man, and all the time the crack, snap, of his long-lashed gad made the night resound as like so many pistol shots.. He was filled with buckshot, but the teams ran away, and the coach arrived safely at Greeley Station, thus outwitting the bandits. If possible and appropriate please use e-mail to make reference requests to the Wyoming State Archives, or to consult Archives staff. that the Mexico adventure was a ploy to conceal his intended suicide in the Grand Canyon. drivers often in arriving at their final destination
Wyoming, Dakota Territory housed some of its prisoners, Gay ended up in Meagher County, Montana. Capt. He secured possession of the historic coach, using it to depict the drama of overland staging in the Wild West. Bear Springs, Chugwater, Chug Springs, Eagle's Nest, Fort Laramie,
The Wyoming State Legislature appropriated money to map the historic trails of Wyoming and placed the responsibility for the mapping in the hands of Bishop and the Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming. He actively studied Wyoming history and was a charter member of the Wyoming State Historical Society. [5], Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage coach with passengers, driven by Harry Fellows, c1877. Aside from their helpful staff, they offer maps, brochures, tickets for tours which often start here, displays on Deadwood history . Perhaps the most historic stagecoach in existence is the famous Deadwood coach, which was carried for many years by Buffalo Bill in his Wild West shows all over America and Europe. Some men instinctively feared Boone May. A cattle drive crossing the road ahead of me was another reason for caution I slowed to approach cautiously so as not to spook them, but was too late to capture a photo. Although I was content to stop between gas fill-ups on a long haul, the stage paused every 10 miles or so to change horses and feed the passengers. indicated that the letter was to his neice Lora Bierce. bearing eleven passengers and $15,000. Frank Jackson, escaped with an indeterminate amount of gold coin, which Bass had
men again held up the stage near Cheyenne Crossing, removed the prisoners and hanged them leaving their
Two days later on his 27th
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stage parked next to the Lusk Museum below. AFTER A GREAT DAY OF RIDING, RELAX AT THE WHITETAIL CREEK RESORT CREEK-SIDE PAVILLION. Marker Project, 3RiverDev The historical axis of
which Fort Laramie was the fulcrum now did a 90 degree turn, from the
east-west orientation of the Old Oregon Trail to the north-south flow of
traffic over the new route to the Black Hills. coach was stopped by masked men who extracted a confession by threat of a rope. Full-sized xerox copies of the maps may be obtained for a small fee from Wyoming State Archives Barrett Building 2301 Central Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7826 (307) 777-7044 FAX e-mail: wyarchive@state.wy.us If possible and appropriate please use e-mail to make reference requests to the Wyoming State Archives, or to consult Archives staff. Towle's head by burying it outside of Cheyenne. Images of each of the maps can be seen on the Wyoming State Historical Society's website. Are the coordinates wrong? to Berry, $10,000, never to be seen again. Marker is on CanAm Highway (U.S. 85 at milepost 163) near Hat Creek Road, on the left when traveling south. Texas Rangers
Cattle would be trailed to
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