Fine Shotguns: The History, Science, and Art of the Finest Shotguns from Around the World [Illustrated] 1634503155, 9781634503150
In Fine Shotguns, expert John M. Taylor offers a global view of shotguns using photographs and descriptions of guns from
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Table of contents :
v. 1. 1873-'75 --
v. 2. 1876-'77 --
v. 3. 1878-'79 --
v. 4. 1880-'82 --
v. 5. 1883-'84. V. 1. 1873-75: March, 1873: Cheyenne's Eagle House burns
Indians restless along the Chug [Chugwater] --
April, 1873: Ranchers on constant lookout for Indians
White Clay mail carrier killed
Bull train hauls 75,000 pounds freight per trip
Rings for Lallee
Gift wagons from Jules Ecoffee no account
Echoes from the Modoc War
Stage coach stalled, soldier freezes, in blizzard
General Grant and family visit Cheyenne --
May, 1873: A loan from Hi Kelly
Deep snow from Bear Springs to Cheyenne
Cheyenne to Omaha by train, $31
The mystery of Little Mary
Early oil discovery near Teapot Dome --
January, 1875: A blue financial outlook
Lucky at cards
trouble in Louisiana
Sawing beef like ice at 51 below zero
Government pays eight cents for meat
Bids $1680 per annum on mail route from Medicine Bow to Ft. Fetterman --
February, 1875: History of Bordeaux
The murder of Baptiste Ladeau
Six Mile Ranch favorite spot for killings
Cy Williams sells his life dearly
Missouri Jim frosts his ears and gets a grubstake
Jim Harwood, John Boyd go for blacksmith, return slightly inebriated
Roundup in Goshen Hole
Jim Hunton out all night looking for ponies
Driving "Painted Horn" beeves to Ft. Fetterman
Lallee's allowance --
March, 1875: 102 cow hides a heavy load, sell for $5.50 each in Cheyenne
Gold excitement and trouble brewing in the Black Hills --
April, 1875: Pants for three brothers, $35
Butcher's wage, $50 per month
Why 80-year-old bridge across Platte [River] is still sturdy
Wins chairs in raffle, trades with Speed Stagner for rug
A bad night at cards
Butcher Fischer has the Quinzy [quinsy]
Broken legs for Ward and Jim Lane
"Numpa" [Nampa?] says Indians will fight for Black Hills
An adventure with Lallee --
May, 1875 : A peace conference that failed
Spring roundup
Brooks sells out to Guiterman [Getermann]
Charles E. Clay, Hunton's contemporary
A military expedition --
June, 1875: Walker & Johnson gather 934 beeves
Indians steal horses on Rock Creek and Laramie Plains
Gathering wire near Old Fort Casper
Cavalry unable to cross Platte, returns to Ft. Fetterman
Horse racing and liquor
Griffin's Ranch burned --
July, 1875: A master wagon maker
Eleven bull teams on the road
A meeting at the Natural Bridge
Surveyor Hammond recovers stolen horse
History of Bridger's ferry
Mrs. W.G. Bullock, descendant of George Washington
Lallee goes visiting
Gen. [General] Crook passes north --
August, 1875: Telegraph to Fetterman down
Indians steal Malcomb [Malcolm] Campbell's horses, kill old man
Haying on Box Elder and the Chug
Whitehead prospecting party see Indians, come to Hunton's ranch
Exodus of officers from Fort Fetterman
Making adobe brick
Tom Hunton survives serious illness
Indian Commission at Ft. Laramie --
September, 1875: Three steers for $100
Six weeks provisions for hay crew
Jules Ecoffey robbed in Cheyenne
Election at 3-Mile Ranch, Lallee votes too
Lallee ill on LaPrele, Dr. Gibson attends her
Indians ugly at Agency Council, kill man on Laramie, attack hay train at Bridger's Ferry, cavalry set out --
October, 1875 : Lallee recovers, return to Bordeaux
Bullock and Phillips bondsmen for Hunton
Bull calves, $38
steers, 3Ø pound
A boil where it hurts, especially on horseback
Swan buy cattle on LaBonte
Freight business hits slump, bull trains go after poles
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians visit Ft. [Fort] Fetterman
Butchering and making sausage
Powell, Smith, and Lord haul military baggage
Two pioneers in their later years [Malcolm Campbell, Earnest Logan] --
November, 1875: a bargain to hold hay bottom
Log floor for Malcomb Campbell's house
26 work cattle lost, train rumbles on with remaining 64
Women and trouble at Fisher's, "Cully" lands in guard house, Roe in hospital
Bargains at quarter master's sale
Jim Sanders brings gold out of Black Hills worth $19.45 an ounce
New iron bridge across Platte at Fort Laramie nears completion
A telegram about Mary --
December, 1875: The story of Little Bat
An elk hunt in 1875 --
Distance tables. V. 2.: Introduction: an after word: Part One, 1876 : January : A fancy note--
interest 2% per month
going wages--
five to forty cents per hour, fifty cents to $4.00 a day
Population of Wyoming 9,118
of New York City, 926,341
Long Bill Dailey's brother ran the Rocky Mountain News
congressman Steel pressured for Platte Bridge appropriation
Gold rush to Black Hills becomes frenzy --
Indian resentment at invasion mounts
Sports event at Fort Fetterman --
baiting captured coyote with dogs
Fifty tons hay at $45 per ton
Capt. Laubenfels dismissed --
Lts. Luhn Quinn and Babbs promoted to captains
Stage line planned to Black Hills, Hundreds outfit for prospecting. Cheyenne Hotels overflow --
Guests sleep on floors and billiard tables
Sitting Bull takes to war path --
Miners clamor for extermination of the Sioux
Nath Williams abandons bull train on LaBonte
Hauphoff's Hotel at Fort Laramie --
February : Mr. Swan overnight guest at Bordeaux
Jim Hunton takes five-wagon hay train to Fort Fetterman
First stage leaves Cheyenne for Black Hills --
a five day trip
Colin Hunter supplies troops with sixty beeves --
Price going up
War with the Sioux called inevitable --
newspapers beat drums for action
Steady stream of miners pass Bordeaux daily, headed for "The Hills"
Indians raiding on Cottonwood Creek
General Crook readies expedition at Fort Fetterman --
foresees "unusually arduous" campaign with green troops
Cavalry moving North exhausts Bordeaux hay supply --
March : Hunton dreams of fighting and killing on eve of war
Crook's expedition leaves Fort Fetterman on disasterous [disastrous] campaign
Black Hills' gold brings Cheyenne business boom
Pioneer road map and transportation costs to "The Hills"
Business also booming at Bordeaux
Persimmon Bill Chambers kills Sgt. Sullivan
Ox train snowed in on Elk Horn --
short of rations --
Butcher Johnson & Walker beef
Custer City gets steam saw mill by bull train, has forty houses
New iron bridge across Platte at Fort Laramie opened to travel
Hay soars to $60 ton, corn $3.50 per hundred
Pat Corbliss coughs up stolen money when hanged a little
George McMillan loses his watch at cards
Portugee Phillips has popular road ranch on the Chug
Crazy Horse wins first round --
sends Crook reeling back to Fetterman --
Officers look for scapegoats --
soldiers get drunk --
April : Heck Reel's bull train snowed in on Horse Shoe
Heavy traffic through Bordeaux to Black Hills
George Cross remembered Lallee as good cook, fine looking woman who spoke French well, thought Little Mary was her daughter
Bordeaux Road House gets a new dirt roof
Stuttering Brown, stage line superintendent, killed near Hat Creek Station
George Powell buys silver watch McMillan lost at cards for $75 --
May : Malcomb Campbell leaves Ft. Fetterman Hospital
Hunton & Kipp low bidders on Fetterman beef --
10C hoof, 11c block
James Hunton killed by Indians --
"buried Jim" --
and a brother's blind rage
Panic among travelers to Black Hills as Indian killings mount
Sioux tribes leave the reservations --
join for battle in the north
Stage driver Clark killed in ambush set for General Crook
War correspondents father and organize in Cheyenne
A poor time to lose your gun
Col. [colonel] Royal's command marches to join Crook --
camps at Bordeaux
Ferrying army across the swollen Platte no easy task
Indians thick between Ft. Laramie and the Chug --
settlers appeal for arms --
territorial arsenal depleted
Last minute efforts for peace fail
Crook's second expedition leaves Ft. Fetterman 2:00 p.m. May 29. V. 2. Part two, 1877 : January : General Crook, back from the wars, passes to Cheyenne
Borrows hay press from Senator Kendrick's future father-in-law
Frank Gruard [Grouard], The Sandwich islander who passed for a Sioux
Horse herd on Spear Fish stolen by Indians
Deputy Marshal Fisher after horse thief
Heavy travel and troop movements through Bordeaux, Cross roads of the west
A stabbing affray at John Owens' ranch
Many Chinamen traveling to the Black Hills
Seventeen passengerss on coach, including Deputy Fisher and prisoner McGinnis
Luke Voorhees, Pioneer Stage operator, whose "Treasure Coach" carried fortunes in gold
Circulating petition for Post Office at Bordeaux
Frank Ecoffey on Cheyenne coach with two prisoners
Indians steal Portugee Phillips' and Hi Kelly's horses, kill trapper on Cottonwood
Charly Clay wintering his work cattle on running water
Nagle & Swan offer $200 reward for stage robbers, dead or alive
Last Indian depredations in the Laramie region
Hay price at Fr. Fetterman $60 ton
Daily coach planned to the "Hills", more stable room needed at Bordeaux --
February : Builds house on Tom Hunton's homestead
Bailing hay on the Nick Janis' ranch
General Miles wins victoory on the Yellowstone
small pox at fort Laramie, one man dies
Alvah W. Ayers finds Charly Clay's work cattle
John LaMotte gets $40 a month job
Another prophetic dream, jealous women fighting over him
Domestic crisis, goes buggy riding with "E", Lallee leaves him
Hay bales weighed 200 pounds, eight-wagon bull train hauls 34 tons to Ft. Fetterman
Indian scare at Fagan's ranch
Hay for Luke Voorhees' stage line at $32 ton
Thirteen dollar hay brings $60 baled and delivered at Ft. Fetterman
Britisher badgered at hay camp
Train attacked on Black Hills Road, one killed, Ft. Laramie troops to rescue
Horse stealing along the Laramie and Platte, other indian depredations
Confides his trouble with Lallee to her brother, Little Bat
Tells Squaw to go, suffers pangs of regret, would rather have seen her die
W.G. Bullock disapproved for post trader appointment, his squaw record hurt him
Velvet har, Brass heeled shoes and Merino hose for some lady --
March : Transportation magnates of pre-railroad days
William Pye steals Jim's money and flees, the boys bring him back
Eternal triangle, hears Lallee has been "toying" with Joe Morris
Squaw camp on the Laramie
Sends Lallee to reservation, but she does not stay there
Building new stage station at Bordeaux
F.M. Phillips throws his squaw away but keeps the children
Anguish for nothers when red and white mates parted
Buying cattle for Indian beef
Eula Wulfjen [Mrs. John B. Kendrick] traveled the Texas trail in '73 at age of fifteen months
Eighteen below zero in March
Heavy stage coach travel through Bordeaux to Black Hills
Indians surrendering horses and guns at Red Cloud Agency
General Crook relaxes at Ft. Laramie
Lallee had a sewing machine
Road agents did not molest the lady
Making shoes for work cattle
The remarkable Johnny Owens, Twenty notches on his gun
Tom Hunton first Postmaster at Bordeaux
McQuade kills the Jacksons --
April : Lure of Black Hills' gold spreads over the nation
Johnny Slaughter, stage driver, killed by road agents
Col. Carpenter conducted tours for miners
Hunton brothers qualify to handle mail
John Boyd builds Homestead House
Indians stealing horses on Bear Creek
D.H. Russell buys a $60 bull
An irrigation system at Bordeaux
Capt. Van Vliet's stallion brings $150
Small pox victims left at Chugwatter by Army train
Cold, wet journey from Bordeaux to Ft. Fetterman
Capt. Pollock survived the Frontier Wars to die in fall down stairs --
May : Crazy Horse surrenders his warriors but not his spirit, sought death and found it
John R. Smith turn the table, shoots bandit who came to rob him
Beef bids for Forts Fetterman and Reno
Andy Sullivan's bones found by roundup party, he was Governor Sinmpson's great uncle
Ton Hunton sick, treated by doctor passing to the Hills
Bordeaux Irrigation system completed
James Monroe helped build Cow Hide Dam across the Chug
Chinamen bring lauandry service to Black Hills' miners
Roundup crew dissatisfied, maybe the cook was on a toot
Posey Wilson sues, attaches hay money
Billy Bacon and Jack Sanders [Saunders] rubbed each other out
Little Bat finds "Bob " horse in Indian hands
Lallee, Old Squaw and Little Bat visit Hi Kelly
Political plum, Sutlers and post traders had monopoly at frontier posts
Horse thieves go too far, steal Judge Hauphoff's stock
Lallee again sent agency, again she does not stay
Andy Carr recovers some of his horses from Indians
John Owens buys $30 bull calf
Thirty dollars a month job for Newcomb. v. 2 1877 [cont.] June : Gathering cattle with lower roundup from Sidney, Nebraska to Ft. Laramie
The Janis boys, Wiulliam and Pete, killed by Richard [Reshaw] brothers in Christmas brawl
Awarded contracts on hay for Ft. Reno, hay and beef for Ft. Fetterman
Charley Mathews builds on Platte hay bottom opposite old Indian agency
Tax collector Provines makes his rounds
Storm washes out bridges on Chug and Hunton Creeks
Did you ever see a perfect rainbow in the moonlight?
Lallee leaves again, takes bed and clothing with her
The "S O" brand used on Wyoming's first herd of beef cattle
Agrees to deliver all hay within forty mile radius to Ft. Reno
Three stage robberies in week, loot totals $20,000, and the road agents also had their litttle joke
Mrs. Bill Waln was a hardy pioneer mother --
July : Extra hay for Fort Reno at $65 ton
Who fenced in the Red Bluffs hay bottom
Dave Cottier gets hay hauling job at Reno
Herman Haas a skilled workman, ox yokes and bows his specialty
Buys Colin Hunter's bull outfit, 19 yoke cattle and 4 wagons
Old Mr. Clay, of Virginia, visits W.G. Bullock
Posey Ryan sub-contraccts Fr. Reno hay, had stormy life, peaceful death
Directing far-flung hay and beef operations from sick bed
Medical services came high in 1877, too.
Adolph Cuny killed by Clark Pelton at Six Mile ranch
Gets well fast when Newcomb starts cooking
Financed by First Bank of Omaha --
August : How Caspser got her start
Moves cattle herd to Box Elder
Brown & Yates teamster killed, wagon master wounded, by Indians
Hunting hay and game across northern half of Wyoming
Little Bat discovers new hay meadows southeast of Lake DeSmet
Relaxing at Fort Fetterman after strenuous journey
Hears report of Brigham Young's death
Wilderness hay party buys army provisions --
September : Hunton herd established on Box Elder
Stuart moves his cattle east
Accidental suicide at Fr. Fetterman hog ranch
Maj. Woolcott's cattle destroy hay at mouth of Deer Creek
Business and pleasusre trip to Omaha and Chicago, with Gen. Crook for traveling companion
Theatre offerings, Booth in "Brutus" at McVickers
Barrett in "Richard the Third" at Hooleys
Many new things seen at the fair
Carriage Tour of the city, and an eye full of Chicago night life
Union Pacific Train robbed at Big Springs, Nebraska, Loot $70,000 in cash
Swan Cattle empire getting a start
F.M. Phillips weds Miss Miller, opera singer
Governor Thayer's clemency sought for Dan Titus
Hi Kelly building new brick house
Indian gathering at Big Bat Pourier's
Smith buys Kent's cattle, $20 for cows, $30 for steers
New hay press cost $840 at Chicago
Omaha Bank advances $4765 on voucher for 148 tons hay --
October : Cattle drive from Bordeaux to Fetterman, George Drake in charge, Biilly Bacon and Wm. Hinson helpers
Hay hands dissatisfied, no pay, live on rations borrowed from Army
Hay contract completed, Hunton shells out $4000, everybody happy
New hay press arrives from Chicago, works okay
Another trip to Omaha, gets $10,500 advance on hay vouchers for $12,000
Buys tombstone for Jim Hunton's grave
Contracts to bridge Chugwater Creek for $350, Mr. Smith hews the timbers
Brands work oxen "L D" --
November : How Babcock happened to take up stage robbing
Little Bat Garnier sells his mules for $375
Lt. Chase stops at Bordeaux with captured road agents, collects $400 reward
Five hundred dollar check to Wm. J. Cave carefully preserved
Business and banking memoranda
No diary for December, 1877. V. 3, Part one, 1878 : January, 1878 : Rutherford B. Hays was 19th president of the United States
John R. Smith comes collecting for hay
A sixty mile horseback ride through deep snow
Loafing in Cheyenne, "The magic city " was "Bad business"
getting repairs for machinery no simple matter
How sheriff Carr delivered the Poll books
Names of a hay baling crew at F.M. Phillip's ranch
Railroad subsidy bonds carry, the squaws voted too
Wyoming was first state to extend franchise to women, one reason
Family reunion at Little Bat Garnier's
A bond that was hard to break
Pioneer woman recalls poignant episode with Lallee
Edwin C. Smith, summary of his career
Early brands of Tom Sun, O.P. Johnson, Sam Foley and Jim Cantling
Bull team freight rates changed with the seasons
How they measured hay stacks in 1878 --
February, 1878 : Tom Mathews tattles on L.P. Justy, reports bad condition at Ft. Fetterman
Petition for bridge actoss the Chug sent to county commissioners
Lallee's horse, stolen by Indians in 1876, sighted on Horse Shoe Creek
Blacksmith George Levers burns up posts and poles, gets fired
Brands recorded in Laramie City
February hunt stopped by snow and storm
Black Coal killed in Arapahoe tribal row
Leg broken in runaway, lies helpless in blizzard until midnight
Long siege in Fort Fetterman Hospital follows accident
George Powell get wood contract at $7 per cord --
March 1878 : Broken leg slow to heal and painful
Terrific five-day blizzard strikes March 8
Mail sent from Ft. Fetterman by pack horses, none received for ten days
Recurring nightmare prevents sleep, dreams his heart stops
Many dead cattle reported in storm's wake
Lt. King recaptures Parker's stolen mules
Twenty-five years later soldier-novelist Charles King writes nostalgic letter
George Powell and Maggie Scogille marry
Fort Fetterman stable collapses
Thirty-five days in hospital, Bill $41
board $50, nurse $13 --
April 1878 : Tom Reed was member of Persimmon Bill Chamber's outlaw band
Shorty Ezelle represents Hunton on Spring roundup
Big Bat Pourier pays visit to Bordeaux
Freight rates 85 cents per hundred from Cheyenne to Bordeaux, via bull train
William Hanson, discharged for drunkenness, steals pistol and leaves
Wulfjen family and Colin Hunter dinner Guests at Bordeaux
"Numpa" comes, takes squaws to Laramie River
Bill Waln hauls 14,000 pounds freight to Fetterman with ox team
Tom Hunton buys a $20 watch
Lallee married Frank Gruard, Crook's half Hawaiian scout, in later years --
May, 1878 : Railroad survey party working near Bordeaux
Roundup brings 2500 cattle from Goshens Hole
Crawford poisons self by accident at Johnny Owens' ranch
Robert Fryer, poet-blacksmith, has a sick spell
Beef bids for Fort McKinney, $7.48 per hundred on block, $7.10 on hoof
Builds raft-ferry across Box Elder Creek, but it does not work
Charley Wiley shot and killed by Charly Moore
pay day at Fort Fetterman, recruits and "rounduppers" arrive
Roundup working both sides of the Platte
Inspecting new road from Rock Creek to Fetterman
Bill Bullock [Halfbreed] befriended in Cheyenne, he tooured Eutope with Buffalo Bill Cody
Heavy troop movements North, officers dine at Bordeaux
Lallee ill, objects to medicine, doped with castor oil, tincture of opium and quinine regardless, recovers
To Omaha for bidding on government contracts
Decoration Day card game with officers and friends
Tim Dyer's "Button" of Black Hill's gold valued at $7,400 --
June, 1878 : Seeing sights in Omaha with Yates and Noble
Buys three mowing machines of Herman Haas
March blizzard of 1878 was worst ever. How Freighter Smalley saved his mules, Francis E. Warren traveled on foot when horses and sleds failed
Drift south of Cheyenne was mile wide, 18 feet deep
Hunton's hay crews organized at Bordeaux, Forts Fetterman, Reno and McKinney
E. Tillotson buys Joe Taylor's herd
Ft. McKinney moved to Clear Creek, Hay contract relet
Governor Thayer carries first mail over new Rock Creek-Fetterman Road
Buys new $16 pistol and $7.50 worth of ammunition
Tax valuations on livestock and equipment in 1878 --
July 1878 : Crazy Woman Creek, It's place in Wyoming history
Hay prospects look ppr, bids too high on McKinney contract
Little Bat finds lots of hay near Lake DeSmet, too late to save contract
Thomas J. Foster was Johanson County's first permanent settler
Loses McKinney contract, sells haying outfit and supplies to Snyder
Who killed Ed Hewitt?
Gen. Merritt and family camp at Brown Springs
Ft. Fetterman declared off limits to Scott Murray
Finds Wolcott cutting Fetterman reservation hay
Carey's herd arrives on Box Elder
Joseph M. Carey's remarkable political career
Thomas Edison in Wyoming to study sun's eclipse, gets idea which lights up the world --
August 1878 : Billy Bacon breaks leg at Bordeaux, Jim Monroe takes him to Fr. Laramie
Luke Murrin's expedition to Black Hills blocked by President Grant
Traveling dentist Barns visits Bordeaux, borrows silvertailed mare for ride to Cheyenne
Jim Berry robbed stage coaches and trains, maybe as a side line
Tar-She-Nah-Ze and Lallee go to Laramie River, Lallee returns ill, Dr. Joseph called
Branson passes with Texas cattle, He and Clay buy bulls, three for $100
Jim Shaw drove cattle up the Texas trail in 1878
Newsman Bronson came west with Nervous Breakdown following Henry Ward Beecher trial
Billy Irvine and Tom Branson fought the "Battle of the cook stove"
"The hand" again visits Bordeaux
Suffering with "Nervous Head", brain dull and stupid, thinks it is Mountain Fever
Butter thirty cents a pound, dentist bill $23 and Dr. Joseph gets $50 for attending Lallee --
September 1878 : Fried chicken for Sunday dinner at Bordeaux
Hi Kelly buys Jim Lane's horses, Hunton take 25 head
Tom Swan's herd passes Bordeaux
Johnny Gordon, Road Ranch proprietor at Uva. called Father of Wheatland irrigation
Gordon got a stormy welcome to Wyoming, found refuge with Billy Bacon and later bought him out
Wattling calves on the nose at Box Elder roundup
Promises Governor Thayer to haul 75,000 pounds of freight
Drives 65 miles from Horseshoe to Bordeaux in day
Little Bat and sister Lallee visit Cheyenne
Fred Schwartz had Road Ranch-Stage station on Lodgepole Creek
Mrs. Schwartz loses unborn baby fleeing from drunken cowboys
Their daughter, Minna Schwatrz, chorus girl in original "Prince of Pilsen" cast, marries columnist Franklin P. Adams
How Russell Thorp became a match-maker
Cold Springs "Treasure Coach" stage robbery, a case of cold blooded murder
W.G. Bullock attends political meeting at Hi Kelly's
A nine thousand dollar month for Hunton, but he spent $8,000 --
October 1878 : Hostile Cheyenne Indians cross R.R. between Cheyenne and Laramie City
Jim Bellamy is shotgun man on Union Pacific Railroad
Horseshoe Creek battle as told by John R. Smith
Bullock's squaw and Mexican find stolen horses at Rock Creek
Pease nominated for congress by Democrats at Rawlins convention
Bull train leaves Rock Creek for Fetterman with 40 tons of sacked corn
J.W. Downey chosen Republican Congressional candidate at Cheyenne
Wyoming cattlemen shipping from Sidney, Nebraska
Tom Hunton and Dan Titus kill mountain sheep near Bordeaux
Zack Thomasson range manager for Swan Company, salary $3600 a year
Rogers surveying land along Chugwater Creek
Lallee and Hunton go traveling, "noon" at Gordon's, spend night at Tobe Miller's on Cottonwood
Six thousand dollar month for Hunton, expenditures $5000 --
November, 1878 : Old timers electioneering, Hunton does not vote
Six Mile Hog ranch robbed, Mail held up on Bozeman Trail and Jim Berry's mysterious absence
Captain Coats sells chickens on the side
Tom Maxwell a suicide at Dyer's Hotel
George Via sells hay at $8 per ton
Troop movements to and from Fort Fetterman
The James boys had outlaw headquarters on Little Goose Creek
Poss Comitatus restrictions hinder troops in preventing mail robbery
More details about the "Battle of Horseshoe Creek " --
December, 1878 : Moves milk ranch to Box Elder, turns shops over to Robert Fryer
Parks freight wagons for Winter, turns work cattle out to graze, pays off "Train hands"
From Bordeaux to Cheyenne, A day's drive with a good team
Christmas is "Absolute holiday" at Bordeaux, Billy Bacon and wife call
Sam Groves has a lot of wages coming
How Bullwhacker Kellogg helped build Wyoming
Noel Seminole gets $75 for squatter's right to a good ranch
A $40,000 year for Hunton, of which maybe $1,000 was profit
Bull train freight rates from Rock Creek to Fts. Fetterman and McKinney. v. 3. 1878-'79, Part two- 1879 : January, 1879 : New models every year no essential
Beef bids for the military, a comparison of the "price spread" then and now
Convinced he has heart disease, half century of active living ahead
Ed Chaplain hitch hikes bull train ride in zero weather
Cheyenne Indians massacred at Fort Robinson
Lallee reports Little Bat's "jaw bone amputated", he make quick recovery
Curly Coleman buys hay for Six Mile Ranch
Fifth Cavalry camps at Chug Springs, consumes 6,900 pounds hay
Builds new shops at Box Elder Ranch
Hard month on stock, many work and beef cattle dead on the range --
February, 1879 : Maybe there were two Jim Berrys, one an outlaw, one a builder
Little Bat hauling logs for bridge
Sawing lumber at Fort Fetterman
Dan Titus fails to please as blacksmith
A Spring bath and clean clothes
Overhauling freight wagons at Box Elder shops
Tries out coal from Lacey's mine, Frank Lacey arrested
George Powell buys Heck Reel's Freight outfit
Range cattle near starvation, none fit for beef
All hands sick, sounds like the flu
Building house at Box Elder's headquarters --
March, 1879 : Bags white deer on hunt
Maj. Mason assumes FT. Fetterman command
Burning charcoal for Army at 30 cents a bushel
Finds ten dead cattle on Box Elder
Mail contractor blows up, government takes over
Maj. Frank Wolcott conceives the Johnson County War
Grand view of Big Horns, Pumpkin Buttes and Powder River Range from Pole camp on Deer Creek --
April, 1879 : George Drake employed by stage company
Capt. Powell defeated Red Cloud in "Wagon box fight "
Johnny Owens trades ranch on Chug for 75 tons of hay and 15 Texas steers
Buys eight freight wagons of Herman Haas
To Omaha for Government contract letting
Five bandits really cleaned out W.P. Noble's cow camp
Henry Wagner was Laramie City's first dry goods merchant
Bids on hay, wood and charcoal for Forts Laramie, Fetterman and McKinney
Hogerson twins born at Fort Fetterman, new experience for both mother and doctor, but everyone helped
four horses for $272 at Government sale
Beef bids for Forts Robinson, Laramie, Fetterman and McKinney
Ninety-five dollars buys a set of harness --
May, 1879 : Russell Thorp had fine horses, summary of his career
Frewen Brothers built a castle on Powder River, but the Buffalo's Skull outlasted it.
Many outfits out on roundup
Fetterman commander approves herding cattle off hay meadows, easier said than done
Gorge McMillan offered $6500 for 1000 cords wood delivered at Fort Fetterman
Hunton's roundup crew: tom Hunton, Jim Berry and Bill Waln, with Bob Waln cook and chuck wagon skinner
Gathering work cattle, "necking" young steer, overhauling wagons, bull whackers arrive
Tax valuations on cattle in 1879 --
June 1879 : Roundup swims herd across Platte River
Lallee and sister visit their brother, Little Bat
Necks 37 new work oxen --
sells 10 to McMillan, 6 to Waln
Bull train rolls from Fetterman to Rock Creek for 175,000 pound cargo
Sord & Smith sell ox train --
100 cattle, 15 wagons for $5,000
How Hat Creek Station got located on the wrong creek
Bull train makes 20 miles in day --
6 tons grain to each team at creek
Mrs. W.G. Bullock ill in cheyenne
Hot spell at Bordeaux --
99 degrees in house, 118 in sun
Large panther sighted on Horse Shoe Creek
Lind gathers 1600 "CY" cattle on Box Elder
Extra bulls and chains help freight train cross the Platte
Boots $9, Trotting Assn. $25, subscription to Cheyenne Leader $10 --
July 1879 : Hay harvest on Box Elder completed in one week
Thermometer 100 in shade, 130 in sun at Fort Fetterman
Buys lame cattle from Taylor, 26 head for $275
fort Fetterman orders 150 tons baled hay
Freighter handly taken from bull train to Fetterman Hospital
George McMillan hauling firewood to Fetterman
Controversy with Wolcott over Deer Creek hay --
Fetterman commander refuses to intervene
Dan Titus loses his mules
Mrs. W.G. Bullock not expected to live
Tooth doctor's bill $105 --
August 1879 : Lum Waln charged $10 for passengers, 5c pound for freight, from Cheyenne to the Black Hills
All freight wagons on the road --
eight teams haul 30 tons hay from Deer Creek to Fetterman
Thayer pays $2000 freight bill
Mrs. W.G. Bullock dies in Cheyenne --
husband accompanies body to Lynchburg, Virginia
John Denny drove stage for a long time
High employment turnover among bull whackers
colin Hunter sells bull team, six work cattle and wagon, for $200
"Hand" and squaw visit three days at Bordeaux
Bull train off to bad start --
one wagon breaks down, another upsets at Chug Sprpings and night herder loses cattle
I.C. Whipple active in Pioneer Chamber of Commerce
Gold button from Black Hills valued at $7,400
Bob Walker one of first permanent settlers on Horseshoe Creek
Rumor that Colin Hunter has sold out to Swan
Skunk bites him on top of head
Dave Lord hired to run bull train, 14 wagons and 98 cattle for $75 month
Trailing beeves from Fetterman to R.R. at Pine Bluffs --
twelve day trip
Wolcott's herd of 5000 passes Box Elder
Robert Fryer's Blacksmith and Wagon shop a busy place
Shirt and vest cost $6, watch $12 and trunk $11
Francis E. Warren became senior member of U.S. Senate --
September 1879 : Paid for 378 cords wood, 118 tons hay --
cow hides bring 8 1/2 cents pound
Big Bat Pourier and family Bordeaux visitors
five-team bull train hauls 35 tons baled hay
Bordeaux to Cheyenne a day's drive for good team
Attend Masonic Lodge for first time in twelve years
Shipping cattle from Pine Bluffs
Why Col. Pratt call Cheyenne Culb member "Herefords"
Feris-Haggerty mine in Carbon County sells for million dollars
Steers $3.20 per hundred in Council Bluffs $3.90 at chicago --
weigh 1200 to 1400 pounds
See "Pinafore" in Chicago --
decides once is enough
Henry and Will Swan pioneered cattle raising in Saratoga Valley-Headquarters at Ft. Steele, Brand "L7"
Gets hay press repairs from Dodge at Flint, Michigan, "Nice town of about 10,000".
Jane Combs stars in "Lady Teasel"
State fair at Detroit has good displays of cattle and agriculturaal implements
General Crook is traveling companion
Col. A.T. Babbitt promoted smelter at today's ghost town of Fairbanks
Fire destroys Deadwood business section --
Merchants quickly rebuild
Bill Waln quits freighting --
goes home to Iowa
Baling hay at McUlvan's and Colin Hunter's all month
Money month --
receipts $8000 during september, 1879, and he does some high living --
October 1879 : Utes on war path --
Charles Frederick among troops sent against them
"Thornburg's Massacre" --
and how a "corpse" came to life
Fall roundup and potato digging time
M.F. Coleman had ranch where Fetterman road crossed Bitter Cottonwood
Chugwater Telegraph operator Frank also line repair man
Work cattle worn and thin --
some die under the yoke
Train load Colin Hunter's hay leaves Bordeaux for Fetterman
Making one hundred 200-pound bales was a good day's work
Warren Sawyer proved up on Homestead in 1876
A horse deal with Judge Joseph M. Carey.
C.F. Miller credited Bible and pair of scissors with saving his life
S.F. Nuckles had "traveling store" which followed building of Union Pacific
J.W. Donnelan was cashier of Laramie City's First Bank --
November 1879 : Wood and hay for Fort Fetterman bring over $5000
Hunting Winter pasture for work cattle along the Bozeman Trail
Freight season over, yokes and chains stored away, All hands paid off
Dave Lord takes 164 oxen to Winter range on dry Cheyenne
Fred St. Dennis starts Road Ranch at Horseshoe Crossing
To Denver, Golden and Georgetown with "Legislative Excursion"
Erasmus Nagle headed Wyoming Capitol building commission --
built Cheyenne's finest home --
December 1879 : Maj. Frank Wolcott, controversial figure, represented British interests, helped organize Converse County
L.P. Justy ill at Bordeaux, Dr. Grimes called from Ft. Laramie
Arthur Coffee accidentally shoots and kills self
Teschmacher & DeBillier buy Duck Bar Ranch --
a fabulous pair
How Jim May lost his prisoners --
they escaped into eternity
Bob Walker was a lonsome man --
His wives did not like the wilderness
Tom Hunton and Dan Titus go hunting --
take provisions for two weeks
Treating sore-backed saddle horses
Pioneer ranchers on LaBonte and LaPrele Creeks
Goodby Lallee --
she leaves bordeaux with gifts of team, wagon, harness and money
a dull Christmas in Cheyenne --
sickness follows the Holidays
The remarkable Madame Lurline Monte Verdi, physician and surgeon to an outlaw gang
an era of the frontier passing --
fantastic new one is a'borning. v. 4. 1880-'81-82 : Part one : Prelude : Ah-ho-appa, daughter of Shan-tag-alisk --
Legend of Fallen Leaf --
January 1880 : Starts New Year convalescing in Cheyenne hotel
Dickering with Smith Brothers and A.V. Larimer on sale of herd
Cheyenne elects city officials
Tom Hunton attends dance on Laramie River, returns home next day
Railroader Woods shown country from Swan's on Sybille Creek north to Irvine's Ranch
Oxen die on January bull-train journey
Hotel bill $47.25, doctor's fee $29 during three weeks sick spell --
February 1990 : Jim Lane was "Buffy Boss" of Searight Brothers range
F.M. Phillips sells herd to Warner for $19,800
Bob Hamilton and others arrested, charged with stealing Army mules
Fred St. Dennis had a good start, tragic end
Reaches Bard's ranch through worst storm ever experienced
buys young stallion "Ethan Allen" for $450
J.C. Clark says C.M. & P. railroad will be built in Spring
Hunton promised pass on all Union Pacific trains
Titus and Monroe haul 80 tons hay from Bullock Place to Fort Laramie
Building new stabel at Bordeaux
Skew Johnson passes with a lady
Sliding scale job for Frank Browning --
March 1880 : Dan Titus building wardrobe for W.G. Bullock
Hi Kelly and Hunton guests at Fort Laramie's Rustic Hotel
Tobe Miller sells his herd and Patton his ranch
Mining boom between Fort Laramie and Running Water
Rich strikes of gold and silver reported --
prospectors flock in
Heck Rell, Fred Schwartz, Skew Johnson and Hunton among first to file claims
Great Western Mining and Milling company operated at Silver Cliff
O.J. Demmon ran Silver Springs Road Ranch, John Montgomery one at government farm and Jack Madden the stage station at Running Water
Another heart attack follows all the mining excitement
Provines surveys Tom Hunton and Johnny Owens claims, also irrigation ditches on both sides of Chug --
fee $60
Publisher Glafcke, M.E. Post and F.E. Warren helped make Cheyenne the mail and supply center for the Black Hills
New iron roofing for house at Bordeaux
Building rock dam for Johnny Owens irrigation ditch
Town site of "Brackett City" laid out in Muskrat Canyon --
business booms
How Goldschmidt won his seat beside stage driver Lathrop
Pays fifty cents for a copy of "Gaiety" --
April 1880 : To Cheyenne for Stock Growers Meeting --
time for roundup set
fifth Cavalry establishes new post on Running Water
Has first drink of wine in five years
w. B. Williams and Lem smith boy Box Elder cattle herd for $34,000
Settles up with L.P. Justy, Malcolm Campbell, Robert Fryer and others
Searight's roundup at Fort Fetterman --
Jim Berry joins as Hunton's "rep"
Bargains with Dave Lord to run ox-train
Bill Freeland, George Harris and E.H. Redfern to put in firewood
Confederate General J.L. Kemper receives financial lift --
May 1880 : Charlie Wright to haul hay from Bordeaux to Fort Fetterman for $20 ton
Speed Stagner lowest bidder on beef for Fetterman at 10 cents a pound
Carey and Wolcott roundup outfits camp at Box Elder
Tom Mathews gets a big pay check
Malcolm Campbell placed in charge of Box Elder ranch
Loans F.M. Phillips $2000 for ninety days
Building ditches, bridges, flumes etc. for Bordeaux Irrigation System
Tom Hunton proves up on claim --
brother John pays a lot of debts
Republicans meet in Laramie, elect delegates to National Convention
Visits General Flint and family at Fort Sanders
Buys Col. Van Vliet's old white stallion for $225
Swan's roundup party passes Bordeaux
Railroad survey runs through Hunton Meadows and corrals
1,000 cattle for $34,000 with 166 calves thrown in
Cheyenne Trotting Association Fee $25 --
June 1880 : Contracts to supply Fort Fetterman with 700 cords firewood at $8 per cord
Teamster shortage --
has only 96 oxen working
Malcomb Campbell shows Charley Wright the road to Wagon Hound
Has "fine chase" after mountain sheep with Little Bat
How Little Bat Garnier met death
Lallee and Jessie at Little Bat's, but Hunton "did not see them"
Lallee's sister, Jessie or Gency, one of Speed Stagner's squaws --
he traded a horse for her when she was 14
Col. Royal inspects Fort Fetterman
"Slippery" Sam slaymaker ran popular road ranches on LaPrele and at Buckshot
Contracts to deliver 1200 bushels of charcoal at 25 cents a bushel
Malcolm Campbell's salary as boss at Box Elder is $40 a month
Sam Groves has a $2500 pay day
Wins $53 at cards during June, losses $90 --
July 1880 : contracts to deliver 400 telegraph poles at $1.75 each
Attending races and doing nothing in Cheyenne --
Church twice on Sunday
John Sparks sells 24 steers at $30 per head
Hay harvest starts July 16 at Bordeaux
Swan, Nagle and others gather cattle in Goshen Hole
John London appointed post trader at Fort Laramie
Buys Nick Janis' place at Little Moon for $3350
Receives patent for Preemption claim
Legend of how Chugwater Creek got its name
Bad man Martin out to get Lowyer Corlett
but the vigilantes get Martin first
Prisoner roamed streets with baill and chain before Cheyenne had a jail
Dave Lord loads bull-train with 65,900 Lbs. of freight --
August 1880 : Circus draws Country people to Cheyenne
E. Tillotson sells Fetterman Sutler store to Nichol
Takes Mrs. charltom to see "Through Death Valley" --
a "Snyde" play
C.P. (Dub) Meek one of the earliest freighters to the Black Hills
w. G. Bullock goes East --
had half interest in Hunton's first herd
Tom Davis and the "Missourians" put up Little Moon hay
Gets new Winchester rifle at Fort Laramie
finances A.B. Clark in cattle partnership
Luke Voorhees buys Bullock Ranch hay for stage company --
$17.50 per ton
r. S. Van Tassell operated Cheyenne Lunber Yard in the Sixties
R.R. surveyor Effinger camps at Bordeaux
Showing more interest in society --
church, theatre, white women and wine
buys new $15 pistol, $30 diamond pin --
September 1880 : Little Moon hay drying up, blowing away --
stackers hard to get
Pratt & Ferris were sponsored by Marshall Field
M.E. Post buys herd of sheep at Fort Laramie
Kills lot of ducks at Little Moon --
Presents them to Collins and officers at Fory Laramie
Shipping cattle from Rock Creek
bob Waln buys three 7-yoke ox teams $1000 each
Fort Fetterman to Fort Laramie by Buckboard $10 --
Rock Creek to Fort Fetterman by stage $15
The Freund Brothers were skilled gunsmiths --
specialized in mounting and improving Sharp's actions
Bets against Garfield --
loses two $50 suits --
October 1880 : Haggling and fenagling, and a special trip to Omaha, over bids on Army hay
rustic Hotel and Post Trader Collins also in market for hay
Posey Ryan and Newcomb hauling bales from Little Moon
October winds and snow hamper Balinger operations
campaigning by mail for Representative M.E. Post
Sells Charley Wild six ox teams
Receives $3256 from Army on firewood contract
Buys $250 watch and chain --
pays $361.17 tax bill
How General Dodge named Cheyenne and Rawlins
Indian victims first to be buried in Cheyenne Cemetery --
November 1880 : tom haynes sells 4-mule team, wagon and harness for $700
All hands vote at Hi Kelly's, except the cook, Garfield elected. Close contest between Post and Swan
W.H. Hibbard built telegraph from Cheyenne to Black Hills --
sold Scrip to help finance construction
Little Moon is still a duck hunter's paradise
Several bull trains snow in, losing work cattle
Malcolm Campbell sends wife money to join him
Posey Ryan buys 6-mule team --
agrees to haul hay
Buys Paddleford's hay bottom opposite Little Moon for $400
Pratt & Ferris buy Little Moon for $5000 --
Half down, 12 percent interest on balance
Lets contract for 200 cords firewood for Fort Fetterman, $8 per cord --
December 1880 : Buys hay press, hay scales and four horses at government sale
Baling and hauling Little Moon hay to Fort Laramie
Rustic Hotell built by J.S. Collins
Starts on fateful journey --
return to home in Madison, Virginia for first time in thirteen years
Takes out $6,000 accident, $10,000 life insurance policy and carries $2,200 in cash on trip
Stops over in Chicago --
buys one-sixteenth interest in Wheeler Tunnel and Mining Co. of Central City, Colorado
Train jumps track --
no damage done
Three days in New York --
sees Hazel Kirk and Barrett in "Yorick's Love". Has some rather heavy "incidental" expenses
christmas shopping in Baltimore
buys $300 worth of groceries, crockery and dry goods
Finds everybody well at home --
but the old place dilapidated, old friends hard up and everything dull. v. 4. --
Part two : 1881
January, 1881 : Now thirteen years on the frontier
Bull whacking, Squaw Man and Indian War days are now over for John Hunton
See firl on street --
calls her his destiny --
a case of love at first sight if there ever was one
Finds state of delapidation in his Virginia homeland
Meets Miss Blanche Taylor at hop in the Old Temperance Hall
Old homes and old memories still linger in Madison, Virginia
The Hunton Hotel an ancient landmark
A dinner party at Genera
J.L. Kemper's
Cave and Sparks start new steam sawmill
A coward with the ladies --
Too bashful to ask Blanche for date
Forty five acres of Hunton Virginia land bring $262.00
Some farm and home essentials of 1881 --
Februrary, 1881 : Escorts the Misses Kemper and Young to dance --
wishes it could have been Blanche instead
Feels like giving his rival a dynamite pill
A date at last --
has trouble talking --
heart gets in his mouth
Young ladies put on a "Snide" show --
but Blanche magnificent as The Goddess of Liberty
Destroys record of conversation at mysterious tea party
Once started makes fast progress --
proposes and is accepted
Nannie Clay saw Lee's surrender from perch in Cherry tree --
tells of social life on the Wyoming frontier
Looking for non-existent mines with Mr. Sparks
Gives $25 to Episcopal church --
March, 1881 : Blanche breaks engagement to Mr. Smoot --
but it wasn't easy
Does not tell Blanche about Lallee --
fears she would discard him with scorn
Small town gossips get in their licks
Asks Dr. Taylor for his daughter's hand --
the doctor says no
Blanche promises to wait, but he doubts it
Starts back to Wyoming --
brideless and sad
Sees Fanny Davenport in "Frou Frou" --
too lovesick to enjoy it
Resolves no to think so much about Blanche --
silly boy!
Union Pacific Railroad washed out near Fremont --
takes B. & M. via Lincoln
The Oelrich Brothers lived high, wide and handsome on the range
Lovers correspond daily --
exchange photos
Frank Browning gets summer job at $40 per month
Reads "A Mad Marriage" --
makes him think of Blanche
authorizes Gen. J.L. Kemper to buy Dr. Reeves' farm for $10,000
A $75 diamond ring for Blanche --
April 1881 : George Boswell starts cooking at Bordeaux
Attends meeting of stockmen in Cheyenne
Buys McCreary's mule team --
sells it to Hunter & Bergman for $833
Clay & Hunton low bidders on freight contract
Sells Little Bat Garnier three horses, harness and wagon
Rustic Hotel at Fort Laramie buys load of hay
Detailed bids on hay, wood and coal for Forts Fetterman and Laramie
Williams & Smith delinquent on Box Elder Ranch notes
Planning to build house for Blanche at Bordeaux
building fence around Platte meadows
John W. Ford was stage agent, telegraph operatot and U.S. Commissioner at FT. Laramie
Menea's Saddle & Harness Shop was a Cheyenne institution --
May 1881 : Shopping for mares at the TY --
quality good but priced too high
Blanche invites him to Rendezvous in Washington, D.C.
Takes along $1000 for expenses --
hopes to bring her back, but has misgivings
Orders lumber for new house --
Jake to make window frames for $5 each, door frames for $3.50
Pays guide $2.50 to show him the sights in Washington while waiting
Blanche arrives one day late --
he has a feeling somethin is wrong
Lovers fail to reach understanding --
have sad uncertain parting
Attends George Washington's Masonic Lodge in Alexandria, Virginia
Feels mighty low traveling back to Wyoming
doubts they will ever marry
Starts foreclosure proceedings against Williams & Smith
Colts break from pasture --
one badly wire cut
Pratt & Ferris finish paying for Little Moon --
June 1881 : Repossesses SO herd and other Box Elder property from Williams & Smith
Burning lime to build honey moon house at Bordeaux
Glafcke printed Wyoming's first law book --
some public officials of the day
Unsuccessful prospecting at "Blue Stone"
Starts construction on new house --
asks Blanche to let him come for her in July
Summary of Hunton's business operations at Bordeaux
Hires Jim Monroe to look after things at Box Elder Ranch
G.D. MacDougall remembers when Duncan Grant courted Mary Reagan
Buys fifty cords wood from Fred Foy
L.C. Bishop's first job was herding sheep for George Powell
Skew Johnson goes to Sweetwater for cattle
Fixes up old wagon for Little Bat Garnier to use hauling wood
Rough going for romance --
Blanche makes him jealous by corresponding with the "Blackguard" in Baltimore
Receives word his mother is blind
Clay & Hunton plan big freighting season --
but prospects not bright
Lem Smith & Son pay up Smith & Williams mortgage, regain Box Elder Ranch
Roundup time --
offers Webster $5 per head for all "LD" strays returned to pasture
Escorts Mrs. Charlton to theatre --
I.T. Raymond starring in "Frish"
Cheyenne Club bill for June $144.25 --
July 1881 : President Garfield assassinated --
Oelrich Bros. bring news to Bordeaux --
July 4th celebration at Fort Laramie called off
W.C. [Billy] Irvine as remembered by Mrs. John B. Kendrick and Russell Thorp
Drou[g]th settles over the land --
hay help hard to find
Lots of lime needed to build that new house at Bordeaux
Hi Kelly and Hunton do some price fixing on Government hay
Crawford drinking, work on house slows down --
Crawford sober, work speeds up
Many lost calves have been named after Mr. Maverick
Hail storms kills colts and calves --
flood follows
Tom Hunton returns from Virginia
Two Bar Ranch was scene of much Wyoming history
Big Celebration in Cheyenne --
sick in bed next day --
has tooth pulled
Rev. Cowhick carried bibles to the Black Hills
Blanche sends him a tobacco sack
All hands busy haying and bouse building at Bordeaux
A three way land deal with Kelly and Collins --
August 1881 : Mining excitement at Fort Laramie --
Copper strikes at the "Green Mountain Boy" and "Sunrise" claims
Burning more lime for new house at Bordeaux --
Jim Talbot doing the masonry work
Buys ten heifers and a bull from Swan for $375
Two loads of hay for Eagles Nest --
September 1881 : Rehmeyer take contract to cut Platte Meadows Hay for $2.50 per ton
Frank Browning gets a pay boost to $50 per month
Snow storm at Bordeaux September 6.
tom Hunton sells Fort Fetterman wood to George Powell
W.P. Noble was object of search
Grout walls of Bordeaux house completed --
Plastering starts --
an iron roof for the kitchen --
lets contract for the painting
T.A. Kent, Heck Reel and F.M. Phillips driving beef to Pine Bluffs
Mrs. F.M. Phillips gives Hunton a canary bird
Off to Virginia to be married
W.G. Bullock buys the bride a case of fine silver --
October 1881 : Dr. Taylor and family withdraw their objections --
welcome prospective son-in-law
Blanche Taylor and John Hunton married October 5
Honeymooning in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Niagara Falls and Chicago --
November 1881 : General Crook and John S. Collins call on the newlyweds
Doing nothing in Cheyenne gets tiresome
Buys furniture of Craig & Gardner --
and a $55 sewing machine
May improvements noted in Denver --
Mile High City pleases Blanche
McFarlane and McUlvane sell herd and ranch to E. Nagle
Bridegroom lets his bookkeeping slip --
December 1881 : Frank Browning quits --
gets $2250 pay check
Moves from Inter-Ocean Hotel to Railroad House --
rates $4 a day with board
Drives the Misses Maxwell, Mts. Wallace and Blanche to Hi Kelly's in Carriage
New ready at Bordeaux --
busy moving in furniture
Dick Mantel paid $100 --
leaves for England
Introduces Arthur Clarke at the Cheyenne Club
Some last minute Christmas shopping
Starts newyear with Blanche ill in Cheyenne
Readjustment problems facing both of them. v. 4. Part Three --
1882 : January 1882 : Start of a new era in more ways than one
A girl bride's auburn curl
Blanche under doctor's care in Cheyenne Hotel
buys 102 Oregon heifers from Hi Kelly for $2,000
Newlyweds leave for Bordeaux home --
Blanche with lots of flowers and a cook
Busy time cleaning house, moving in furniture, laying carpets, etc.
Tom Haynes and Billy irvine guests at first meal in new house
Cook Pritchett did not last long
Piano and servant girl arrive from Cheyenne
Ice harvest completed in four days
Blanche sick again --
Dr. Marston summoned from Fort Laramie --
arrive 4 A.M. --
February 1882 : Breaks hay press horse power all to pieces
A.B. Clark's sister visits Bordeaux --
takes first horseback ride
R.S. Van Tasse
driving beef to Cheyenne
Hauling hay to Bard's ranch and Eagles Nest
Starts large fencing project --
shows Bob Grant and Jim Lane where it will cross public domain
How big cattle men divided up the open range
G.D. MacDougal attended Mary Regan's school --
remembers when Duncan Grant started courting
to Cheyenne with Gen. Merritt --
Blanche and brother Tom follow
The dashing Dater brothers helped organize the Cheyenne club --
worked on first Wyoming brand book
Circulates petition for Bordeaux-Fetterman Mail route
Dr. Gray recommends medical treatment for Blanche --
March 1882 : A long month in Cheyenne with Blanche under doctor's care
Leavitt's Variety Show was a snide affair
Make model car axlw and wheel --
has it patented
Hauling tons of fence wire to Bordeaux
Heart disease annoying --
expects to die any day, but does not tell anyone
A.B. Clarke hiring men for roundup --
gives note and mortgage on cattle
Buys carriage of Wm Swan for $300 --
has new top put on buggy
Loans F.M. Phillips team and buggy to drive home from Cheyenne
Buys Chug Springs Ranch from B.W. Madill for $600 --
April 1882 : Stock Association meeting draws crowd from all parts of Territory
Bids with John Coad on hay for Fort Laramie
Posey Ryan hauls some good potatoes to Bordeaux
Somebody broke Blanche's fish bowl
Fencing in some 14,000acres of public domain
butcher Phillips comes to dinner --
buys "Nubbins"
Miss Clarke goes to Denver
tommy Hawk needs five tons of hay
Blanche considerably nore expensive than was Lallee --
May 1882 : Chugwater nearest telegraph station to Bordeaux
Annie Maxwell a visitor at Hunton Home
Wet Spring --
heavy snows and rains --
grass prospects good
E. Nagle and Heck Reel roundups near Bordeaux
Terrill Taylor arrives --
after a stopover in the Cheyenne calaboose
Fifth Cavalry camps at Bordeaux --
Gives a serenade
Dr. Bock operates on bull --
fee "exhorbitant"
Bargains with Bettelyoun to put up hay
Provines surveys John Owens' place and ditch for Tom Hunton's desert claim
Luke Voorhees moving stage station from Bordeaux to Chug Springs --
June 1882 : George Morgan has blooded cattle on Cheyenne
van Tassell drives vull herd from Cheyenne through Bordeaux
Spring roundup and colt breaking time
Finishes big pasture fence --
drives out all cattle --
starts cross fencing
Hi Kelly repairing Chugwater Bridge
Brands the Kelly calves "LD"
George Drake delivers stage co. hay at Fort Laramie
Sale of government horses at the old fort
Building stage company stables at Chug Springs
1882 Brand Book sold for $15 --
July 1882 : Wolves attack and injure four calves
Hauling hay to new Chug Springs Stage Station
Blanche fires Lucy Stong --
"Patsy" is new hired girl at Bordeaux
Hires ten "hands" in Cheyenne --
haying at Bordeaux starts July 13
Wilson Woods' Homestead became Fergie Mitchell's ranch
Frenchy Cazaubon was popular little peddler with a store on wheels
A.B. Clarke to run cattle for $37.50 per month
Buys raffle ticket on Gen. Merritt's shot gun
Upset about something --
does not say what
G. Bolln was pioneer merchant of Fort Fetterman and Douglas --
August 1882 : Haying completed at Bordeaux --
8-man crew moves to Platte Meadows
Hi Kelly family and Mrs. Maxwell visit at Bordeaux
Sturgis & Lane ranch house built of sod --
with plenty of loop holes to shoot through
Colts out of pasture --
somebody left the bars down
Hauling $400 worth of hay to Chug Springs Stage Station
Blanche guest of Capt. Woodson while Hunton hays on the Platte
Hill & Wilde agree to haul and stack 200 tons hay
Carpenter Charley Sears finishes barn at Bordeaux
Tom Hunton leaves for Virginia to wed Mora Evans
Has bad care of hay fever --
only the name not yet invented
Blanche sworn in as Bordeaux Postoffice Clerk --
takes desert land claim
Crawford and Terrill Taylor on a spree
Knight Templar uniform costs $70 --
whiskey $10 a gallon --
September 1882 : New letter box for Bordeaux Postoffice
Platte Meadow hay harvest completed --
baling starts
General Forsythe guest at Bordeaux
Wilson Woods given 25 percent discount on hay
Blanche attends Sunday school regularly --
John prefers hunting
Blacksmith Foss shoes horses at Bordeaux
Blanche meets Tom Hunton and bride Mora with carriage in Cheyenne
Pratt & Ferris building grout houses
Capt. Woodson, Green and Hunton bag 218 ducks
George and Tommy Hawk were stage station agents at Eagles Nest and Fort Laramie --
October 1882 : Teschemacher & deBillier's and Heck Reel's beef herds pass Bordeaux
Has property insured fo $18,000 by Kent & Arnold
Elected delegate from Chug Precinct to Democratic Convention
Dick Elgin killed in Fetterman Saloon by "Arkansas Red" Capp
Bob Walker rents winter pasture for $1 per head
Buys 106 heifers from Organ & Draper --
drives them from Cheyenne to Birdeaux
Oliver P. Goodwin bought Fagan's Road Ranch and Stage Station
Brands 101 cows bouught from Kelly --
also the Organ & Draper heifers
Madame Selig offered variety of hospitality at Nine Mile ranch
Stage driver Charles Griffin bought Calamity Jane's trunk
Isaac Bettelyoun fought Indians on the Laramie in 1867 --
November 1882 : Smelting Company buys hay at $20 per ton
Capitalist N.K. Fairbanks gave Wyoming ghost town its name
Hi Kelly and Voorhees beaten in election
Off for long visit in Madison, C.H., Virginia
Stopover in Missouri --
rain and mud but nice weather for St. Louis
Welcomed by friends and relatives --
but inactive life very boring
Blanche has good money month, plus a $300 ring --
and they traveled in style --
December 1882 : Local news and public sales in and around Madison, Virginia
Buys six hogs for $71 --
salts down 985 lbs. of pork
Dull Christmas --
except for the boys and negros
Blocks road change in court --
Gen. Kemper his attorney
Glad to start back to Wyoming
A land warrant from War of 1812
Buys wire from Coad at $20.50 per 1000 and hay press for $350
Debts total $30,000 at year's end --
cattle boom gathering momentum. v. 5. Part one --
1883 : Prelude --
January 1883 : Wyoming population 20,000 --
United States 50,000,000
Back to Wyoming from holiday vacation in Virginia
Prices ranch property to Hi Kelly for $110,000
Administrator for Charley Wild Estate --
J.W. Hammond and Colin Hunter his security --
T.A. Kent, Charley Coffey and Will Jeffrey appraisers
The 1884 Brand Book of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association
Brands and ranges of J.W. Hammond
Hunter & Bergman
C.F. Coffee
E. Tillotson
Post, Brown & Lawrence
Warren Live Stock Co.
The swans
Organ & Phillips
Whipple & Hay and Willie Whipple
Thos. J. Snow was brand inspector
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