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RAWLINS REPUBLICAN
BAKER COLLECTION
1/3/1896-12/31/1897 SCANNED
1/5/1898 BI-WEEKLY -12/31/1898 (SOME MISSING)
George Perry, Editor
1/3/1896-J. A. Kemmis, bought out Hansen Jewelry, pg. 1, col. 2; Tracy W. Wilson, ranch hand in Pass Creek country was shot by John D. Paulson of Saratoga. Died and buried in Carbon, pg. 1, col. 2
1/10/1896-Mining expert studying Rawlins Consolidated Copper Mining Co. north of town; Bank Exchange Saloon attached; Charles Smith Ranch house and buildings 25 miles N. of Carbon burns down; John D. Paulson killing of Wilson, was justifiable homicide; J. H. Mullison sells ranch to J. W. Hugus; All churches closed on Sunday due to fever threat
1/17/1898-Church services resumed, Sunday school postponed;
R. B. Knox buys Baker residence on Buffalo
1/24/1896-W. L. Evans to move groceries; Dunlap disposed of his stock to John A. Jackson of Carbon; New roundhouse completed at Hanna, Hanna gets electric lights; McCord in charge of power plant; No. 2 mine closed; Penn Mine, Supt. B. T. Ryan claims 7 ft. vein of ore discovered; J. H. Mullison and family moved to Fort Steele as did Mr./Mrs. N. A. Scott; Cosgriff Brothers completing bridge across Platte at Fort Steele which they began last spring; J. W. Dillon reopens his Front Street Saloon. Republican office located over the French Restaurant; M. W. Warren succeeds Kearny Stone works as owner; S. H. Green gives up contract on paint mines; UPRR builds roundhouse at Fort Steele and will plat 160 acre town; hot springs sold to Thomas D. Merrill; Loffler Saloon
2/14/1896-I. C. Miller to replace M. W. Dillon as super of ?;
Morgan Maghee employed as electrician, intend to furnish all night service; French Restaurant; W. H. Smith buys Abels stock in Smith and Hopka
2/21/1896-O’Connors Saloon; Louis Schalk, Postmaster; T. W. Hogg manager of Taylor’s 20 Mile Ranch; Dr. T. G. Maghee was at Battle of Bates Hole in 7/4/1874; Jens Hansen Saloon; Willi (Big) Perkins appointed deputy sheriff in Dixon-Felons beware;
2/28/1896-S. B. “Tuck” Batsford to study electrical engineering; A. M. McAnnelly shot by shepherd Charles Smith in Pass Creek, amends made?; Edgar Wilson Nye died in Ashville, NC; Henry Wall inherits from father in Germany
3/6/1896-Canal to the Snake River at mouth of Battle Creek, 30 miles long, costs $250,000-$300,000 and go to Timberlake placers. France assignees win Supreme Court decision, to wit, Mrs. Amanda W. France widow of James had no dower rights in his estate article not listed here; Harry P. Hynds killed waiter J. Dunwoody at SLC, as he caught him with his wife (Maud Peet Hynds), article; Mrs. H. H. Bruning before Judge Ashe complains husband blackened her eye.
3/13/1896-William Carney, pioneer settler on Snake River died, all property goes to Mrs. Isaac Fieldhouse
3/26/1896-T. A. Rendle resigns from J. W. Hugus Co. and has gone to Hahn’s Peak
3/27/1896-Mrs. Bridget Lavin , pioneer, dies at home of daughter Mrs. James Spencer, leaves two sons: James and Martin Lavin; Three men arrested trying to jump J. E. Rankins claims; Mrs. Warmakers Millinery; William Penland moves from Baggs to locate here
4/3/1896-American Exploration & Gold Mining Co.,Pres. William H. Smith of Rawlins, General Manager Joseph B. Adams; George Barnes of Pass Creek deserts wife/2 kids, leaving with Mrs. Porter of Hanna; J. G. Emerson & Co. open Saloon in Dixon; County Doctor A. Johnson quits after 3 years; Jacob Werne, City Restaurant; P. Paulson, groceries
4/10/1896-George Ensign weds Rhoda S. Jackson at SLC; Administration Building being built, contractor Bradley; Daley & Dow building-stable for Dr. Osborne at rear of Episcopal Church; Mr. Wallace owner of Rawlins Johnstown Stage Line moves home and family from Stone Ranch to Ferris
4/17/1896-Mr. Boner completes Saloon Building; two bands of Cosgriff Sheep quarantined for scabies; Boundry for sheep set by stockmen; Range south of line set to Colorado border is to be sheep free; Mrs. Frank Fornald building house for hotel at Four Mile; Doc Garner is building a house there to be used as a saloon
4/24/1896-Mrs. R. Jackson dies; McPherson & Penland building largest hotel in Dixon. Dr. Bristol, D.D.S. of NC locates at Baggs
5/1/1896-Postmaster Schalk; Mrs. W. A. Loft opens Palace Restaurant;
5/8/1896-IOOF No. 4 at 3rd & 4th St. celebrates 25th anniversary, founded 1871, charter members: John Olson; T. L. Robarts; James France; James Shaunessy; Thomas Lennar & Fred Fave; the new town of Campbell four miles (through and south of the cut) laid out and named for Gov. Campbell, a member of the investing company, Continental Divide Paint and Iron
5/15/1896-Gus Lanckan, a rancher near Split Rock killed self in room above Rankin Stable (hasn’t been right since hit over the head by Lehmure at Bell Springs); Nicholas Theis, agent for Northwestern Land Co, (selling town lots) fell from steps of City Restaurant and died 2 hours later. Charles Tyler, county prisoner, slashes arm with razor
5/22/1896-Five bands of sheep crossed the line and 25 ranchmen notified owners; Charles M. Smith who shot McAnnally,
7/6/1895, on Pass Creek found guilty of assault; Frank M. Barton discharged for lack of evidence as accessory.
5/29/1896-Charles M. Smith sentenced to 14 years and costs. If McAnnally dies within one year will be charged with murder; Homer Merrell found sane by jury and his property returned to him. Mrs. Merrell previously resigned her guardianship. Mrs. James Lavin buys French Restaurant; M. W. Dillon sold his new stone residence on hill to A. M. Startzell. R. C. Magor moves stock from Post Office building back to Southside store
6/5/1896-Stone work on Administration Building at pen finished; L. F. Abel and H. Y. Murchison buy stock of w. H. Smith; A. L. Abel moves; Wool clips in Rawlins to exceed 400,000 pounds
6/12/1896-Fred Ducolon buys French Restaurant from Mrs. Lavin, his brother Charles will help him; Robert Taylor’s wool clip, 560,000 lbs. Robert McIntosh located at Slater in 1884 is Postmaster next ranch down to William Morgan
6/19/1896-Rev. G. M. Thorp from Carbon in jail for bigamy, came from Altman, Colorado; Jones blacksmith; John Kohleffel has feed stable; J. G. Emerson has saloon; Hay and Allen run General Merchandise Store; Drug Store, Sidney Mann; Dr. J. B. Weaver is located in Drug Store; Ernest Sundin Stable burns at rear of home, started by his 3 yr. old son
6/26/1896-missing
7/3/1896-William Dickinson struck Eskel Klossen over head with shovel, feud over water rights at Elk Mountain
7/10/1896-Sale of France Estate, buyers, J. H. Clause, Homer France, H. Rasmusson, IOOF No. 4; Mr. W. R. Brown; John Forrester and Bella Sanders arrested for beating and rolling client; S. B. Batsford moving stock into store at P. O.; J. H. Clause moves flag pole from Opera House to front of Senate Saloon
7/17/1896-Rev. G. M. Thorpe sentence to 4 yrs. for bigamy; number of homes erected at Morgansville, in Copper Hill District; couple of young people demonstrate Edison’s latest graphophone (talking machine); John Forrester (pimp) gets $50 fine and 4 mos. in jail for assaults and robberies; Ed Wallace excavating cellar and adding to 5th St. building; Con Quinlan Saloon; A. F. Thode office on Cedar Street twixt 4th and 5th (his office was Dr. Maghee’s earlier)
7/24/1896-Frank Adams, son-in-law of Jim Baker and a rancher
on Savery Creek was shot and killed by sheepherder Cativino Salenis. Dispute arose when sheep were driven across Adams irrigation ditch. Leaves a wife and 4 children. Adams was married in 1887; P. H. Dodge involved with Cosgriff Brothers in tannery at Fort Steele; Owen Wister, author from NY is in Rawlins on way to Wind River for hunting and fishing; more sales of France estate, see article for names and dollar amounts
7/31/1896-W. H. Perkins deputized to arrest thieves who stole saddle from Penland and McPherson Stable. Had shoot out with thieves. Posse returned with Red Shirt Johnny Klinger and one other who claimed to be Johnny’s brother, (McNally). J. M. Calvert apprehended Samuel H. Morgan who stole a horse from Calvert.
8/7/1896- James Marsh leaser of Wyoming Pen annuls contract made in 1891 due to death
8/14/1896-Newton Doggett catches nearly 23 lb. trout a few miles above Saratoga; J. M. Calvert’s Ranch burned, no insurance
8/21/1896-Charles Stauffer had part of ear bitten off by Richard G? in political dispute; Harry Phalen opens Saloon in building formerly owned by Con Quinlan
9/4/1896-Emil Klassen has William Dickinson and Joseph Sheffield arrested, claims he was cut in neck and rock thrown through his window; Cinder pit built at Fort Steele
9/11/1896-?
9/18/1896-Catevino Salenis wanted for murder of Frank Adams
committed suicide near Walsenburg; Charley Lewis, Medicine Bow; W. L. Evans one of owners at Axis mine at Battle Lake; Wolves kill 11 head of Mr. Castiday’s registered Shropshire bucks
Rest of September missing
10/2/1896-Electrician Maghee is putting new arc lights in place; Dr. W. H. Maghee will return to Evansville, Indiana; Mrs. Etta Hurt divorced from J. J. Hurt gets alimony of $75 a month and custody of three little girls and the family residence in Casper
10/9/1896-Louis G. Davis came in 1880 has wife and 2 kids, and ranches in Platte Valley, elected to State House of Representatives in 1890; Tilford Rounen, gambler, arrested for assaulting a negro at Fort Steele, May 1895; Capture of Charles F. Smith who shot Melton McAnnally in Pass Creek, 7/6/1895; Capture of Charles Emory who robbed a widow a few weeks ago; Fred M. Baker, photographer, located at Carbon 16 yrs. ago; Harry Hampton (Dixon) shot and carried to place where found, had rope burns; Oregon Buttes places of 3000 acres sold to G. A. Greene by Tom Sun and Capt. O’Conner; Ferris citizens treated to bear meat from successful hunt by James McPherson, Charles Cantlin, James Murphy, and Fred Roberts
10/16/1896-David T. Dunlap, brief bio
10/23/1896-James J. Fenley, son of Mrs. William Granger came to Carbon County in 1869 at 1 yr. of age; J. B. Jennings, Rawlins blacksmith, age 56, came to WY in 1879; Cosgriff Brothers laying pipe from Platte to south of Union Pacific Depot where they will build reservoir to supply water to town;
Court doings: John Forrester, dismissed; R. England (ear biter) of Medicine Bow, dismissed; John Henderson of Baggs?; Charles Lewis (pled guilty) partner, Fred Gregory pled not guilty; Johnny and Charles Klinger (saddle stealers) pled not guilty; William Dickinson of Elk Mountain found not guilty (water dispute)
10/30/1896-Margaret Jones (Thorp) gets divorce form Rev. M. Thorp, convicted bigamist; Charles Klinger not guilty of resisting an officer, John and Charles Klinger bound over on grand larceny; Sam H. Morgan, age 16, guilty of horse theft gets 2 yrs in pen; William Dickinson and Joseph Sheffield charged with assault on Emil Klauson found guilty by jury; two Cunningham boys, 14 & 18, and Ernest Adams, 22, believed to have stolen horses from William Granger and ? Roberts of Ferris
O. H. Archer of Carbon dies; John Braden, driver on Bitter Creek division of old Overland Stage was burned to death, see article
11/6/1896-Mrs. M. Sullivan buys Palace Restaurant from Mrs. Will Loft; Dr. Thomas G. Ricketts, dies at Dixon, to be buried at Princeton, N. J.
11/13/1896-Two fires in Rawlins’ Martin Anderson’s home and Carl Bryants slaughter house S. E. of town destroyed; Robert Jackson shoots Evan Griffith, Jim Cully, Thomas Powell, and Bill Brown at Halloween when they tried to turn over his coal shed; John D. Paulson’s dwelling destroyed by fire in Saratoga; Dr. Wilson, County doctor replaced by Dr. Hammond; new families arriving in Hanna due to shutting of a mine in Colorado
11/20/1896-Captain George Volkart, 61, dies of heart attack, obituary, front, col. 3, leaves widow; Frank Hadsell, candidate for U. S. Marshall for WY; U. P. mining about 80 carloads at Hanna and 40 at Carbon; Will Reid, foreman at Rawlins Republican; C. B. Hall, not guilty, told to leave town and he didn’t, so locked up to serve out fine; J. G. Jost’s son, John, living with w. g. Reader at CA.
12/4/1896-E. T. Burke (he had a gambling problem) arrested for passing bad checks for gambling. W. K. Burke, brother) rescued him by paying. Harry Phelan weds Kate Daly in Denver; J. F. Crawford, Saratoga candidate for United States Land Office, bio given, Front, col. 5; R. W. Bradley finishes contract for Pen
12/11/1896-Wyoming Oil Fields article; H. G. Wilcox buys George Volkert shoe shop business; Fort Steele Tannery under Capt. Dodge; Hess has ranch on Platte under Sheep Rock four miles below Saratoga
12/18/1896-Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Jost move to California, sons will run their cattle for them, their sheep bought by Dr. H. M. Bennett; lists of several businesses
12/25/1896-Charles Klinger released, charges dropped, Johnny Klinger released on bond
RAWLINS REPUBLICAN
1/15/1897-12/31/1897
1/1/1897-New Stock and Woolgrowers: J. M Rumsey, Pres.; Will Daley, Secretary
1/15/1897-Dr. H. M. Bennett appointed to county physician; A. J. Bothwell of Johnstown, to turn cattle ranches into cultivated farms for the purposes of retiring from the open range cattle business. He has purchased over half the lumber sawed by H. D. Arnold’s Ferris Mill; Grand Encampment Wagon Road Co., Inc. lists trustees including Malachi Dillon, Tom Sun, J. G. Rankin, and others; the Fort Steele-Saratoga Stage Co., Inc. lists officers. They include the Cosgriffs and others; Keefe and Kenyen move their barber shop to Bank Exchange Saloon
2/5/1897- Catevino Salenis, herder, who shot Frank Adams dead arrested in SLC; Charles P. Hill, brother- in- law of Dr. Lillian Heath died of stomach cancer in Denver, was editor of Wyoming Department of Denver News, native of South Carolina, to be buried in Rawlins; John Huston kills wolf near Kidding Ranch, 103 lbs.; bridge over Encampment Creek in vicinity of Perryam Ranch
2/12/1897-Mail Route to be from Fort Steele to Saratoga, not Rawlins to Saratoga; William Johnston kills huge mountain lion, article
2/19/1897-Frank Reid and John Findley to open saloon in
Culleton house at Swan; W. R. Brown, France assignee, asks city trustees to be compelled to move the dead buried in the old cemetery behind the Court House. Some graves in the middle of the street, (Spruce?) (this would be 2nd cemetery move according to Rans’ notes; Fort Steele Hotel to be managed by H. M. Sholine, E. B. Marsh was manager
2/26/1897-Thomas Hogg and Frank Cecil froze to death 14 miles from Rawlins (left town under the influence), article pg. 1; E. T. Burke out on bond; H. T. Peters, manager of Company Store, Carbon; Robert Johnston to be private secretary to Congressman-elect John E. Osborne; Odd Fellows 1st contract to H. Larsen to remodel their hall; Cosgriff Bros. open store at Saratoga; Judge Merrell resumes law practice at old stand on 5th.
3/12/1897-Dr. Lillian Heath goes to Denver where she expects to locate
3/19/1897-Missing
3/26/1897-Bob Ellis bound over for rape in Carbon; Sam Dickinson, Carbon, buys store stock from W. L. Evans trustee; Some of O. G. Kerr’s cattle and horses killed by strychnine 26 miles south of Carbon; Mrs. W. A. Loft to open restaurant
4/2/1897-N. K. Boswell, Laramie, gets contract to feed prisoners at pen; city scales moved, front pg.
4/9/1897-missing
4/16/1897-Joseph E. Buckley, foreman of ___-Elk Mountain Tie Camp; Lemuel Hunter to enter employ of Buffalo Bill
4/23/1897-M. B. Murphy Union Pacific Telegraph Night Operator at Fort Steele; Five engines put in service as pushers at Medicine Bow and Fort Steele; average train will soon be 40-44 cars; Thomas Coleman arrested on grand larceny burglary, etc
4/30/1897-Claude Beldan, barber, dies article; Mark Stewart to be executed in Mexico; Train engine information article; John G. Jost emancipates? His son to hire out
5/7/1897-Robert Hopkins elected mayor, H. Larsen, trustee; Bill Beebe killed in wagon accident at Crook’s Gap (been in WY since 1869); John G. Gannon arrested for stealing from H. M Haymes, article
5/14/1897-Morris Marley arrested for knocking the eye out of Harry Boswell with a club; hotel nearing completion at Purgatory Gulch; Sidney Mann, Postmaster at Dixon
5/21/1897-Ernest Adams, Ben & Frank Cunningham guilty of stealing horses and saddles from E. A. Roberts; Thomas Coleman burglarized L. Schalk’s Bookstore; E. T. Burke failed to show $500 bond forfeited; Mrs. J. G. Jost and children join husband in British Columbia; Smith and Hopka to open store; Jack Shaw arrested for shooting at Frank Hewitt (he had killed one of Shaw’s sheep)
5/28/1897-George Havens stole a case of eggs from box car gets 1 yr.; James G. MacFarlane, Postmaster at Encampment; Philip Flood, sheepherder for Miller-Hilands, accidently killed self by shooting at Bear Creek; John Baxter, Morris Marley barmen at Exchange Saloon
6/4/1897-John O’Connor dies of dropsy; Charles Kartula wounded by thrown beer bottle from Matt Peitula; Alex Aho fined for then striking him
6/18/1897-Entire Detective forces of Union Pacific Railroad has spent 2 weeks in area because of Butch Cassidy and gang being in south part of county; H. Hansen buys grocery dept. of P. Paulson business, article
6/25/1897-William Granger dies, obituary, came to Rawlins, 1871, accidently drank Laudanum and carbolic acid, article; railroad guards still on trains between Green River (Cassidy scare); L. E. Vivion, appointed Deputy Sheep Inspector; G. P. Mathewson buys George Sisson Ranch on Big Creek
The following July 2, 1897 edition is a celebration of Carbon County and its history to this point. This edition has many feature articles about citizens of the time, businesses, minerals and mining, residences, the railroad and other historical subjects with photos. Rans notes to “watch facts.” There are too many items to list.
7/2/1897-Dr. Thomas G. Maghee, article; J. C. Gunning, article; F. M. Baker, article; Dr. H. M. Bennett, owns ranch on Brush Creek; Red hematite, Rawlins Mining and Smelting; John C. Dyer and John C. Friend; John A. Donnel, saddle maker, article; J. C. Davis, general manager of J. W. Hugus Co., article; P. Paulson, article; Dr. James Carter, Carbon; Pg. 13, col. 2, article on first school started was a little building south of the Union Pacific Copper Shop in 1869, Johnny Baxter and Will Hunt first students. Other names: James France, Col. H. A. Kirk, Charles James; Other subjects: Emigrant train, pest house, school built north of tracks,1872
7/9/1897-Charles Seirer, proprietor of Rawlins Bottling Work
7/16/1897- J. W. Meyers, Supt. of Penn Mine; Jesse McMillan robs and murder of John Egan; Chris Manlove, dies;
7/23/1897-Henry Tomme, service to Illinois Vol. Inf.
7/8/1861-8/6/1864
7/30/1897-Mexican Sheepherder employed by Jack Edwards held up and robbed North of Baggs by Will (Tarheel) Herbert, article; nine of Butch Cassidy gang spent 3 days on Snake River, spending $800 at Baggs & Dixon, did “promiscuous” shooting at both places
8/6/1897-Two men held up Lost Soldier Station Stage, too mail; Mrs. Lavin at French Restaurant; James Lavin and J. W. Meyers going to Klondyke Gold Fields; Lee Lyle of Carbon, Medicine Bow arrested for borrowing money?; Mr. Hoal,? Manager of U. P. Store to go to Alaska; E. Farver to be Postmaster at Hanna, Mrs. Julia Brown removed
8/13/1897-Three new side tracks to be built in east and west yards; Richard Savage to move family to Salt Lake City; Gus Jensen appointed Postmaster for Saratoga; Alfred Packer, the cannibal man, was arrested in Rawlins
8/20/1897-Five prisoners escape choke jailor, Ben Carroll, hit Trustee Snyder over the head. Article lists names; Frank Nevin in jail for killing cattle
8/27/1897-E. J. Early shot Henry Border, (Baggs) long article; Sheriff Davis captures William Moore, James Carroll and John Doyle, (some of the escapees) article; P. H. Dodge of Cosgriff Tannery at Fort Steele in jail at Farmington, Utah, article; W. D. “Slobs” Davis saloon held up, article; C. R. Countryman, proprietor of Split Rock Ranch and Inn; Robert Geddes of Baggs dies at 61, article; Frank Hewitt, champion sheep shearer buys bar at Fort Steele;
9/3/1897-Luke Voorhees, Proprietor of Rawlins Snake River Stage Co.; Will Herbert who robbed the herder near Baggs is one of Cassidy gang, has wife and child in Hayesville, NC; Ranchman A. Royce arrested for stealing lumber, etc. from U. P.
9/10/1897-Railroad doing work in yards, moving buildings; small park to be made between telegraph office and shop
9/17/1897-S. L. Willis to sell improvements to his race track and has been offered job in the east; J. R. Rollman bid to build bridge over Grand Encampment River at Reagan’s Ranch
9/24/1897-J. G. Jost on farm at Payson, UT; Phillip Zehner, manager of L. Kabis Jewelry, article
9/31/1897-F. J. Early is really Richard Flick and is wanted in SD for counterfeiting
10/8/1897-Sam Green, to grade side tracks on Front St. ; info on oil and ice house; Milton Brown
10/15/1897-Four men escape County Jail again: E. J. Early (aka
Richard Flick), James Carroll, John Doyle and William Moore, article on how and where they were captured; W. R. Brown partner in Murphy-Ready Store; James S. McKinney employed by A. Palm, article
10/22/1897-Sheriff Davis with 8 man posse goes to Powder Wash to arrest Butch Cassidy gang, not there! Article on James Carroll and having key made to jail for escape, sentences to escapees given; Both cases against Frank Nevin were dismissed; Ed Feare, brakeman, beaten by McGregor and Snyder at Hanna; Robert T. Rankin of Pass Creek sells ranches to John Mean and sheep to J. B. Hunter
10/29/1897-J. M. Holt, butcher shop, Fort Steele; Gust Stanberg weds Brida Erickson; Mrs. Will Luft to move restaurant; Hays buys/sell cattle to Donald Beaton of Split Rock; R. M. Harrison in charge of Bell Springs Station; J. H. Mullison to run new tie camp at Brush Creek
11/5/1897-F. J. Early aka Richard Earl Flick found guilty of manslaughter of Henry Border at Baggs, lengthy article in paper; Mine Superintendent Alex Briggs moving to Hanna from Carbon; Cairino-Salina Mexican murder case-Defendant found guilty of murder in the 2nd degree; P. L. Smith appointed Postmaster-E. A. Durant, deputy; J. D. Paulson case dismissed for shooting at Lufkin and Griffen; Ellen Lavin divorces Martin Lavin, she gets kids and all property; James Douglas gets machinery for stamp mill to be built at his mine
11/12/1897-John Jack (Elk Mtn.) offers reward of $100 for John Thompson for cattle rustling in Pass Creek basin; Col. H. A. Kirk has house corner of 8th and Spruce; H. T. Price and J. E. Buchanan article; Charles Osborne, Deputy Sheep Inspector; Catholics purchase corner 3rd and Cedar plus old school, articled; J. C. Teller, J. H. Mullison, and Camp on Brush Creek article; F. J. Early aka Richard E. Flick sentenced to 8 yrs. for shooting in Baggs; Salenis gets 25 years for murder of Frank Adams
11/26/1897-Indictment against Boney Earnest for allegedly stealing a beef from Sam Perkins, 10/20/1894; James Ring, prospector, lost purse containing large funds in front of Saloon, found by James Spence, article; Mrs. Frank Blake dies
12/3/1897-Rawlins business men raise funds to build direct road from Rawlins to Encampment
12/8/1897-Prof. Armstrong organizes night school at Carbon attended by 37 Fins trying to learn English; City Restaurant closed; Jake Werne secures job in Mrs. Loft’s Palace Restaurant; Rawlins Republican to be issued 2x a week
12/15/1897-D. H. Craig appointed Judge 3rd Judicial District; Rawlins to Sage Creek Station route listed, Front, col. 2; George Kuntzman arrives in Encampment to business
12/18/1897-D. H. Craig, biography article
12/22/1899-William Hegg from Bitter Creek re: sheep and ice; Dr. White ; photo of Judge David H. Craig and article
12/24/1897-Union Pacific Ice House between freight depot and Hugus and Co. warehouse
12/29/1897-M. L. Harrison teams engaged by E. C. Adams to transport stamp mill to Sandstone Mine article
12/31/1897-Charles P. Clemmons, Encampment Attorney; Andy Anderson weds Juliana Hanks at St. Paul, NB where he farms; Penitentiary to be finished!! With tax levy; H. Rasmusson buys 5? Sections of land from the railroad adjoining his Pine Grove Ranch; Judge Merrell exact to move his office; Sample of ads listed by Rans: Murchison Bros. Jewelers; Cheap Cash Store; W. R. Brown; Thomas G. Maghee office next to Wyo. Drug; Dillon coal, I. C. Miller and others not listed here, see page 4.
RAWLINS REPUBLICAN
1898
1/5/1898-Sheriff Davis due Sat., Jan. 8th, from Spokane, WA with Will Herbert the robber of the herder near Baggs last fall, Front page, col. 5; Luke Vorhees, pg. 4, col. 4
1/12/1898-P.M. Smith gets notice Rawlins-Saratoga mail line canceled, Front, col.2; information on Penitentiary, Front, col. 2; Sheriff Davis back with Will Herbert article, Front, col. 3; Dr. H. C. Johnson, Dentist, gold crown bridge work specialty , office 300 block Cedar
1/15/1898-Niobrara Stage and Transport Co., George H. Berry, Contractor-Rawlins to Lander 7 x a week, article with more information, Front, col. 2; Sam Green, proprietor of 40 mile line to Saratoga, article; article describes mail routes and amount of mail being sent to some places (50 bags);
Morgan M. Maghee received franchise for Casper electric light system, will put in plant with capacity for 750 lights, article, Front, col. 2; A. J. Bothwell, now of Denver, trying to interest Colorado farmers to locate on his “self -consuming colony” and provide feed to his animals, article, Front, col. 4; Fort Steele-Saratoga Stage Co . and Saratoga Post Office notified that on & after 16th, they will have mail service from railroad 7x a week instead of 6x.
1/19/1898-Knights of Pythias, were dormant, now active with 34 knights; Judge Craig holds court: E. T. Burke got a stay, Will Herbert to have preliminary hearing; Felix Coleson moves to Baggs from Muddy Bridge
1/22/1898-Korien Temple has 6th Ceremonial banquet at Pacific Hotel; Miss Maggie Jones of Carbon weds Joe Davies at bride’s parents’ home
1/26/1898-Will Herbert held for trial, charged with robbery and assault with intent to murder of Juan Jose Lara, robbing him of $490, 1/29/1897. Complete report of witness (James Matthews) and actions taken are listed in this very long article, Front, Col. 2, 3, 4. See notes or this edition of newspaper for complete details;
1/29/1898-W. J. Smith Bakery has fire, fire dept. puts fire out and saves business and home, Front, col. 4; Questions regulating saloons, Front, col. 5
2/2/1898-Frank Nevin has men working to open coal vein on his ranch 4 miles, southeast of town
2/3/1898-P. Paulsen has John Sapp and Charles Seirer
employed developing copper claims North side of range, back of pen, article; C. R. Bell administers Herman Bohock estate leases ranch to R. N. Harrison, Front, column 3; Snow plow kills sheep accidently, article, Front, col. 3; New Saloon on Front, Pg. 4, col. 5
2/5/1898-Coonskin Brantly, crazy sheepherder, attempts to kill Mr. Brodt of J. W. Hugus & Co., Front, col. 4
2/9/1898-Thomas Maghee swindle exposed, “not a pound of ore in sight;” James McPherson; Rawlins Grey Sandstone; P. C. Carlson arrested for attempted rape of 10 yr. old child of the Jensen family; Coonskin Brantly tried, found guilty, fined, jail time and not to drink again
2/12/1898-Carlson pled not guilty
2/16/1898-John Fisher body found 13 miles South of town, 64 yr. old German Rancher found near Pine Grove Road by W. H. Wenzel article; Annual pen report-not done, list of convicts at other prisons
2/19/1898-Encamment Doane Copper Ore has 4% per ton cobalt; M. Jobe hit with a club by Robert Groom, he then arrested (Fort Steele); Coroner Thode and Newt Rankin hold inquest on John Fisher, died of exposure, Pg. 4, col. 2
2/23/1898-Oregon Buttes and narrow gauge railroad, Front, col 4
2/26/1898-Platt or Doggettville Townsite on Encampment River filed in County Clerk Office, article, Front, col. 2; Mrs. P. C. Carlson, (rapist’s wife, back from Omaha), victim’s mother back also; New pictures shown at Opera House, article lists plots of pictures, pg. 4, col. 1; A. M. McCarger died last night at son-in-law, Frank Hinman, lists obituary, pg. 4, col. 3; L. M. Jobe hit on head taken to St. Jude, Denver, Mr. Groom’s released from jail; Cosgriff Brothers addition to Stone Hotel in Fort Steele; Milton McAnally not going to Klondike
3/5/1898-L. M. Jobe died in Denver, murder filed against Groom, Front, col. 3; Frank Blake, Jr. and Al Carr open cigar & candy store; V. S. Hay ranchman killed by gang of outlaws operating in Browns Hole area, gang member Bonnett caught, Front, col. 4
3/9/1898-Judge Merrell to defend Robert Groom for murder of L. M. Jobe; Jack Bennett aka Billy Patterson (lynched), Pat L. Johnson aka W. F. Lay, David Lant, Harry Tracy involved in Johnson/Lay Powder Springs gang, partner of Butch Cassidy in Montpelier Bank job, lengthy article on meeting of states to rid
the area of this gang, Front, col. 4 & 5
3/12/1898-Page dedicated to Grand Encampment Mining, front, col. 5, map of Mining District
3/16/1898-Otto Gramm gets 5 yr. lease on Laramie rolling mills; Bill posed in U. S. Senate to five Hattie Phillips $5,000 bonus for Portugee Phillips ride from Fort Kearny to fort Laramie in 1866
3/19/1898- Story of Groom being assaulted by Jobes (had been drinking) and Groom hitting him with board, Front, col. 2; M. W. Dillon buys interests of others in electric company; Judge Ash, Officer, Morgan Maghee retained as electrician; conference of governors-Utah, Wyoming, Colorado to deal with Powder Springs gang... [truncated due to length]Collection
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