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Title: Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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that dernier resort of theorder-loving Westerner of that period, was formed. On January 11, 1868, this committee arrested threemen for robbery. Tlie criminals were bound togetherand placarded with the following notice: $900 stole. $500 returned! Thieves F. St. Clair, W. Grier, E.D. Brownell! City authorities please not interfere until ten oclockA.M. Next case goes up a tree! Beware of Vigilance Committee! Comparatively gentle measures, like the above, wereuseless. Authority in that wild land had to be madeof ^ sterner stuif.^ Not until the vigilants had hungand shot a dozen men did comparative order prevail.There was many a dark day for the well-wishers ofCheyenne; yet they lost No jot of heart or hope,But pressed right boldly on, and gradually peace came out of strife, order out ofconfusion, and civilization reigned supreme. In 1869, Cheyenne became the great entree port ofthe vast regions north and west. On September seventh of that year the first terra ofcourt was held in the city.
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OMAHA TO CHEYENNE. 473 In that same nioiitli of September, an election formembers of the first Territorial Legislature took place. That Legislature held a sixty days session. Some ofits (Uda were as follows: Gambling was allowed. Taxes were placed upon all property, real or per-sonal, excepting only United States and public prop-erty ; and in cases of individuals, exempting clothingand furniture, amounting to one hundred dollars. Jails were to be placed in every county. And, last but not least, Cheyenne was declaredthe seat of the territorial government, and an a))pro-priation was asked for with which to build a capitol. Surroundings change rapidly in the rusii of a newcommunity, and 1870 saw Cheyenne established,strengthened, purified, settled. Tlie floating riff-raff had passed away, leaving asolid, intelligent population of sixteen hundred. The city had at that time one public school and twoprivate ones; the latter containing about sixty pupils.It had five well built and well furni

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