Dolan offered not to rob the stage and buy his passage as an honest customer if Bret would give him $30 and a new outfit at the end of the line, to which Bret agreed. $25,000 being recovered. , 2. The original Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route alignment is located about six miles to the east, and was used as the original alignment of US 85, until 195758, when the present alignment was constructed. "treasure box" bolted to the floor on the inside. In 1863, George Plumb, a young military officer had a
Gay and Gross eluded the lawmen. The Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage was not the only stage line that had problems
This coach was built by the Abbott-Downing Company, of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1863, fitted with the thorough brace springs which made the Concord coaches the most popular used on the great trails. Informacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa: tochostels.com, +35313931170, +35313932000, +34952911264 Best Hostels in Spain - TOC hostel & suites night run between it and the Hat Creek Station. Goods and passengers arrived in Fort Pierre by steamboat or railroad on the east bank at Pierre. While the Overland Stage Line helped open the West, the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Line serviced locations in South Dakota. Bass, Joel Collins, Tom Nixon, Bill Heffridge and Jim Berry. Completion of the railroad lines took care of express and passenger business, causing gradual abandonment of all stage lines. On the way, masked
e-mail: wyarchive@state.wy.us. The first driver killed was Johnny Slaughter on March 25, 1877, driving a stage
Nebraska line near Van Tassell, was established by Col. Coffee. Alan, thanks for the trip back through time. Berry was captured at Mexico, Missouri and Nixon disappeared carrying, according
Fort Laramie's destiny was welded to that of Cheyenne when that
"Magic City of the Plains" about 100 miles to the south began as a
huddle of shacks springing up at "the end of track," when the Union
Pacific construction crews reached that point in 1867. Historical Marker: Doubleday Hill Historical #HM1SVK #HistoricalMarker @TweetsByHMP about 5 hours ago. Established in 1876 by Red Cloud Agency trader, Captain F. D. "Frank" Yates, the Deadwood Stage was the only successful attempt to establish the route between Cheyenne, Wyoming and the mines at Deadwood, S.D., due to many Indian attacks. a livery stable and was elected to the Unita County Commission. had borrowed at a neighboring ranch. Texas Rangers
In February of 1887 the last stagecoach pulled through the Hat Creek station as the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad replaced the stage line. The Cheyenne Deadwood Stage Route was fraught with danger and threat of attack from Native Americans, bandits, and road agents. Grabill, 1889. Professor Walter Jenney who were exploring the Black Hills. Another alleged member of the Bass Gang,
Our six year old is still talking about the things he saw and the kitten he and. In November the Wyoming territorial legislature authorized the survey
and designation of a road from Cheyenne via Chugwater Creek and Fort
Laramie to Custer City. Dec. 17, 1916, The Inter-Ocean Hotel burned the ground, killing a family of six. inflamed by rumors that Gay had committed unspeakable child abuse on his own daughter. The stage run began in 1876 to link the railroad at Cheyenne to the gold fields surrounding the new town of Deadwood, but only lasted 11 years as new rail lines began to join the two. with road agents and danger. [1], According to Hoyle: In 1876, Bret Maverick and Samantha Crawford arrived in Cheyenne, where they traveled by stage[3] on the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Line[4] to Wagon Wheel, Wyoming Territory. The driver perched up front
managed the six horses with reins and the cracking sound of his long
whip. In December of
Dodge and
With a little research and imagination, we can ride that trail from who-knows-where right along with Bret, Bart and Beau. the Deadwood Stage, more properly, the Blackhills Stage and
Maker. The bandits first captured this station, making away with its keepers, and hid themselves, awaiting the arrival of the stage. in Cheyenne. Some 60 miles later Newcastle intruded on my highway reverie. The land is rolling plains, slightly sloped to the east and watered in the north by the Cheyenne River and its tributaries. been put forth, would be one that he ran away with Etta Place. City. Hill died several years later from complications from his wounds. The original maps are 17 inches wide by 23 inches high. U.S. 85 is a major corridor from the International Boundary at El Paso, Texas, north to the International Boundary near Fortuna, North Dakota, with a major break between the Texas-New Mexico state line and the New Mexico-Colorado state line. to be used to Smith's face. Both quickly
The gang fled to Nebraska where they robbed the Union Pacific train at Big Spring
I sidled up for a sarsaparilla, and we got to talking about the Wests adventurous opportunists, Jim Bridger, Chief Red Cloud and John Portuguese Phillips, the last of whom burst into the officers quarters on Christmas Eve in 1866 after riding four days through a blizzard to tell of the Fetterman Massacre at Fort Phil Kearney, where 83 men were slaughtered by the Sioux and Cheyenne. Marker is in this post office area: Lusk WY 82225, United States of America. bearing eleven passengers and $15,000. Created / Published Lusk, Wyo., Lusk Herald [1929?] Hayden set up a small base camp for their expedition. The latter
is alleged to have played various roles in the saga of Fort Laramie,
including stage driver, roustabout, and occupant of one of the boudoirs
at the Three Mile Ranch. The Jenney Stockade was a stage station on the Cheyenne-Deadwood route near Newcastle, Wyoming. American History. Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History, Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, June 7, 2016, 1. Barrett Building In another shoot-out Deputy James Macke will killed. Service was, thus, discontinued
Gross and Gay had made good their escape. Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History, Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, June 7, 2016, 1. Several letters to his neice suggest that it was his intent to go into Mexico which was then in
What historical place does the marker represent. In 1913, Bierce, at the age of 71, undertook a tour of Civil War battlefields. in order to collect the reward. Deadwood, South Dakota Stage Coach, by John C. H. Grabill, 1889. Frank Jackson, escaped with an indeterminate amount of gold coin, which Bass had
Using modern horsepower I could likely do it in five, but I was here to poke along. received in the ambush, his last words, "The world is bobbing around. The Buffalo Rock shows the location of the place where in South Dakota, the last bison was shot. Thereafter, Thorp moved to Evanston where he operated
Wyoming State Archives is caretaker of several of Bishop's map series, including Ranch Maps, Site Maps, and Emigrant Trail Maps. The Canyon Springs area of Weston County was the site of one of the more famous stage robberies. Reportedly,
Traveled for many years in the late 1800s, the trail is now no more than a collection of poignant historical markers. On one stage trip between Custer City and Rock Creek she was
coach was stopped by masked men who extracted a confession by threat of a rope. Rawhide Buttes, Hat Creek north of Lusk (pictured below left,
Following his release from the Detroit House of Corrections where, as did
Nebraska and Wyoming highway maps show the approximate routes of . My visit to the Old West Museum provided me with an appreciation of the rugged rodeo riders who consider being battered and bruised a badge of honor. The guard, Gale Hill, was wounded and one passenger killed. . gone into partnership with James Moore in Bear River City until the riot
Like us on Facebook, Judge and Mrs. Percy W. Metz Memorial Award, Julia Yelvington Adams Memorial Publication Fund, Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal, Artwork offered by the Wyoming Historical Foundation, Fort Casper, Independence Rock & South Pass. to drift. Artifacts at the Stagecoach Museum in Lust and the Anne Miller Museum in Newcastle are available to the public for viewing as well as an exhibit on bandit Clark Pelton at the Wyoming Territorial Prison in Laramie. Stage Road in her memory. Using modern horsepower I could likely do it in five, but I was here to poke along. Location: Lusk, WY 82225 Niobrara County Otherwise, we're going to continue to suffer as we're seeing right now." "Put aside all of these issues of concern about liberties and personal liberties and realize we have a common enemy, and . The gold, valued between $140,000 and $400,000 depending on sources, was never recovered. Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage: Robber's Roost Marker. The Black Hills booms were then in full sway, filled with men of all characters, with every business or vocation running in full blast, and prosperity at its fullest height. Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage: Hat Creek Stage Station Marker. She ultimately married Clinton Burk in El Paso by whom she had a daughter. Rather than dying with that on his conscience, Dolan made Bret promise to do whatever he could to get Ferris freed. birthday, July 27, 1878, Bass died from gunshot wounds
The starting point of the Cheyenne-to-Deadwood stagecoach line, it famously hosted Presidents Ulysses S. Grant. The Monitor, itself, was held up by road agents on September 26, 1878,
Within an hour: Mt. Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage: Hat Creek Stage Station Marker. crime, found Towle's remains, cut off the head, and returned with his gory proof to Cheyenne
Wir freuen uns, Ihnen das brandneue Lego 41027 einfhren zu drfen! The stop just below the fort
was Three Mile Ranch, just off the military reservation, which doubled
as a place of entertainment, completed with assorted belles, for
off-duty soldiers. Far to the southwest a distant thunder storm flickered with nervous bursts of lightning. Copyright20062023,Somerightsreserved. The line was operated under Mr. Thorps management until 1886, when the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad built a line from Fremont, Nebraska, to Lander, Wyoming, and the Cheyenne & Northern, now the Colorado & Southern, built a line from Cheyenne to Wendover. Brown, but was sold to the Gilmer and Salisbury Stage Co. in 1878. Thus the remarkable stagecoach, which has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles on the plains and in the Rockies, in the mail, express and passenger and army service, and thousands of miles by water and rail, on exhibition in America and Europe, ridden in by the crowned heads of Europe, viewed by thousands, became of so great historic value that it was placed in the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D. C., for preservation. The other resides in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, an affiliation of the Smithsonian. Arrange meets have been made to prevent the winning team from making . She then drifted to Deadwood but, after James "Wild Bill" Butler
3) Upload the picture. She was called "Featherlegs" because her pantalettes
Two days later on his 27th
other place where you might refer to this marker, including when searching on this site. was drawn by six dappled grays matching the team he had driven in Deadwood. About the Author: The Deadwood Stage was excerpted from Charles Dawsons book, Pioneer Tales from the Oregon Trail and Jefferson County, published in 1912. The rest of the journey was apparently uneventful. birthday, July 27, 1878, Bass died from gunshot wounds
The stageline was first owned by F. D. Yates & Co., owned by Capt. She signed on for several military expeditions as a
a fresh team out and ready. Among incidents in the Fort Laramie
neighborhood were several killings at the Three Mile Ranch, the lynching
of horse-thieves by masked men just north of the iron bridge, and stage
hold-ups along Laramie River. Cheyenne sprouted along the Union Pacific Railroad as it expanded its transcontinental reach. The momentary distraction allowed Bret to capture the other outlaw. Captions: (top center) Stagecoaches following the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route left wheel ruts in the soft sedimentary rock of this region. [Writer's note: Originally Needles, California, was
By the end of 1877, gold seekers had removed more than ten million dollars worth of gold from the Deadwood area, much of it being transported on the weekly "treasure" runs to Cheyenne by stage. at the Canyon Springs Station. Big Piney, 1885-1920*. One archivist of the stage journey described the scene this way: There is something on the Plains that cannot be found elsewhere, something which can be felt better than described, something you must go there to find. These are reasons why I wear an open-face helmet while on tour. and placed in a convent to be reared by the sisters. Buy Wyoming State flags at Flagstore.com! cattle would be shipped daily from Coffee Siding. For another view of a Deadwood stage, see view of
In 1877 it became a stage station at one end of a
Nine first class passengers could ride inside and from three to seven would ride on top of the coach. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. May then returned to the scene of the attempted
Since the stage was often carrying gold, highwaymen would lie in wait at favorite spots like this. In 1874, the U.S. Army discovered gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Approaching Fort Laramie I encountered a bowstring-style iron truss bridge spanning the North Platte River built in 1875. of her daughter. Aside from their helpful staff, they offer maps, brochures, tickets for tours which often start here, displays on Deadwood history . Wagons were gathering at the local fairgrounds for the towns annual Legend of Rawhide, a staple in Lusk for more than 50 years. Is this marker missing? stopped when the lead horses became entangled in the leads. Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route. transporting gold. Casper College*
The Sioux wars
and the stampede to South Dakota combined to make Cheyenne a great
supply depot and jumping-off place for the Black Hills while Fort
Laramie became its principal gateway and guardian. Stage Barn near Lusk, below right), Cheyenne Crossing and on up to Deadwood
Others indicate that the letter indicated
Outside the mining camps of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, particularly on the road leading to Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, violent men held dominion over an area along the Cheyenne River near the Robber's Roost stage station. The momentary distraction allowed Bret to capture the other outlaw. Today, the Hat Creek Stage Station is the last station standing on the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route. This was the Hegira to the Black Hills and the development
of heavy commercial traffic to and from Cheyenne. The traditional method of crossing the North Platte, after the
often-disastrous wet crossings by early emigrants, was by a precarious
Government-operated ferry. in the Dakotas," that "his corpses were invariably those of undesireable citizens, never
Ive ridden many of the roads he mentions, stopping in Custer, SD, on the way to my motel in Newcastle, WY, one night to put on every shirt, jacket, and piece of clothing I could pull out of the saddle bags to keep from freezing! An armored stage known as
The Deadwood Line operated between Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the Black Hills of the Dakotas. Nebraska line, about two miles after Cottonwood Station, the coach was halted by road agents,
", Sixteen months after the killing of Slaughter, Bass was ambushed at Round Rock, Texas, by
The Post Office,
The stageline was first owned by F. D. Yates & Co., owned by Capt. The stage was fitted up as a treasure-stage to carry the gold from Deadwood to the railroad, and a number of shotgun messengers accompanied the coach on its trips to and fro. Deadwood road agents led by Sam Bass attempted to rob the stage a fifth time. In 1875, he moved
One of the guards on the stage, Boone May, upon his return to Cheyenne discovered that there
The Commission's responsibilities were transferred to the State Library, Archives, and Historical Board in 1959; along with that went the responsibility of reimbursing Bishop for his work. It is now on display at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. One of the guards on the stage, Boone May, upon his return to Cheyenne discovered that there
were made to reach Deadwood by stage from Cheyenne
The agents
Images of each of the maps can be seen on the Wyoming State Historical Society's website. ; (bottom center) The Stagecoach Museum in Lusk displays the only survivor of 30 coaches used on the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route. Memorial to George Lathrop and the stage route at the rest area in Lusk The Rawhide Buttes Stage Station, the Running Water Stage Station and the Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route comprise a historic district that commemorates the stage coach route between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Deadwood, South Dakota. AFTER A GREAT DAY OF RIDING, RELAX AT THE WHITETAIL CREEK RESORT CREEK-SIDE PAVILLION. men again held up the stage near Cheyenne Crossing, removed the prisoners and hanged them leaving their
Sorry, but we don't have a picture of this historical marker yet. the siding from Niobrara and Goshen Counties in order to avoid higher freight rates
after embezzling money. N.H. in 1863 and was shipped to the Pioneer Stage Co., San Francisco, around Cape
The stockade was on the site of
Country: United States of AmericaBuy United States of America flags at Flagstore.com! Riders I talked to were coming from Devils Tower and Custer. General Crook used this stage in his campaign in 1876 against the Indians; and Buffalo Bill, who was his scout, used it on several occasions. Among those given
. Dolan shot and killed one of the bandits, but received a mortal shot himself. The U.S. Military established a single-company infantry post called Fort Hat Creek in 1875. While the Overland Stage Line helped open the West, the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Line serviced locations in South Dakota. five miles west of
Buy Wyoming State flags at Flagstore.com! The 300-mile trip was made in 50 hours. When the coach pulled into the station, no one was to be seen. Bandits haunted the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage line during the gold boom that began in Deadwood in 1876. With the advent of the railroad, Thorp had briefly
home ranch was near Harrison, Nebraska. Cheyenne from in front of the Inter-Ocean Hotel on Feb. 19, 1887. Two days later on his 27th
The Deadwood Stage in the Buffalo Bill Historical Centerin Cody, Wyoming by Kathy Weiser-Alexander. the Little Big Horn. but Moffat threw open the
The first driver killed was Johnny Slaughter on March 25, 1877, driving a stage
. The attack upon the Deadwood Stage was a centerpiece
Note:
For this reason, the present Mule Creek Junction is sometimes known as "New Mule Creek Junction." A former route, Alternate US 85, used to . woods. 3. He was proud of Wyoming and served the state's needs both as a government worker and as a volunteer. 1) Become a member. A compatriot,
carrying the gold. Two miles outside of
drunk in a Negro parlor house in Horr, Mt. Laura Patton. The sole clue as to his intentions and where he planned to travel was the letter which, unfortunately,
messengers, the treasure box was guaranteed by its manufacturer to be able to withstand assaults upon it for twenty-four hours. Id stopped in Rapid City that evening for a steak and a beer, and happened to ask the waitress how far it was to Newcastle on U.S.-16. At its peak as many as five train loads of
He secured possession of the historic coach, using it to depict the drama of overland staging in the Wild West. Agnes Wright Spring, The Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage and Express Routes (1948), University of Nebraska Press, 02. Unfortunately, word had already gotten out about
into Deadwood. When they returned,
The senior partner, John T. "Jack" Gilmer (1841-1892), started his career as a bullwhacker for
to such an extent that the line used a ironclad coach named the "Monitor" for
described by Edgar Beecher Bronson in his 1910 The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier: An additional armored stage known as
today as primarily fiction, she claims to have driven the stage in
crime, found Towle's remains, cut off the head, and returned with his gory proof to Cheyenne
The stage run began in 1876 to link the railroad at Cheyenne to the gold fields surrounding the new town of Deadwood, but only lasted 11 years as new rail lines began to join the two cities. climbed to the top while the driver whipped up his horses leaving the road agents in the dust. that year, he was in Texas. By reducing phone calls and the attendant note making, the use of e-mail will save Archives staff time and allow them to provide more efficient service. a corral constructed by G. K. Warren. There are no width restriction trails on the Bluebird Ride. messengers were D. Boone May, discussed below, and Wyatt Earp. rear wheels of the coach. Fine scenery will be painted all along tne line for the edification of the participants. The gang fled to Nebraska where they robbed the Union Pacific train at Big Spring
Cold Springs, Wyoming. 2) Adopt this historical marker listing. of $60,000 in freshly minted double eagles from the San Fransisco Mint, $450.00
to Berry, $10,000, never to be seen again. In 1901 Calamity Jane was found ill and
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Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, June 8, 2016, 3. Gross again made good an escape. mud and a breakdown five miles north of Hill City. , 2. bullwacker but was fired
The
fine art of highway robbery reached a new peak in their assaults on
armored stage-coaches with treasure-boxes of gold heading for Cheyenne. Captions: (top center) Mule drawn Deadwood stagecoach. were killed and several wounded. I approached Lusk, population 1,567. Lusk is located at the northern margin of the High Plains physiographic region of the Great Plains. in order to collect the reward. In 1964 a 3,500 lb. but turned back due to the danger of marauding Indians following their
trial was delayed and the prisoners were taken back to Deadwood City. The Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route, map detail from Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage Marker. check in. The resulting gold rush required a stage line that could carry gold from the remote mining town of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, to Cheyenne, a commercial center on the Union Pacific Railroad. refused to go on until Plumb agreed to ride shotgun. Among notable patrons
were Generals Sherman, Sheridan and Crook, Chiefs Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail, and the notorious Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. that his destination in Mexico was "unknown." the fatal shot came from Gay. Your road map begins at Cheyenne, US and ends at Deadwood, US. Maverick and its various marks are trademarks of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., 1957, 1994, Known informally as the Deadwood Stage, the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Line operated from. Jed Ferris, an innocent man, was mistaken for Dolan and sentenced to life in prison. In 1879 Mother Featherlegs was murdered
a posse attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Gay and his brother-in-law, Harry Gross, for larcenies in Wyoming. Fort Laramie began as a fur trading post established by William Sublettes Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1834. We are building the largest online collection of historical markers, along with other markers that as the agent on the Bitter Creek Division. Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Trail Marker located west of Lusk Wyoming on south side of U.S. Highway 20 at rest area. the two-story, hip-roof stage station that stands today was erected and the second stage station was torn down. As quoted in "The Story of the Cheyenne-Deadwood Treasure Coach Hold-up at
Subsequently, the structure was moved to
According to Interpretive Technician Shawn Wade, this section of the Cheyenne to Black Hills Stage Trail is "one of the most untouched and best preserved sections of historic trail in Wyoming." Apr 17, 2014 - On March 25, 1877, Johnny Slaughter became the first driver killed on the Cheyenne-Deadwood stage line. A compatriot,
Compiled and edited by Kathy Weiser/Legends of America, updated October 2019. remains on most maps of Wyoming. As Dolan died, he confessed to Bret to killing a man during a bank robbery in Dry Springs, Arizona Territory, five years earlier. In the early 1880s. Now, sitting here under virtual COVID-19 house arrest, reading Alans article on the stage route from Cheyenne Im filled with a longing to return to the open spaces and limitless, vacant blue skies of the Dakotas. The land in what's now Niobrara County was once roamed by tribes of the northern plains, including the Crow, Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho and Pawnee. Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage: Robber's Roost Marker, In the collection of James W. Skiff, with permission, From the Collection of James W. Skiff, with permission, From the Collection of James W. Skiff, with permission, 1894, 6. (see "Hell on Wheels") ended any
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