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[Akron Pioneer Press, Sept. 8, 1905.]

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This is an interesting race:[Silver Cliff Rustler, Oct. 21, 1896.]

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[Glenwood Post, Sept. 24, 1898.]The training, the traveling... Not enough to be known as Buttermilk Boy and crush the world's best riders at your home track.

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At the D.W.C. track. Hach has beaten Hughes, Hamilton and Senn. [Chaffee County Republican, Sept. 16, 1896.]

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"Buttermilk Boy?" Not the best sports nick-name I've ever heard.[Boulder Daily Camera, September 23, 1896, p. 2.]

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I think this is the track that was near 6th and Broadway.[Rocky Mountain Sun (Aspen), June 20, 1896.]

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[Chaffee County Democrat, October 4, 1919.]

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[RMN, Dec. 9, 1868.]This refers to the old old-school, pre-high-wheeler era.

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[The Daily Journal, March 20, 1922, p. 1.]Might be same George Rickard from Denver, stay tuned. Is J. Boyer a modern-day Rickard?

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Noticed this while researching Denver's 1920 strike, which turned out a lot worse than what's described here. In Denver they did carry guns, and used them to shoot indiscriminately into crowds. Is Black Jack Jerome among the strikebreakers in SF?[Durango Democrat, May 15, 1907, p. 1.]

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[Record Journal, Sept. 5, 1924, p. 7.]

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Resulting from the (second) failure of Castlewood Dam; and resulting in the employment of a few thousand destitute individuals, and the building of Kenwood Dam.[Portsmouth Times, August 4, 1933.]

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...right in the middle of the Creek! (That didn't work out so well.)[RMN, February 8, 1862, p. 3.]

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[Littleton Independent, July 26, 1901, p. 3.]

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Did Walker steal the idea from somebody else?[Colorado Transcript, July 20, 1911, p. 1.]

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Anybody got a copy?[Colorado Transcript, June 19, 1898, p. 7.]

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Walker article by Rosemary Fetter, Colorado Gambler, May 19, 2010

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[Colorado Transcript, November 1, 1906, p. 5.]Garden of the Titans -- probably refers to Red Rocks in this case.

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[Daily Journal (Telluride), August 13, 1901, p. 1.]"Locomobile" was actually a brand-name for early autos, but in this case probably refers to a Stanley Steamer.

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[Colorado Transcript, August 27, 1908, p. 1.]

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[Aspen Daily Times, June 13, 1897, p. 1.]Pardon while I skip way ahead for a while. Trying to sort out John Brisbane Walker, the summer White House, the incline railroad, the Stanley Steamers, the roads and railways, Cosmopolitan, Riverside Park, various "castles"...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15945306

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PDF OF ALL GRANTS GIVEN BY STATE HISTORICAL FUND THROUGH 2011

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I mentioned that the RMN never gave a shout-out to Barney Ford. Well, here it is.[RMN, June 22, 1865.]

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High-res drawing of Denver in 1908. via bigmapsblog.

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Just keeping tabs on this fellow. If he had a twitter account I could follow it. [RMN, June 30, 1865.]

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[RMN, June 26, 1865.]

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[RMN, June 21, 1865, p. 2.]This was nicely phrased. The latest salvo in the Browne-was-loaded-when-he-rejoiced-about-Evans'-ouster thing. But is the information correct?The brewery in the first bit -- Zang's? Zing!

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A lot of Chinese would die violently in Colorado coal mines, later on. Also that whole "Hop Alley" thing...[RMN, June 20, 1865, p.3.]

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Travel writer Bayard Taylor visited Colorado in 1866 and the NYT published a series of letters about his trip (which have been compiled in book form). At one point Taylor spent a day or two in Central City, and was appalled by the experience. Before leaving Central City, I must say that it is the most outrageously expensive place in Colorado. You pay more and get less for the money than in any

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[RMN, June 19, 1865, p. 3.]

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The June 19, 1865 Rocky is a real good one. It continues with the Browne fued -- the AG denies he was drunk while crying out in ecstasy "who's governor NOW!!" upon Evans' removal -- has another great Squires tidbit and this note on the movements of Chivington, maybe headed East for some sort of testimony, not sure. Sure does seem like a fat target crossing the plains in a civilian stage coach.

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This Arnett fellow seems to have a much more developed sense of how to deal with the grasshoppers. Who does he think he is? Some kind of grasshopper guru?[RMN, June 15, 1865]

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This one cracks me up. Evans removed, Browne rejoices in the streets, yelling "Who's governor now!" into the Denver night. [RMN, June 15, 1865, p.2.]

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This bit from Santa Fe Gazette was reprinted in a few local papers. The alleged statement of Squires, suspiciously detailed.[Daily Mining Journal, June 14, 1865.]

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Scourge of the plains lives another day... [RMN, June 12, 1865, p. 2.]

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With people talking so much about 'traditional American values' and associated what-not it's fun to remember this old-fashioned value: Free Land!! I wonder if any of the current crop of govt.-haters can trace the origins of their family fortunes to a 160-acre homestead acquired virtually for free from said govt. in the 1800s. That's one heck of a way to pull yourself up by the bootstraps.

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Good God. Who knows what stew of victorian poisons Mr. Green is slinging out there.[RMN, June 9, 1865, p. 3.]

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[RMN, June 3, 1865, p. 3.]

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Dogs had an interesting set of challenges to overcome in early Denver.[RMN, May 23, 1865.]

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The article in the RMN about the assassination of Soule says he was moving along Lawrence and was shot near F Street and Lawrence (15th and Lawrence). It also says he was shot in front of Dr. Cunningham's house, but that was at F and Arapahoe, according to Cunningham's ad (see below).I guess I would like to know right where Soule was and which direction he was walking when he encountered the

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Just a little something I've never really considered before -- The proximity of Soule's assassination to this other event, the marriage of his young bride's mother (Sarah Coberly) to her second husband William Crull. I don't know, it's probably nothing. But it is somewhat weird timing. Then, rather than move back in with her mom in Huntsville, Hersa heads to Kansas to stay with Soule's brother.

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Daily Mining Journal pokes fun at Denver's situation in the high water season. Somewhat cut off at times.[DMJ, May 12, 1865, p. 3.]

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Squires would have been better off going north. [DMJ, May 11, 1865, p. 3.]..Not that he didn't escape in the end anyway.

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Speaking of Sarah Coberly, here's the announcement of her marriage to William Crull in May 1865. Crull's big red barn was a well-known landmark on the Denver-Colorado City route; a one-room log cabin which may have been built by him is still standing near the Tomah Road exit on I-25, a preserved historical site.The marriage didn't last. It was Sarah's second of three. For reasons not entirely

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This helpful list of largest taxpayers in the county from 1871-2 has a bunch of familiar names including but not limited to Barney Ford, all the big developers, D.C. Oakes and Sarah Crull, formerly Mrs. Coberly of Coberly's Halfway House. Sarah Coberly was one of the first white women in the Territory and, through mysterious circumstances, the adopted mother of my great great grandmother Lizzie.[

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The Commonwealth offered this shout-out to Barney Ford in 1863. There doesn't seem to be any mention at all in the Racist Mountain News.[Denver Weekly Commonwealth, August 20, 1863, p. 3.]

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[RMN, September 4, 1863, p.3.]Saw this while looking at Barney Ford Peoples' Restaurant ads. 1863 was pretty quiet. Who is the third person mentioned, the '"best military figure in Colorado"' -- Wynkoop?

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Yesterday I happened by 1514 Blake Street, and learned via a plaque there that the very same building was the longtime site of Barney Ford's People's Restaurant (and a barber shop in the basement). Other than seeing the ads in the Racist Mountain News I don't know too much about Ford or his restaurant, but I know he was an escaped slave, and that the restaurant was a popular institution. The

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[RMN, May 1, 1865.]A "certain Photographic Album..."

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[RMN, April 7, 1865, p. 2.]Richmond at Sand Creek: Shooting female prisoners and scalping them.

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[RMN, March 31, 1865.]This jab at Susan B. Anthony is a weird little twist in the Rocky's irrepressible racism. If she likes negroes so much, maybe she should marry one. Wouldn't that be totally wacky? Racist Mountain News already went off on "miscegenation" in another issue or two.Another reminder that these Colorado Unionists, represented by Byers, are also racists, overwhelmingly, who would

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I like to monitor all the Hunt news, you may have noticed. As did Byers. Makes you wonder if A.C. picked up the paper that morning and spewed his coffee.Also another bit on oil. The papers were obsessed with oil/petroleum in those days. What it's being used for, how rich people are getting off of it. And not a car in sight.[RMN, March 29, 1865.]

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Notorious alcoholic Leavitt Bowen dead in Denver, then eulogized by Chivington. Lots of people were. Officers dropping like flies. And another story that reminds us how things have changed.[RMN, March 24, 1865.]

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[RMN, March 23, 1865, p. 2.]

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[RMN, March 18, 1865.]Live it up my friend, not much time left.

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From Omaha to the West Coast. This idea has been associated with Jefferson Davis, pre-Civil War; I wrote a little about that in my book Cyclist's Manifesto.[RMN, March 15, 1865, p. 2.]

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[RMN, Oct. 24, 1865.]E. Scudder on the vindication tip.

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Here we see an early and particularly frenzied spasm in the campaign to restate and reshape the Sand Creek story, at the Union Party convention in Denver, October 16, 1865. As you can see, nothing less than the moral standing of America in the Christian world is at stake. According to Lamar, The Far Southwest, Stephen Decatur is the point-man behind this campaign.[RMN, Oct. 17, 1865, p. 1.]In the

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Byers was always commenting on the various officers who were in town, hinting at their demeanor and politics.[RMN, March 11, 1865]Lt. Clark Dunn was in town to testify before the Commission; he told them that he had had an engagement with some Indians near the Platte in April 1864, testimony meant to establish the hostility of the tribes in Chivington's defense.The day after Sand Creek, with the

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Paymaster Crawford delaying payments to 3rd, claiming illness. This after rumors had appeared in RMN to the effect that nobody was getting paid at all, and congressmen spoke of withholding pay. But the companies were all planning on gathering and marching in uniform at various times to get their meager compensation, so potentially a very dicey situation was at hand. Denver was always on the verge

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Announcement in RMN, March 4, 1865:

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NOTE: PIONEER PLATES, a digital notebook of Colorado history, is back in the saddle after a long book-writing hiatus. Thanks for reading -- RobertA celebration of events back East. (Not everybody wanted to celebrate surely.)[RMN, March 1, 1865, p. 3.]

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[RMN, Feb. 23, 1865.]Spring 1865. Sand Creek-spawned revenge campaign on the Platte road raises the price of everything in Denver.

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[RMN, Feb. 24, 1865]I have very little idea what he's getting at, and I think that was the plan. Didn't mention the name of the prisoner? Indeed they did. It was the title of the article referred to in the correction.Meanwhile, the Daily Mining Journal reports that Soule has been shot at several times.

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More on the alleged 'absquatulation' of Jack Peppers. The animosity between Byers and Hunt (territorial marshal) goes back at least to the messy land speculation around Denver and Auraria in '59 and '60.[RMN, February 23, 1865] [DMJ, February 27, 1865]

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The 1st Colorado Cavalry was consolidated into the Veterans' Ballalion, field and staff listed below as appeared in the RMN in February, 1865. Soule had been Lieutenant in Co. K, now Captain Co. D.[Click to enlarge.]

Robert Hurstnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993477727786390685.post-49222395384157019752010-01-27T22:58:00.000-08:002010-01-27T23:04:50.321-08:00

"...Absquatulated..."[RMN, Feb. 17, 1865, p.3.]

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From a list of First Regiment personnel, as of Feb. 28, 1863, in The Trail, May 1909. Seeing the name of Ham Hunt among K Co. enlisted men was a real eye-opener. Must be pioneer lawyer and brother of A. Cam Hunt (People's Court judge, territorial marshal, territorial governor and Indian agent). Could be an important dot in our little connect-the-dots here. Ham n' Cam Hunt. Don't say it three

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While encamped in the Western History Department the other day I ran across an old article in the Colorado Magazine about Hal Sayr (or Sayre) written by his son Robert. As you might imagine, it's a sympathetic account of Sayre's oddysey as a Colorado pioneer, miner and volunteer Indian fighter. Among many other interesting items (for instance, that Sayre and his partner Parmalee [Parmelee?]

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Here is another good reference. Territorial Officers, as printed on the front page of the Rocky Mountain News in 1865. A.C. Hunt is Territorial Marshal, will be governor in a few years. Judge Harding has been under the gun in Feb. 1865, widely suspected of being the culprit who narrated the horrors of Sand Creek to lawmakers back in the States. A clear division emerges -- Evans, Elbert, Chiv and

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Reading the News alone will drive you nuts. it's good to throw in a little Black Hawk Daily Mining Journal to remind oneself of varying points of view that prevailed at the time. On Wednesday Feb. 8 1865 the Journal has a great deal of fun with the alleged Indian threat and martial law, declared by Col. Moonlight to begin on that day. The clipping below refers to the fire of '63 and the flood of

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This is good stuff. I've been looking for this one. I didn't know the exact date.February 8, 1865. Wednesday. Colonel Moonlight has declared martial law in the Territory. As in August of the previous year, Denver City will be basically shut down until it fills its quota of recruits for a new 'volunteer' regiment of Indian fighters, this time for ninety-days service. The inquest into the Sand

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[RMN, Feb. 2, 1865, p. 3.]

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On Feb. 1, 1865 the RMN pokes fun at Indian rumors, forgetting that many such false rumors were credited by the paper over the previous year.Also on page three of that issue we find the letter from the former Major Anthony turncoating on Chivington (which prompted the response from 'D.' on Feb. 4), as well as the order marking Soule's stint as provost marshal.[RMN, Feb. 1, 1865, p. 3.]

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But Soule is like the whitest dude in town. He even rode a silver horse. That's seriously white.[RMN, March 2, 1865, p.3]"...half breeds, Indian traders and sympathisizers..." Some feel that Sand Creek was not just about wiping out the Indians there but about wiping out a whole way of life that had been established before the gold rush, in which white traders and ranchers on the Santa Fe trail

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This tidbit appears in a letter in the Feb. 4, 1865 News attacking Major Anthony's well-known tendency to change his tune back and forth between two seemingly incontrovertible positions. Anthony was the commander at Ft. Lyon after Wynkoop was sent away for jacking up the program. The anonymous writer 'D.' reports that Anthony was the first to fire upon some group of Indians (it's unclear to me

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The Feb. 24 1865 issue of the Journal is important. In it they lay out their opinion about Sand Creek and the subsequent investigation. They would like to emphasize that they think it's mighty fine to kill Indians, but that these particular Indians were unjustly slaughtered, mainly to benefit the careers of Evans and Chivington, and that the massacre set off a costly wave of violence that

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The Indian ponies were a primary focus of attention and a major source of controversy. Various factions among the soldiers connived to make off with sizable portions of the captured herd immediately after the massacre, the first attempt foiled by a do-gooder Lieutenant named Hewitt. Some or most of the Indian ponies may have been driven to a ranch north of Denver; many individual ponies were sold

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This ad appeared regularly on page 3 of the Daily Mining Journal and happened to run directly alongside the article debunking the RMN. Hal Sayr was a major with the 3rd who was seen mutilating corpses with enlisted men and blasting out the brains of an infant at Sand Creek.

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Late February, 1865. The military commission is conducting its hearing into the Sand Creek Massacre. The Rocky Mountain News has been reporting that the officers of the 3rd are not going to get paid as a result of the investigation, and the Blackhawk Daily Mining Journal has been ridiculing the rumor for several days. On Feb. 23 the DMJ dubunks the rumor with some finality, below a juicy Lincoln

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Here's an inglorious scene. A few hundred Utes come to town in early spring 1865; some of them go 'bar-hopping' and are filled with joy at the sight of the scalps of their mortal enemies, and other 'trappings' of Sand Creek, decorating the bars of Denver. [RMN, March 9, 1865, p. 3.]

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The misspelling in Hersa Coberly's wedding announcement is particularly curious considering the "Table of Distances" that the paper featured pretty much every day for years, right on the front page:Click to view full size.[RMN, 1865, p. 1]

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Click image to view full-size clipping.[RMN, April 17, 1865, p. 3]The papers concerned themselves primarily with the death of Lincoln through the week following April 15. RMN gives us a few hints as to some changes in the military order of things in town that week. Capt. Soule was Provost Marshall. On April 18 the paper printed General Order 60, which called for a day of mourning. On the 19 the

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There are several items of note on page 3 of the RMN for this date. The following bit on Major Downing and the military's inquiry into the Sand Creek Massacre restates Byers' familiar editorial position on the matter. The military hearings took place first in Denver, with Soule and others testifying in February, then re-adjourned at Fort Lyon on March 20.Then there is this cutesy bit about the

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More from the Rocky. On April 5 1865, the paper carried a notice of the wedding of Silas Soule and Hersa Coberly.[RMN, April 5, 1865, p. 2.]Kehler was the chaplain of the 1st Colorado. The notice is conspicuous in its blatant misspelling of the bride's name. Maybe the creative speller hopes to provide a little cover for his paper's having reported the same woman's death at the hands of marauding

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On April 1, 1865, the RMN sports this little bit on page 3, referring to the marriage of Silas Soule and Hersa Coberly:ON DIT.--That a conspicuous member of the military here, who sports a pair of double bars, and a rather auburn head of hair -- a Hibernian by his brogue though born in the Bay State -- a great favorite with the fair sex wherever they predominate, single or married though they be

Robert Hurstnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993477727786390685.post-38912991020456548842009-12-20T02:14:00.000-08:002011-05-10T09:24:14.963-07:00

How's that for symbolism? Too much, really.According to the Colorado Springs Gazette of Sept. 9, 1876, Chivington at some point had purchased the sacred soda springs of Manitou for $1500, after they had been claimed by Girten, Slaughter, Dick Whitsett, one of the Tappans and Dick Wooten, well-known pioneers. "Pollock, Chivington's son-in-law, bought them from the colonel, and transferred them to

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On April 7, 1865 the Rocky featured a short piece on page three. "A Magnificent Present." "Some weeks ago," it begins, "a few gentlemen who differ somewhat from the 'high officials' who have such affection for 'friendly Indians'" told Chivington to order for himself a gold chain, and he went right ahead and ordered up a $502 braided six-foot gold chain and "upon it are all the distinctive symbols

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