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The Great PlainsMary Trotter KionHomesteaders built sod houses and raised their crops and children in this wind-blown world where prairie fires killed, grasshoppers devoured, and broad expanses of grasses fed the buffalo until hide hunters nearly depleted them. Those same grasses fattened longhorns being driven northward from Texas to the wild and lawless cow towns and railheads in Kansas and Missouri. These towns drew not only cowboys but gamblers, outlaws with lawmen on their trail, and "soiled doves" to the rows of saloons that lined the streets in such places as Abilene, Dodge City, and Sedalia. The Great American Plains is and was truly the heart of the American West, so saddle your pony or hitch old Dan to the buckboard and ride along for a grand adventure. latest articles
The Great Plains
Oct 19, 2005 Stringham’s General Grocery Store in Garnet, Montana, was a keen rival of the general store owned by Frank Davey. Stringham also delivered goods to miners at their claims.
Oct 19, 2005 Garnet, Montana’s blacksmith sometime between 1896 and 1900. Billy Liberty was the blacksmith and made just about everything from horseshoes to ore wagons.
Oct 19, 2005 Frank A. Davey built Davey’s Store in Garnet, Montana in 1898. The store had an icehouse for storing perishables and contained secret compartments for storing gold that awaited shipment.
Oct 19, 2005 Robert Moore builds the ‘Bob Moore Saloon,’ in Garnet, Montana, then sells it to L. P. Kelly who sells a part-interest to Thomas Fraser. The saloon changes hands two more times but Kelly continues to run it.
Oct 19, 2005 Due to the Sherman Silver Purchase Act both gold and silver mines began shutting down. Now there were thousands of miners out of work, tramping across the land, looking for employment and something to eat.
Oct 19, 2005 The more profitable years in the gold-boom town of Garnet, Montana began in 1895, by gold miners who were more concerned with the riches that lay below ground than constructing an aboveground metropolis. However, like other mining towns, it did flourish, at least for a time.
Oct 16, 2005 Stormy Petrel and the Blizzard of 1871: part 5 Throughout the long cold day Stormy waits alone inside the wagon. At the close of day the wind increases and gradually grows colder. She can only wonder if her husband and brothers have perished in the storm.
Oct 16, 2005 Stormy Petrel and the Blizzard of 1871: part 4 After spending a frigid night camping the Stormy and the three men awake to a blowing gale and the fact that they are nearly buried in snow. The three men leave Stormy in the wagon and head through the blizzard for a small town near by.
Oct 16, 2005 Stormy Petrel and the Blizzard of 1871: part 3 In the warm balmy November weather in Kansas Stormy and the three men prepare for an extended camping trip to hunt buffalo. They give no consideration that the plains weather could make a dire turn for the worse.
Oct 16, 2005 Stormy Petrel and the Blizzard of 1871: part 2 Stormy attempts Kansas frontier housekeeping while her brothers scratch the prairie ground and plant their seeds, then lounge upon the porch waiting for their crops to grow and for the rain that never comes.
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When Billy Was A Kid, part 1 (1 msgs) Elinore Rupert Stewa (1 msgs) Towns on the Plains: An Introduction, part 1 (2 msgs) Old Fort Benton (2 msgs) The Boy Sitting Bull (4 msgs) Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 (2 msgs) The Osage and the Spider (2 msgs) Mrs. Dalton’s Boys, part 8 (2 msgs) Mrs. Dalton’s Boys, part 7 (2 msgs) Mrs. Dalton’s Boys, part 6 (2 msgs) |
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