Fine Shotguns: The History, Science, and Art of the Finest Shotguns from Around the World

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In Fine Shotguns, expert John M. Taylor offers a global view of shotguns using photographs and descriptions of guns from the United States, Britain, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, and Italy. Here are all types of shotguns: single barrel, double barrel, combination guns, hammer shotguns, paired shotguns, special-use guns, small-bore shotguns, shotgun stocks or shotguns with metal finishes, and bespoke shotguns. This all encompassing guide includes sections on how to care for and storage your weapon, what accessories are available for your model, and how to choose the perfect traveling case. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. 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 Hires.