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THE HISTORY OF WYOMING
I. S. BARTLETT, Editor
VOLUME I.
Published
Chicago:
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1918
667 pages

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I. - WYOMING - A GENERAL VIEW 17
 - Topography
 - Rivers and Lakes
 - Forests
 - Game and Fish
 - Remarkable Scenery
 - Climate
 - Precipitation
 - Classification of Lands
 - Mineral Resources
 - Producitons
 - Industrial Development
 - Irrigation and Dry Farming
 
CHAPTER II. - WYOMING'S PRE-HISTORIC RACES 31
 - Recent Archaeological Discoveries
 - Scientific Explorations
 - Ancient Aboriginal Quarries
 - The So-Called "Spanish Diggins"
 - Ancient System of Mining
 - Description of Stone Implements
 - Shop and Village Sites
 - Later Quarries Found
 - Should Be a National Park
 - Theories of the Antiquity of the Specimens
 - Cave Dwellings
 - The Medicine Wheels in the Big Horn Mountains
 - Discoveries in Bridger Basin
 - Story of the Pre-Historic Animals and the Great Fossil Fields of Wyoming
 
CHAPTER III. - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 45
 - First Inhabitants
 - Indian Trails
 - Origin of the Name "Yellowstone"
 - General Description, Surface, Watercourses, etc.
 - Geology
 - The Geysers
 - John Colter
 - Jim Bridger
 - Exploring Expeditions
 - Act of Dedication
 - Management of the Park
 - An Animal Sanctuary
 - Birds and Fish
 
CHAPTER IV. - INDIAN HISTORY 59
 - Evidences of an Ancient Civilization
 - The Indian Race
 - Tribal Distribution at the Close of the Fifteenth Century
 - Wyoming Tribes
 - The Arapaho
 - Tradition of the Flood
 - The Cheyenne
 - The Crow
 - The Shoshone
 - Chief Washakie
 - Other Tribes
 - Foreign Policy Toward the Indians
 - The United States Policy
 - Adoption of the Treaty System
 - Treaty of Fort Laramie
 - Boundaries of Tribal Domains
 - Treaty with the Sioux
 - The Crow Treaty
 - Cheyenne and Arapaho Treaty
 - Treaty of Fort Bridger
 - Wind River Reservation
 
CHAPTER V. - WYOMING UNDER VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS 75
 - First Claimed by Spain
 - e Soto's Expedition
 - French Explorations
 - Marquette and Joliet
 - La Salle's Expeditions
 - The Mexican Cession
 - Annexation of Texas
 - Oregon Boundary Dispute
 - Nebraska
 - Territory of Dakota
 - Idaho
 - Recapitulaton
 
CHAPTER VI. - THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE 84
 - La Salle's Claim to the Country Drained by the Mississippi
 - Controversy Over the NAvigation of the Mississippi River
 - Treaty of Madrid
 - Napoleon and Tallelyrand
 - Secret Treaty of San Ildefonso
 - Retrocession of Louisiana to France
 - Sentiment in the United States
 - Jefferson's Deplomacy
 - Livingston and Monroe
 - Purchase of Louisiana
 - Full Text of the Treaty of Paris
 - Ceremony of Transfer
 - The Temporary Government
 - Division of the Province
 
CHAPTER VII - THE FUR TRADERS 93
 - Beginning of the Fur Trade
 - The French the Pioneers
 - Free Traders and Trappers
 - Influence of the Trader and Trapper on the Development of the West
 - The Hudson's Bay Company
 - The North-West Company
 - The American Fur Company
 - The Pacific Fur Company
 - Manuel Lisa
 - The Missouri Fur Company
 - Hunt's Expedition
 - Return of the Astorians
 - Rocky Mountain Fur Company
 - Smith, Jackson & Sublette
 - Sketches of Noted Trappers
 - Columbia Fur Company
 - The Mackinaw Company
 - Trading Posts in Wyoming
 
CHAPTER VIII - EXPLORERS AND EXPLORATIONS 109
   
CHAPTER IX. - MORMONS AND ARGONAUTS 124
   
CHAPTER X. - STORIES OF THE PIONEERS 134
 - Fish as Brain Food
 - A Mountain Trip in 1879
 - A Frontier Mining Camp
 - Story of the Lost Cabin Gold Placers
 - John Hunton and Old Fort Laramie
 - Other Pioneers of Note
 - Frank Grouard, the Famous Scout
 - Sacajawea, the Indian Girl Pathfinder
 - Caspar Collins and Old Platte Bridge
 - Luke Voorhees and Early Stage Coach Days
 - Ben Holliday in a Hold Up
 - Stories of a Pioneer Preacher
 - The Cowboy's Prayer
 
CHAPTER XI. - TERRITORIAL HISTORY 161
   
CHAPTER XII - ADMISSION TO THE UNION 185
   
CHAPTER XIII - WOMAN SUFFRAGE 197
   
CHAPTER XIV. - STATE GOVERNMENT INAUGURATED 213
   
CHAPTER XV. - FROM RICHARDS TO BROOKS 225
   
CHAPTER XVI - FROM BROOKS TO HAUX 242
   
CHAPTER XVII - STATE INSTITUTIONS 263
   
CHAPTER XVIII - EARLY MILITARY HISTORY 274
 - First United States Troops in Wyoming
 - First Military Posts
 - The Oregon Battalion
 - Early Indian Troubles
 - Protecting the Overland
 - Raids Along the Platte
 - Powder River Expedition
 - Affair at Platte Bridge
 - The Bozeman Road
 - The Fetterman Massacre
 - Red Cloud's Defeat
 - The Troops Withdrawn
 - Sioux Raids on Wind River
 - Campaign of 1876
 - Custer's Last Fight
 - Peace at Last
 
CHAPTER XIX - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 289
 - Spain's Opression of Cuba
 - The Ten Years' War
 - Revolution of 1895
 - The Maine
 - Congress Declares War
 - President McKinley's Call for Volunteers
 - Wyoming's Response
 - The Infantry Battalion
 - Roster of Each of the Companies
 - In the Philippines
 - The Wyoming Battery
 - Torrey's Rough Riders
 - Camp Cuba Libre
 - Soldieres' Monument
 
CHAPTER XX - FORTS AND MILITARY POSTS 305
 - Early Trading Posts
 - Fort Laramie
 - Fremont's Description
 - Parkman's First Glimpses
 - General Kearney and the Indians
 - Early Explorers
 - The Fort Established
 - Tide of Emigration
 - Expeditions and Treaties
 - The Romance of AH-HO-AP-PA
 - Unique Burial Ceremonies
 - The Sequel
 - Forts Bridger, Walbach, Halleck, Casper, Reno, Sanders, Philip Kearny, Fetterman, Fred Steele, Washakie, Stambaugh, McKinney, Mackenzie
 - Forts in Adjoining States
 
CHAPTER XXI. - EARLY TRANSPORTATION METHODS 325
   
CHAPTER XXII. - HISTORY OF WYOMING RAILROADS 340
   
CHAPTER XXIII. - AGRICULTURE IN WYOMING 352
   
CHAPTER XXIV. - THE LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY 363
   
CHAPTER XXV - MINERAL RESOURCES 376
   
CHAPTER XXVI. - FINANCIAL HISTORY 412
   
CHAPTER XXVII. - HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN WYOMING 428
   
CHAPTER XXVIII. - THE WYOMING PRESS 450
   
CHAPTER XXIX. - BENCH AND BAR OF WYOMING 462
 - Origin of Civil Law
 - Purpose of the Courts
 - Tendency of Criticise
 - The Lawyer as a Citizen
 - Territorial Courts
 - Mention of Early Judges
 - Under the Constitution
 - The Supreme Court
 - District Courts
 - List of Judges
 - Municipal Courts
 - United States Courts
 - The Wyoming a Few Noted Cases
 - The Race Horse Case
 
CHAPTER XXX. - RELIGION IN WYOMING 476
 - Beginnings of Missionary Work in Wyoming
 - The Catholic Church
 - The Episcopal Chuch
 - The Congregational Church
 - Methodist Episcopal Church
 - The Baptist Church
 - The Presbyterian
 
CHAPTER XXXI. - THE COUNTIES OF WYOMING 503
 - The Twenty-One Counties
 - Albany
 - Bighorn
 - Campbell
 - Carbon
 - Converse
 - Crook
 - Fremont
 - Goshen
 - Hot Springs
 - Johnson
 - Laramie
 - Lincoln
 - Natrona
 - Niobrara
 - Park
 - Platte
 - Sheridan
 - Sweetwater
 - Uinta
 - Wshakie
 - Weston
 - Historical Sketch of Each
 - Date of Organization
 - Boundaries
 - Early Settlers
 - Topography
 - Resources
 - Transportation Facilities
 - Population and Wealth, etc.
 
CHAPTER XXXII. - THE STORY OF CHEYENNE 548
 - How the City was Located
 - General Dodge's Account
 - The First Settlers
 - Organizing a Government
 - The First Election
 - A New Charter
 - Vigilance Committee
 - Early Justice
 - "Judge" Bean
 - Early Business Interests
 - Cheyenne Rangers
 - When Ten Years Old
 - The Postoffice
 - Public Utilities
 - twentieth Century Cheyenne
 
CHAPTER XXXIII. - CITIES AND TOWNS 562
 - Afton
 - Baggs
 - Basin
 - Big Piney
 - Buffalo
 - Burns
 - Byron
 - Cambria
 - Casper
 - Cody
 - Cokeville
 - Cowley
 - Dayton
 - Diamondville
 - Dietz
 - Dixon
 - Douglas
 - Dubois
 - Elk Mountain
 - Encampment
 - Evanston
 - Gillette
 - Glenrock
 - Granger
 - Green River
 - Greybull
 - Guernsey
 - Gunn
 - Hanna
 - Hartville
 - Hudson
 - Jackson
 - Kaycee
 - Kemmerer
 - Lander
 - Laramie
 - Lovell
 - Lusk
 - Lyman
 - Manderson
 - Manville
 - Medicine Bow
 - Meeteetse
 - Moorcroft
 - Newcastle
 - Pine Bluffs
 - Powell
 - Rawlins
 - Riverton
 - Rock River
 - Rock Springs
 - Saratoga
 - Sheridan
 - Shoshoni
 - Sublet
 - Sundance
 - Superior
 - Thermopolis
 - Torrington
 - Upton
 - Wheatland
 - Worland
 - Other Towns
 
CHAPTER XXXIV. - MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY 613
 - Cattlemen's Invasion of 1892
 - War on the Rustlers
 - Organizing the Raid
 - Capture of the Invaders
 - Exploring the Grand Canyon
 - Gen. W. H. Ashley
 - Maj. J. W. Powell
 - James White
 - Miscellaneous Expeditions
 - Kolb Brothers
 - "Doc" Middleton
 - Melbourne the Rain Maker
 - Explosion at Rock Springs
 - Execution of Tom Horn
 - An Indian's Curse
 - Some Early Prices
 - Frontier Days Celebration
 
CHAPTER XXXV. - STATISTICS AND CHRONOLOGY 637
 - First Accurate Knowledge of the Great West
 - Wyoming Fifty Years Old
 - Census Reports From 1870 to 1915
 - Population by Counties
 - Faults of the State Census
 - In The Cities
 - Public Officials
 - List of Leading Events in Wyoming History
 


- ILLUSTRATIONS -

  PAGE
Wyoming State Flag Frontispiece
Little Goose Creek Falls, near Sheridan 16
Scene in Big Horn Mountains 19
Cloud Peak, Big Horn Range 19
Castle Rock, Green River 21
Teakettle Rock and Sugar Bowl, Green River 21
Devil's Garden, Meeteetse 25
Natural Bridge, Clear Fork, Green River 25
"The Club Sandwich" on Rock Creek 29
Upper Quartzite Stratum showing Jasper Nodules 33
"Spanish Diggins" 35
Old Faithful, Yellowstone Park 47
Castle Geyser, Yellowstone Park 49
Firehole River Falls, Yellowstone Park 49
Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone Park 51
Yellowstone Canyon, from Inspiration Point 51
Cascade Geyser, Yellowstone Park 55
Yellowstone Falls 55
Two Moons 58
Medicine Crow 63
Jim Baker 105
John Hunton 143
State Capitol 183
Tablet to mark Site where the Council of the First Territorial Legislature of Wyoming convened 199
Governor's Mansion 235
Wyoming State Hospital, Sheridan 267
Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins 267
Fort Kearny Monument 285
Old Fort Laramie 304
Old Fort Laramie, 1899 307
"Mike" Henry, of Douglas 309
Monument marking the Old Oregon Trail at Torrington 327
George Gardner and O. P. Hanna 331
Last Black Hills Coach leaving Cheyenne 335
Last Stage out of Saratoga 335
Union Pacific Station, Cheyenne 343
Union Pacific and St. John's Hospitals, Cheyenne 343
Dry Farm Crop of Potatoes, Golden Prairie, near Cheynne 355
Dry Farm Wheat Crop, near Cheyenne 355
Sheep on the Range near Buffalo 367
Home of the Corriedales 367
Wyoming Corriedale Sheep Company's Corriedales 369
Champion Corriedales 371
Laramie Boy, Grand Champion 373
Midwest Refinery, Casper 383
Standard Refinery, Casper 383
The Big Muddy, near Casper 387
In the Big Muddy Field 387
Central Coal and Coke Company's No. 2 Mine, Rock Springs 391
Mine No. 3 of the Bear River Coal Company, Inc., at Evanston 391
Carneyville, One of the Coal Camps 395
Dietz, Home of "Sheridan Coal" 395
First National Bank, Cheyenne 419
The Stock Growers National Bank, Cheyenne 419
High School Building, Cheyenne 429
Central School, Cheyenne 429
Schools of Casper 433
Catholic Academy, Cheyenne 433
High School, Kemmerer 437
High School, Sheridan 437
High School, Newcastle 439
High School, Evanston 439
State University of Wyoming, Laramie 445
Women's Hall, University of Wyoming, Laramie 477
St. Mary's Cathedral and Bishop's Residence, Cheyenne 477
Catholic Church, Laramie 479
St. Patrick's Church, Kemmerer 481
St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Rawlins 481
St. Matthew's Cathedral, Laramie 483
Presbyterian Church, Laramie 483
Episcopal Church, Evanston 485
Catholic Church, Evanston 485
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Sheridan 487
Presbyterian Church, Cheyenne 491
Churches of Casper 491
Baptist Church, Evanston 495
Presbyterian Church, Evanston 495
Baptist Church, Laramie 499
First Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage, Laramie 499
Baptist Church, Cheyenne 501
Methodist Episcopal Church, Cheyenne 501
Postoffice, Laramie 505
Albany County Courthouse 505
Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Homer 507
John Owens 509
Carbon County Pioneers 513
Crook County Courthouse 517
F. S. King Ranch, near Cheyenne 525
Original Homestead of F. S. King 527
National Homestead of F. S. King 527
Natrona County Courthouse 531
Postoffice, Casper 531
Sheridan County Courthouse 539
Uinta County Courthouse 543
Postoffice, Evanston 543
Weston County Courthouse 547
Bird's eye View of Newcastle 547
Commercial Club, Cheyenne 549
Plains Hotel, Cheyenne 549
Masonic Temple, Cheyenne 553
Elks' Home, Cheyenne 553
Senator Warren's Residence, Cheyenne 557
Carnegie Public Library, Cheyenne 559
Postoffice and Laramie County Courthouse, Cheyenne 559
Bird's eye View of Casper 565
Carnegie Library, Casper 567
Masonic Temple, Casper 567
Main Street, Casper 569
Cody in 1897 569
Colonel William F. Cody 571
View of Evanston 573
Douglas in 1886 573
Public Library, Evanston 575
Masonic Temple, Evanston 575
First Boys leave Green River for the World War 579
Marshall Day, Kemmerer 583
Bird's eye View of Kemmerer 583
Laramie in 1870 585
Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie 587
Carnegie Library, Laramie 587
Masonic Temple, Laramie 589
Elks' Home, Laramie 589
Residence of Edward Ivinson, Laramie 591
Holliday Building, Laramie 593
Daily Parade at Fort Russell 595
City Library, Newcastle 595
Company A Armory Building, Newcastle 595
Bird's eye View of Rawlins 597
Osborne Block, Rawlins 597
Postoffice, Rawlins 597
Residence of Charles H. Anderson 598
West Pine Street, Rawlins 598
Elks' Home, Rawlins 599
Masonic Temple, Rawlins 599
South Front Street, Rock Springs 601
North Front Street, Rock Springs 601
Postoffice and Masonic Temple, Rock Springs 603
School at Rock Springs 603
Views of Sheridan 605
Sheridan Sugar Factory, Sheridan 607
View of Main Street, Sheridan, in 1887 607
Elks' Home, Sheridan 609
Home of United States Senator John B. Kendrick, Sheridan 609
"Frontier Days" Celebration at Cheyenne 629
"Frontier Days" Celebration at Cheyenne 631

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