Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Subject 17 Black Hills mining Mar 1876

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Wyoming WPA Subject File, Black Hills mining Mar 1876 - Newspaper transcriptions "Cheyenne Daily Leader"
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Subject 17 Black Hills mining Mar 1876
Item Description: 
Black Hills mining - Newspaper transcriptions: "Cheyenne Daily Leader", Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyo., Mar. 1-31, 1876
Date: 
1876
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Scriber, S. J.
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Harney Peak gold field
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French Creek
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Peae & Taylor (outfitter)
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Babcock, W. H.
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Freund Bros.
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Richards, L. C.
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Albright, G. A.
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V. Puson & Co.
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Islear, C.
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J. Braun & Co.
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Stephenson, James - aka "Modoc Jim", Nebraska stagecoach man
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Union Pacific Railroad rates - from Omaha to Sidney (Neb.) and Cheyenne (Wyo.)
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Belding, J. P.
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Wheeler, W. P.1
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McKinney, Dr. A.. M.
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Farnum, C. B .
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Landon, J. F.
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Helena, M. T.
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Spencer, D. A.
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Batty & Dearie
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Short, D.
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Garrrison, A. G.
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Sinclair, J.
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Atchison, G.
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Hevit, J. W.
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Berry, J
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Vivian, J.
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C. Elsner & Co.
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Cummings, Capt. J. M.
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Dotson, Colonel
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Mason & Kent
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Pease & Taylor
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Pickett, G. W.
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Roberts, James
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Mason & Kent (freighter)
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Bicktold, J.
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Sheldon, C. H. & Miller
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Ward, Joseph M. - Ward, Parshall & Co.
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Mancey & Smith
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Burrows, John (City Marshall of Custer City, S. D.)
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Smith, H. S. & Keefe, P. J. (justices of peace)
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Bogy, Senator
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Foglesong, Will L.
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Burnett, W.
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Lyons, Henry
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Virginia City Mining Co.
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Kuykendall, Judge W. F.
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MacMillan, Thomas C.
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Whipple & Hay (outfitter)
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Jenney, Professor
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Leibey & Nichols - outfitters
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Turner, J. A.
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news Eldorado
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Hitchcock, Senator (Neb.)
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Pollock cut-off
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Iba, Cy.
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Burt cut-off
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Fort Laramie (Gohen Co.)
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Big Horn Mountains
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Owl Creek Mountains
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Rainwater, E. M.
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Houselton, Thos.
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Bean, J.
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Jewett, Col. J. J. L. C.
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Wapello (De Witt Co., Ill.)
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Webber Co.
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Hill City (S. D.)
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Thompson, Daniel
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Stone, L. M.
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Brandon, J. F.
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Truman, John R.
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Moody (Esq.), Ed
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Deadwood and Whitewood creeks
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Biedell, Dr.
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Parkhurst (Esq.), L.
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MacMillan, Thos. C.
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Russell, Capt. Thomas H.
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Chaplin, A. B. - attorney
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Klopplekom, Peter
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T. Siveft & Co.
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Alder Gulch
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Spring Creek
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Reed, Dr. Silas (Surveyor General, Wyoming Territory)
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Pennington, Governor (Dakota Territory)
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Red Cloud Agency
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Spotted Tail Agency
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
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Planter's House
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Mason, Godfrey
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Crook, General Geo.
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Meisel, H. B.
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Fort D. A. Russell at Cheyenne (Laramie Co.)
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Cheyenne route - shortest to Black Hills - ". . . save 81 miles!"
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C. Hewitt & Co.
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Maillard, Henry
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Paris Bitters - favorite beverage of miners
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Dudley, Judge
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Bernard, W.
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Feay. A. T (Camp Sheridan, Sheridan Co.)
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Kurtz, Allen & Co. (outfitter)
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A. B. Hubermann & Co.
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Cheyenne (Laramie Co.) - . . . the Place to Outfit" for trip to Black Hills
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Armstrong, Wm.
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Tracy's stable
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Draper & Hammond - hardware & camping equipment dealers
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Workingman's Hall at Cheyenne
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Conkling, Major James W.
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Haight & Co.
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Westfall, mr.
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Smith, W. P.
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O'Connell, Mr. - Chicago Mining Co.
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Cheyenne, (Wyo.), Sidney (Neb.) and Grand Island (Neb.) - top three starting points for Black Hills
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forests are wealth of the hills
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Downey, Col. S. W.
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Sioux Indians - a key challenge to miners
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Nagle, E.
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Porter, Capt. R. D.
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Brennan, John R.
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Golden Town (S. D.)
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Inter-Ocean Hotel - meeting place in Cheyenne (Wyo.) for those interested in Black Hills gold country
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Rapid City (S. D.)
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Winans, Lewis
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15th Infantry, U. S. Army - march to Black Hills
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Lewis, J. C.
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Fort Fetterman (Converse Co.)
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Carpenter, J.
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Custer, Gen.
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Collins, Charley
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Carpenter, Col. C. C. - Carpenter's St. Louis expedition
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Real, A. H.
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Wright, W. H.
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Blair & Co.
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Audiss, John
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French, J. L. Webster, Judson
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Longman & Hart
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Phillips, "Portuguese" - famed scout - ". . . finest ranch on the route" to Black HIlls
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Smith, F. J.
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Patterson, J. E.
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Allen (Esq.), D. K. (Black Hills expeditiion agent)
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German, Wm.
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Winnel, L.
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Erskins, David
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Snyder, F.
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Grun, G.
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Winnel, C
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Winnel, F.
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Ward, J. M. - of Ward & Mason firm
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gold & silver fever - great source of jobs
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vast mineral sources
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railroad routes to Black Hills: Chicago Rock Island & Pacific ("preferable") and Union Pacific
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Robinson House at Cheyenne
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Spring, Rapid, Castle, Deadwood, Whitewood, Sand and Iron creeks - those rich areas paying the most to miners
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Vosburg, G. H.
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Miner, A. B.
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Bear Butte and Red Water country
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McAllister & Co.
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Chicago Expeditiion - headed by Conklin, Maj. J. H.
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J. Arnold & Co.
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Appel, Hon. Morris
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John Thormahlen & Co. - bought 6 Mile ranch from Battlejohn, Mr. - near Cheyenne
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Blackwell, Charles
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Allen, James W.
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Phillips, John - rancher on Chugwater
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Brennan, James R.
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May, J. D.
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Maillard & Co.)
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Custer City (S. D.)
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Kurtz, Allen & Co.
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Collins, John S. - post trader - built "The Rustic" hotel
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Hazleton, Louis
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Maillard, John
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Maillard, James
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Lone Star stables
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Gay, A. H.
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Campbell, General
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Collins, S. N.
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Willard, N.
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Stand off Bar - "famous diggings" in Black HIlls
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Sheldon, E. H. - from Cuba
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Fortification Hill
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S. S. Brown & Co.
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Alley, J. H.
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Gay, Wm.
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Way, Jas. D.
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Chicago Black Hills Expedition
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Eagle House
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Nealon, John
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Melzed, Louis
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Tyler, W. P.
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Tibbles, Frank & Barney
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