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Rans Baker's Research Collection Box 7 2015.180.11.143 The following file is composed of Lectures and Notes given or researched by Rans. Contents have briefly been listed. For more information on the subject, see the file. The folders are primarily arranged by date when possible and alphabetical by subject name in Box 7. Some files contain clippings and newspapers. RANS LECTURES-1900-1910 Talk No 1 / 5 given Spring 1995 Dawn of the 20th century P1 Decade of construction, inc. Colorado St. underpass, U.P. Depot, Osborne Building, Miller Block, Ferris Mansion, The Ferris Hotel, the Elks Home, the Masonic Temple, Rawlins First Federal Building, old Post Office UP improvements – new round house P2 New round house and power house Sandstone still popular for construction Danish Brotherhood Lodge Hall J.R. Doty & Dr. W.A. Jolley P3 Dr. Jolley’s private hospital – built a bigger one Old Danish Hall Denis O’Melia “Tacketville” – Earl * Eva Tackett P4 Construction on homes and in business district Charles Johnson livery & feed barn Increase in price of beer – price war P5 Dog fight downtown – cow charged and broke it up Proposed transcontinental automobile rally P6 No cars in Rawlins yet, all done by animals/bicycles, construction done by animals and humans Horse trader Sam Green Road construction P7 Sam Green – mustangs of questionable legality Al LaMarsh discovered/proved Green’s thefts Trap for Green P8 Sheriff Creed McDaniel – warrant for Green Green’s arrest & angry victims Ran away before trial P9 Green’s flight, promises will not be taken alive Green’s employees charged with horse theft Green captured in Utah P10 Green jailed, employees not caught Trial moved to Green River Green out on bail again P11 Defense attorney Charles Blydenburg P12 Case against Sam Green eventually dropped Catholic Priest Father Ternes – new building for St. Joe’s Parochial school Rawlins’ first school building P13 St. Joe’s Parish School – new building ready by Christmas 1900, closed end of term 1906 Katherine Morgan – only senior to graduate County sheriff McDaniel refused to let city police use county jail New prison to be built behind fire department P14 All “hobos” and anyone intoxicated on city streets to be put in new jail Change in treatment towards drunks Drinking in society J.P. Ryan’s Home Ranch Saloon P15 J.O. Cheatham The Wyoming Bar Liquor dealer Robert Freedman The Hoffman Block – Meyers Studio P16 Underpass planning Large rain storm P17 Flooding along front street impacted underpass planning UP construction projects – new roundhouse and power house completed; New depot and freight house possible; leveling track Water needed for steam engines P18 Options for water for UP Water plan shared by town of Rawlins – water from Bulls Canyon Creek caught in dry lake bed & brought to town by gravity feed – Hog Back lake Dam damaged P19 River pipeline project implemented instead, although Hog Back Lake plan returned to in 1905, with bad results then too Dangerous era in railroading Larger/faster engines demanded 5/8/1900 – first fatal train wreck of the century, 15 miles west of Rawlins P20 How ^ wreck occurred Conductor Hendricks found guilty P21 Change of train route due to ^ wreck Water hauling special trains Special express which hauled bullion and cash Train robbed in Sweetwater – Tipton Robbery P22 Tipton robbery 8/29/1900 Henry Wallenstein – engineer P23 Tipton Train robbery - conductor Kerrigan P24 Tipton Train robbery P25 Tipton Train robbery C.C. Woodcock – mental breakdown P26 Tipton Train robbery Frank Hadsell investigated with deputy Joe Lafors, posse w/ Sheriff McDaniel, Charles Osborne, James J. Finley, George Lord – broke down on way Sweetwater Sheriff Swainson 20 Mile Ranch P27 20 Mile Ranch Construction in town – houses being built; new sewer system; new phone lines – Rocky Mountain Bell P28 1st municipal sewer system – Thomas Scanlan walked off job P29 UP’s Platte river pipeline idea – offered to share with the city, Mayor Larsen liked idea but city did not, UP had to do it alone P30 UP put Dan Kinnaman in charge of the Platte River Water Line Project P31 Pacific Hotel P32 Denver Pressed Brick and Fine Clay Company Rawlins Pressed Brick Co. P33 Rawlins Pressed Brick Co. Dillon Mind P34 Rawlins Pressed Brick Co. plant construction – equipment delayed repeatedly Ferris Hotel P35 Brick plant equipment still missing Rawlins Pressed Brick Co. gets up to speed – Dr. Osborne got first brick Rawlins well water fouled the boiler, closed the brick plant P36 Ora Haley Osborne Building, H. Hansen Block, Hugus Ferguson Building, C. Donnell Quinlan Building all used Rawlins bricks Carbon’s mines ran out Platte Valley blossoming P37 Walcott becoming major RR shipping point for heavy freight in/out of Platte Valley 5th St. Opera House had to hire special police – growing town had rowdy new inhabitants P38 M. J. Mayer + 2 others went on a drunk tear, encountered officer Tom Hanks, tried to beat him up, Hanks shot Mayer & the other two surrendered Encounters between drunks and police increasing Fraternal organizations – owls club P39 Danish brotherhood, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Masons, Shriners, and Elks lodge all provided new activities Opera House events Billiards, cards, and bowling alley built P40 The Denver Addition – Park Hill Faults & problems with the Pen P41 Broom factory in pen Mrs. S. J. Ferris aka Mary Ferris-woman freighter Map of Rawlins businesses on west east end 11/6/1901 showing brickyard, J. H. Clause Ice House, etc. TALK #2 GIVEN SPRING 1995 1901-1903 P1 1/2/1901 Woodsmen of the World Lodge in Baggs held a dance James Taylor tried to patch up family feud with Arlo McSwain P2 McSwain started a fight with Taylor P3 McSwain/Taylor feud P4 McSwain/Taylor arguing, McSwain started hitting Taylor P5 McSwain shot Taylor McSwain’s father was a special deputy sheriff and held son in protective custody until Robert Meldrum could arrest him P6 McSwain delivered to county jail Difficult to find jury for McSwain’s trial McSwain found guilty of second degree murder – 20 year sentence, released after 3 years, 4 months P7 McSwain pardoned to care for his ailing parents 1/3/1901 Cosgriff Brothers store in Medicine Bow robbed by Albert Propst P8 Cosgriff stores robbed frequently Shop bookkeeper Devine shot at fleeing Propst, raising a crowd and fouling Propst’s escape plan Propst fled to Richard England’s house P9 England turned Propst in to Sheriff McDaniel – sentenced to 12 years – got out after 6 years, 11 months Propst had been in prison before for assault with intent to rob McSwain and Propst had made more headlines while waiting for trial P10 With 2 others – James McMahon and Thomas Martin, they waylaid jailer George Hiatt and escaped P11 Escapees split into pairs – 3 caught quickly, 4th eventually Ferris Hotel construction P12 Larsen’s quarries Extending municipal mains to provide water to new pen New Sand House in RR yards Second story for Hugus building 5th St. Fire Department Hose House P13 Finding a site for new UP depot Construction on Ferris Hotel Steel RR bridge over Platte at Ft. Steele H. Hansen’s mercantile business & new properties P14 Masons leased 2nd floor of Hugus building New Elks’ Lodge John Gallop offered land for city park, eventually accepted Rawlins Drug building moved P15 Construction begins for new UP Depot Murder of Richard England – he had chewed the ear off a man in the 1890s, shot a hobo in the leg in 1900 P16 England found guilty of threatening a teacher who had punished his son – out on bail waiting for appeal, shot during dispute with Herbert Ambler P17 England/Ambler financial dispute John R. “Budget” Mole got involved when his wife planned to run away with Ambler Mole and England wanted to teach Ambler a lesson P18 Ambler had gun and got drop on Mole and England; they got guns and came back, making threats; Ambler shot England P19 Ambler killed, Mole grazed Special deputy Charles Lewis notified & captured Ambler – found innocent – self defense; held up Cosgriff Bros. Rock River store in 1905 P20 Robbed shop suspected Ambler, and he was captured, found guilty – sentence to 10 years England’s widow married J. H. Albro P21 Stonework began for Osborne Block, work on Ferris Hotel, Hanson Mate Block, O’Donnel Quinlan Building and U.P. Depot progressed Henry Blickfeld had plans to build 2 story blacksmith and wagon shop Sewer work completed, grading of street P22 Construction of new 2 story rental Bricks shipped in for new Depot rather than locally sourced Ferris Hotel deal with UP for water P23 Second story of Hugus building completed H. Hansen Mercantile and Rawlins Meat Packing Co. moving into Hansen Block Dave’s Corner Saloon Turf Exchange Saloon – later the Luxus Construction of freight road south from town out towards Ferris-Haggerty Mine (Route 71) H. Hansen Mercantile opened P24 Hansen Mercantile – dry goods, clothing, groceries; Rawlins Meat Packing Co. opened meat market New depot opened Sam Green leveled, plowed, planted parks at each end of depot Rawlins consolidated drug P25 Phone lines reached Baggs Penn opened Milton McNally passed a bill mandating transfer of state prisoners to Rawlins but it was stalled by “Laramie Crowd” P26 Legal action threatened, “Laramie Crowd” gave in, convicts shipped to Rawlins – Arlo McSwain, George Downing, Charles Smith among first batch shipped I. J. Rendle and Dave Rusk P27 Rendle checking sheep, he and Rusk tried to control herd in face of storm – both lost in storm overnight, found another sheep camp but, after cup of coffee, kept going – Rendle “out of his head” due to exposure but did finally find his own camp again P28 Rendle recovered enough to ride into town for medical treatment Pacific Sheep Co. Herder H. W. Moody got lost in storm, fell in a ravine, and died P29 Moody’s dogs were guarding his body & were nursed back to health then photographed as heroes & retired to be pets James Weed came to Rawlins in Fall 1901 seeking financial backing for an invention P30 Shepherds had to wake up multiple times to ward off animals A. A. Brown purchased major interest in Weed’s invention, formed company to make “The Weed Automatic Gun” or “Night Herder” – filed for patent P31 Brown went to Denver for machinery for plant Rawlins Plumbing, Heating, and Manufacturing Company produced the Night Herder Fred Anderson replaced A.A. Brown as head of company, Brown became secretary/treasurer – both were squeezing Weed out of management Brown’s wife moved away for health reasons P32 Brown closed up the factory to follow his wife & bought out by Anderson – moved equipment to Salt Lake City Patent had been mis-filed Weed did get a patent for it P33 Painter William A. Heath developed plans for an airplane – small clockwork model worked P34 Heath raised money for working full sized model plane, but construction fell through and he was later ridiculed in the papers P35 Mockery of Heath, he moved to Lander and got more support there – a model managed to fly 1 mile carrying a 7 pound iron – heavier than the plane itself Heath was Lillian Heath’s father P36 Heath’s plane had flapping wings – practical full sized model never made Osborne didn’t actually have the first gas powered car in Rawlins – he was first to order one P37 Osborne’s ordered car was in a factory that burnt down, but a news item about him getting it had already run in the paper Henry Murchison, jeweler, wanted to own the first car & to be the first to drive from Rawlins to Saratoga Murchison got a 8 passenger gasoline fired steamer from the San Francisco Automobile Co. P38 Murchison’s bus arrived in parts without instructions – took ages to get together right Murchison’s car was still getting tinkered with when Osborne’s Champion Favorite arrived 4/23/1902 Dan Kinnaman had car running quickly Osborne’s car scared horses and made it to Saratoga P39 Murchison was sad and put bus in storage Cars becoming popular with rich people, races became common over the decade 6/26/1903 chauffeur Sewell K. Crocker, driving Dr. H. Nelson Jackson across the country, was able to diagnose and fix the problem with Murchison’s bus P40 Murchison hoped to start a bus line between Cheyenne and Ft. Russell but it’s unknown if this ever happened. TALK #3/7 GIVEN SPRING 1995 1903-1907 Pg1 Start of 1903 – some of coldest weather on record, curtailing construction P2 Ferris Maghee Pharmacy Ferris Photo Gallery Ferris Mansion finished P3 Cottage near Ferris Mansion built James Anderson died at age 27 Attempt to revive Bulls Canyon Creek reservoir scheme – Amandus Startsel, Joe Eason, Sam Green, and employees began repairs 3/21/1903 P4 UP offered help with reservoir scheme – project plagued with problems and eventually failed Freight road to Dillon and Sierra Madre mines World’s largest overhead tram at Ferris Haggerty Mine P5 City policeman John Baxter and U.P. breakman Thomas J. King, a deputized bystander, killed by Frank J. Keefe Background on Baxter and King P6 Background on Keefe – F.J. Keefe Corner Grocery – alcoholic P7 During crackdown on public intoxication, Keefe arrested on 3 counts of assault with a deadly weapon – pulled a knife and jabbed H.D. Blydenburgh in the chest, cut Billy Martin’s leg, threatened Henry Freeze – was arrested P8 No prosecutions, Keefe released, but new public opinion was that he was dangerous He beat J.P. Keller, struck a stranger, beat G.W. Perry over the head with a rock – Perry did want to press charges P9 Keefe’s atty. – Charles Blydenburgh got case dismissed Policeman Tom Hanks wanted to reform Keefe, kept Keefe out of trouble until spring 1903 April 24, 1903 Keefe “went on a terror” P10 Keefe trashed a brothel and was arrested – released on compassionate grounds when his ill daughter got worse, but he just went out drinking + was rearrested ; brothel madame wouldn’t press charges, Keefe released. Went to Pioneer Saloon P11 Hanks came into Saloon, Keefe protested, Hanks gave him a dressing down, so Keefe left. Outside, Keefe was seen by Officer Jason Spencer who told him to go home. He instead went to the Senate Saloon, then through alleys to his shop, which was just being closed up. P12 Went into his shop and got a gun. Officer Spencer saw movement in the store, peered in, Keefe shot at him P13 Police officers tried to get into the store, got help from King, and the store’s door broke; Keefe shot King dead P14 Baxter was mortally wounded Keefe bolted, Spencer did not pursue P15 Keefe’s brother in law, Pat Touhey, got him to surrender, more police had to be put on duty as the town’s mood was ugly Keefe pled innocent w/attorney J.S. Williams P16 Got delay and change of venue to Albany County, where the 2 murder cases were heard separately – found guilty of 2nd degree murder for Baxter – judge thought it was self-defense, enraging Rawlins P17 Trial for King’s death was a farce P18 Defense tried to say he was already being punished enough because the killings were part of the same situation He got an early release from the Baxter verdict Because of the long delay, King charges dropped Keefe and family moved to CO but came back frequently and would get in minor trouble with the law P19 Keefe eventually moved back to Rawlins and started drunken madness again June 1903 Mayor Clause thought it safe to retire most of the extra police June 6, 1903 burglar James Williams made 1st successful escape from the Pen P20 Williams’ escape – caught days later a mile from CO near Dixon P21 Williams returned to pen w/additional time – fatally shot while trying a second escape -description of escape attempt P22 Description of escape attempt P23 End of escape attempt Improvement of pen wall/fence after first escape Southern freight road to the cooper mines P24 Improvements to freight road Pacific Hotel closed to public in favor of Ferris Hotel P25 Doc Chivington with Reversed 4 Cattle Co. men, who were offered meal at Ferris Hotel as a bonus – turned out to be too fancy for the men P26 Dinner at the Ferris Hotel P27 Ferris Hotel had to get less fancy U.P. Beanery 6/30/1903 Hanna mine disaster P28 Hanna mine disaster P29 Hanna mine disaster P30 Hanna mine disaster Relief fund committee – July 4th celebrations canceled and funds put towards relief P31 Minstrel show in Pen chapel on 4th of July Performances held to raise funds Mine recovery P32 Hanna mine disaster survivors abandoned due to fire Body recovery resumed Hanna lost ~1/2 its miners UP settlements with miners’ families Lawyers started law suit on behalf of some families P33 Any UP payments eaten up by legal costs Rawlins Relief Fund distributed Reopening the mine, with several deaths soon occurring 3/28/1908 mine blew up again P34 Mine disaster Mine memorial plaque P35 Addition built for overcrowded pen Rasmusson Furniture Charles H. Anderson – Boutique Saloon P36 H. Rasmusson’s Funeral Parlor City council limited liquor licenses P37 Mayor Clause re elected Liquor licenses become political issue, hobbling competitors Rasmusson and Anderson quarrel over lease prices P38 Charles Anderson’s attempt to get a liquor license P39 Charles Anderson elected mayor Sidewalks downtown – cement in business district – expensive for James Clause and Henry Rasmusson Downtown building boom P40 Construction reworking and renovating existing buildings Late 1903 to early 1905 – more fires than usual, some arson some accidental – Club Saloon gutted from stove fire Jim Rankin and P. Paulsen opened copper mines P41 Rawlins area designated copper district Copper mines UPRR Bull’s Canyon Creek water project P42 Canyon Creek water project – unsuccessful again Harry Phelan and John Jost doing a project, left their sons at UP gravel quarry P43 Sons playing with dynamite but were not injured – 700 pounds of dynamite found on site P44 Feud between Jesse Arthur MacFarlane and his neighbors the Booths; Jesse liked the Booth daughter but family didn’t want to lose her labor P45 Jesse and a Booth brother got in a fight, with Jesse winning; Booths shot at Jesse but no one was hurt; Booths filed charges, McFarlane filed countercharges – charges against McFarlane dropped McFarlane took daughter to Ft. Collins to get CO marriage license, then got married in Pearl CO P46 Finally found JPs, stopped to eat, then got married and rode back to WY Rans Lecture SUPPLEMENTAL 1903 P19A 2 separate UP workmen’s strikes – machinists and boilermakers walked out late July 1902 Pacific Hotel had become employees club for UP -strike ended, men returned to work Strike breakers had to move out of Hotel and find own lodgings Albert Swan James – machinist – borrowed camera from Frank Ferris, sold it, skipped town – caught in Omaha, found guilty, got job in boiler room in pen P19B William Bailey – night guard in pen trusted James too much - James escaped for 14 ½ months, deceived a bank in Ft. Collins then started making significant purchases; bank contacted sheriff, James fled into WY and was arrested in Laramie RANS TALK #4/8 GIVEN SPRING 1995 1906-1910 P1 Remodeling and renovations in business district Jason Clause planning to rebuild Senate Saloon Warin Galvin planning to remodel the Capitol Restaurant Henry Rasmusson planned to build a 2 story stone building Rasmusson Funeral Parlor and Furniture Store P2 Rasmusson law suit against UP Masonry contractor William Collins – work for Rasmusson and Clause Saratoga + Encampment railroad grading work P3 Work on Saratoga + Encampment railroad halted due to right of way issues – eventually restarted UP plans for track between Green River and Council Bluffs – hired 100 Greek immigrants UP new double track from Rawlins to Wamsutter + redesign single line east to Walcott P4 Iron mining started in area of paint mines – Besmer Smelter to be built in middle school Claims that 700 feet below Rawlins was 94% pure iron Some low grade iron found here and in Seminoe Mountains P5 Henry Hansen closing Hansen Mercantile + moving out of Rawlins – sold his house to James Hansen of 20 Mile Ranch – last names caused confusion in the paperwork Murphy Ready and Co. renovated their downtown building, leased the former Hansen Merc. and moved in there temporarily P6 Murphy’s building needed significant work including grading Some of the building rented to Waren Galvin for a temporary Saloon P7 Rasmussen intended to move furniture business and funeral parlor – hit some snags selling property so it was 1907 before his new building was built Election of Charles Anderson as mayor and Jimmy Hetzler as councilman – election pitted Scandinavian citizens against Irish Rawlins Republican attacked Hetzler P8 The Democratic Journal attacked Anderson Anderson had won by promising to enforce liquor laws P9 Anderson handed out candy to children after election, was paraded thrown town in F.A. Luckfield’s car Bing Price and H. Larsen – councilmen; J.C. Friend – city marshal; Henry Rasmusson –city treasurer Anderson bought land from the state for the city 10/16/1906 night policeman Jason Lavin saw flames on the 5th St. Opera House P10 Opera House fire – ¼ block went up, only Osborne’s office building was spared – same block that burned 7/4/1884 P11 Heat damage had crossed the street to the Hugus building, Fire Department Hose House, and City Hall Mason William Collins, Jason Clause’s new Senate Building R.A. Daley got bid for home for newly wed I.J. Rendle P12 Rendle’s new house was to have all the amenities F.A. Luckfield and his 25 horsepower Rio Touring Car P13 Luckfield in an car crash + a child was killed – Dean Weightman P14 Weightman’s parents were still recovering for the uninsured loss of their meat market in fire Sheepman John Mahoney having large house built Osborne Realty planning a 2 story building on site of old Jungquist Corner P15 Rawlins Mercantile and Jason Clause (it’s biggest stock holder) planned to rebuild to buildings on Cedar to make a huge store – Clause Building Rasmussen finally ready to make his big L shaped building w/ large glass windows P16 Elks Club building addition to their Lodge Knox and Tanner saddler planned to make new building on current site P17 Some new buildings hard to get water/sewer connections Some buildings moved into streets/intersections Rawlins Merc. Moved temporarily into old Ferris Maghee Pharmacy P18 Clause moved a building into the street so as to not lose rental income during construction of new building – neighbors protested but city let it remain until stock sold out inside Rasmusson couldn’t sell his old frame building, Knox and Tanner sold theirs to become a Saloon P19 Osborne Realty had to build new stone building quickly to provide rental space for temp. post office P20 Construction of new Osborne building – Post Office Block (changed to Miller Block) 10/12/1907 Officer James Levin hear shots, asked Waren Galvin for help P21 Galvin left his son to help, with Levin went to dive car called The Half and Half – met Oscar F. Luschei (?) and J.E. Storer. Storer held up officers, Luschie ran away & Storer shot at him. P22 Storer taken to jail; officers, along with Officer Hilderbrand, searched for Luschie – found dead Storer charged with felonious assault Saratoga + Encampment railway construction P23 Celebration planned for completion of 20 miles of rail line in Saratoga – beginning of Saratoga Fish Fries While removing old building on South Front St., tunnel with shackled skeletal remains discovered – Slapp Jack Dave P24 Dave Cummings/Dave Parker/Dave Carter – murder suspect Sheriff Lemon had been accused (falsely as it turns out) of helping him escape in the 1870s P25 Former Sheriff Lemon worked for a traveling circus in 1875 Slapp Jack – Dave Cummings of Parker Penn – joined a gang in Cheyenne, got involved in Platte River Shootings P26 Gang had a building in Rawlins right next to prison and had dug a tunnel as an emergency escape route – he escaped the prison and hid in the tunnel while posse searched for him, but he got stuck down there, or the gang left him down there to get his share P27 Rifle and shackles found with body given to I.C. Miller, who displayed them in Rawlins National Bank “OK” or Dime Theater opened in Johnson’s Livery/Feed barn P28 New owners improved Dime Theater Bottom of Old H. Hansen building converted to Star Theater – new city license fee for theaters implemented 1908 NY to Paris Race would be coming through Rawlins, got city thinking about roads, 2 new horse drawn graders purchased, roads made auto-compatible, tried to get on funding list for National Good Roads Commission Plans made to seal dirt main streets with coat of shale P29 *See also “Great Race” lecture, which was jammed into this one* American Thomas Flyer car arrived 3/10/1908 Western Union manager McKnightlinger sent details to the New York Times Flyer’s crew feted at The Depot Diner Ferris dining room closed Italian Zust, French Da Dion, German Protos cars came through in that order New Masonic Temple to be built P30 Elks Club new lodge P31 New large stone building built for John Donnel Charles Anderson got cement sidewalk ordinance enforced P32 Mandatory stone curbings City jail inmates being used as road gangs Spring/summer 1908 in Platte Valley unusually wet, making it hard to work on roads – flooding P33 Saratoga’s railroad celebration/fish fry went off well, except balloon launch was canceled due to wind Blacksmith Henry Blickfeldt depressed Dec. 1908 P34 Blickfeldt having alcohol problems, threatened family with gun and they fled – Officer Lee Startzell responded, Blickfeldt wouldn’t come in to station P35 Startzell hit Blickfeldt repeatedly with billy club but only made him madder, Blickfeldt attacked Startzell & Startzell shot him – Startzell accused of murder P36 Startzell released – insufficient evidence to convict Nov. 1908 3 term sheriff Eugene Horton decided not to run – D.B. Campbell and Walter Hiland ran for the position P37 Hiland beat Campbell by a single vote – 13 absentee ballots had been thrown out – disputed Newly elected commissioner Johnathan Veich died, questions about how to replace him as he was a 3rd party candidate Hiland started acting like incoming sheriff before the matter was settled P38 Retiring sheriff Horton wouldn’t leave office until election settled officially – Hiland tried to arrest him 1/4/1909 County Prosecutor N.R. Greenfield shouted at outgoing board of county commissioners, who had met to wrap up business and was arrested by Horton’s jr. deputy Charles Trammel Similar mess continued for Veich’s position, until his son was appointed in Feb. Once board of commissioners filled, they declared Campbell sheriff P39 Horton left office and moved to a ranch in northern Laramie County. Blacksmith C. W. Morgan elected mayor in 1909 – would serve 5 terms; modified sidewalk and curbing codes – allowed cellars under sidewalks, allowing a system of cement service tunnels downtown – all filled in now P40 Morgan project – reservoir south west of town – hogback lake done correctly finally Federal building constructed downtown – 6th & Cedar P41 Federal building mostly of imported materials – flag raising at the unfinished building 7/27/1910 by Post Master Perry L. Smith – out of date US flag 12/11/1910 Post Office finally moved into federal building although interior not entirely completed WY began prohibiting saloons – 2/1/1909 liquor licenses limited P42 Only incorporated places could have liquor licenses so Hanna, Dixon, Baggs, etc went dry Many liquor license renewals in Rawlins refused or charged $1,000/year Homer France built a commercial building that now houses the Sportsman – automobile garage 1st car specific building in Rawlins – Verne Ferris Chalmers Detroit Sales & Service New opera house P43 New opera house delayed Construction began in 1910 on Virginia Hotel Mr. & Mrs. Robert Inch- baby left in a basket on their porch –adopted her Photo of Rawlins Garage, Studebacker Cars with workmen using steam shovel equipment with horsedrawn wagon and man assisting. RANS LECTURE-NEW YORK TO PARIS RACE Given during 1906-1910 lecture P1 Editors of Le Matin proposed a great race, NY-Paris – circle the northern hemisphere – 21,000 mile course, from offices of NY Times, west to Chicago, praries, Rocky Mountains paralleling the UP, Nevada, SF, take a steamship to Seattle and onto Valdez, Alaska, cross the Bering Strait, go through Siberia, Russia, Poland, Germany, and France to Paris Begin mid-Feb. 1908 to cross Alaska before thaw P2 Standard Oil Co. ensured gas and oil would be waiting along the route – by dog & reindeer sledges in Siberia Standard Oil under investigation, so this was good PR 3 French cars: Di Dion, Moto-Bloc and Sizair-Navelin Italy – Bixia Zust America – Thomas Speedway Flyer Germany – Protos 2/12/1908 start Only 4 made it to Rawlins M.G. Tyler – manager of UP restaurant P3 UP restaurant table decorated to represent the race and the meal was elaborate & well described in the papers Rawlins orchestra played when the Zust members ate P4 Rawlins was only the 3rd city west of NY to fete the drivers Thomas Flyer first across US but when they got to Alaska, the car couldn’t follow the sled trails, so the race route was changed Zust & Di Dion got a headstart while the Thomas Flyer was shipped back P5 German car was shipped on a train to make up time – 15 day penalty In Manchu... [truncated due to length]

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