Capt.Confederacy Posted November 8, 2013 Share #1 Posted November 8, 2013 On one of my collecting trips, I came across a stack of authentic newspapers for sale all of the same title from July to December of 1873. The guy who was selling them had 'em priced reasonably enough so I started going through them and tried to remember if any significant military events were happening on the frontier. I found a couple of interesting articles (and one VERY interesting article) and picked up the issue which I will present now. For the average American back East, here is how the news of the fighting out west would have been presented. First up are pix of the front page and the first snippet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Confederacy Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share #2 Posted November 8, 2013 Another event on the frontier (Note how the subject's name was misspelled.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Confederacy Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted November 8, 2013 And lastly a buried gem which, while not military-related, I thought might be of interest. (It certainly was to me because I think I know who the bandits are.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Confederacy Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted November 8, 2013 The newsprint came out a bit smaller than I anticipated so here's the Indian fight snippet in larger size (I hope). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Confederacy Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted November 8, 2013 And a resized snippet of the railroad bandits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted November 8, 2013 Share #6 Posted November 8, 2013 Did you get any contact information from the seller? I have three IW groupings that I would like to research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Confederacy Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted November 9, 2013 Did you get any contact information from the seller? I have three IW groupings that I would like to research. No, unfortunately not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Posted November 10, 2013 Share #8 Posted November 10, 2013 Are we thinking Jesse & Frank James? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Confederacy Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted November 10, 2013 Are we thinking Jesse & Frank James? Bingo! We are indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted July 22, 2014 Share #10 Posted July 22, 2014 Thanks for sharing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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