COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Subject File, Black Hills mining April 1876 - Newspaper transcriptions "Cheyenne Daily Leader"
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Subject 20 Black Hills mining April 1876
Item Description:
Black Hills mining April 1876 - Newspaper transcriptions: "Cheyenne Daily Leader", Cheyenne, Wyo., Apr. 5-30, 1876
Date:
1876
Notes:
Boughton, Hon. M. V.
Notes:
Hoag, Capt.
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Lytle, Judge
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Custer City (S. D.)
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Wood, W. H.
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Whipple & Hay
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Wyant, Wm.
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Converse & Warren
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McAllister, A. B.
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Caldabaugh, Chas.
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Myers, H. C.
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Wood, Mr. - Omaha Smelting Works at Omaha (Neb.)
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Smith, Fred
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new Eldorado
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Hornberger, E. A.
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Snow, Mr. - Deputy U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Black Hills District
Notes:
Russell, J. H.
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Clark, J. T.
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Harney's Peak
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"bar diggings" - miners using the "rudest processes"
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Graves [L. R.] & Curtis
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placer mining - need abundance of "good water"
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Fetterman, Colonel - Fetterman massacre
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Whitewood and Deadwood, Sand and Iron creeks
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Pacific Slope - richest placer diggings found there
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"junction of the Forks of the Cheyenne"
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Warren, Lt.
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Beary, L. D. - partner of M. V. Boughton: Boughton & Beary
Notes:
Harvey, C. F.
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Gunnbacker, Fred
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Stanton, Col. T. H.
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Crook, Gen. Geo.
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Hane, James L. - Topographical Engineer of Jenney Survey
Notes:
Gardneer, C. V.
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Russell, Capt. T. H. - Pittsburgh Black HIlls expedition, leader
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Kuykendall, Judge
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Wilson, Charles
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DeSmet, Father - Catholic missionary
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Goodle, Jim
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MacMillan, Mr.
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Bridger, Jim - mountaineer & guide
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Leeper, Judge
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Dodge, Lt. Col. R. T. - U.S. Army
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Oliver, Frank G. D.
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Maynadier, Lt. - explorer of Yellowstone Valley (Wyo.)
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Bear Gulch bear Inyan Kara
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Whitney, R. R.
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Merritt, Gen.
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McKay, Hon. P. - former U.P.R.R. agent at Cheyenne (Wyo.)
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Allen, Hon. J. W.
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Jenney, Professor
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Rapid City (S. D.)
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Logan, B. B.
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Collins, J. S.
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Grant, President
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Mauvaises Terres - aka Bad Lands
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Teeters, Jacob - hunter
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"Cheyenne Route the Best" to Black Hills
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Baldwin, Wm. O.
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George, Frank
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Hosford, W. F
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Dodge, Colonel
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Mallory, Tom
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Hill City (S. D.)
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Hill, H. H.
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Reed, Dr. - Surveyor - General of Wyoming
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Reynolds, Captain
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Ward, James
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Franklin bros.
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Nelson, Charles - shot by Indians
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Northingten, Hon. Ben.
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preferred starting points, routes & distances to the Black Hills
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Tisdale, C. S.
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Lytle, J. W.
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Tomblin, A. L - Tomblin & Thompson, attornies
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French & Castle creeks (S. D.)
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Fort Laramie (Goshen Co.)
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Hill City (S. D.)
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Big Horn Mountains
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Clark, Superintendent
Filename:
WPA Sub 20 BLACK HILLS - MINING - APRIL 1876.pdf
Type:
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