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RAINSFORD ROSS RUSSELL SLACK STURGIS WARREN / * Once you’ve found all the words, describe who each of these people were.
DESCRIBE WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE
DAZE BRISTOL-She lived in Cheyenne more than 80 years. She was a school teacher in Cheyenne and later became a journalist for the Cheyenne newspaper. She worked for the newspapers over 37 years. At age 100 Daze was the nation’s oldest active newspaper woman. Daze was known for all of her work with the Cheyenne Frontier Days Parades. She created many floats. Daze lived to be 105 years old, and is buried in Cheyenne at LakeviewCemetery.
BUFFALOBILL CODY – He was a colorful figure. He had many jobs including being a trapper, a bullwhacker, a pony express rider, a wagonmaster, a stagecoach driver and a prairie scout for the Indian Wars. Mr. Cody also won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his military work in the Fifth Cavalry. Later he became very famous for his Wild West show. The show began in 1883 and traveled across the United States and Europe. It featured real cowboys and Indians.
CAPTAIN E.B. CARLIN-He constructedCamp CarlinCrow Creek about half way between Fort D.A. Russell and the town of Cheyenne, one of the largest commissary depots in the cavalry, served 12 army posts within 400 miles. One hundred wagons and five pack mule trains operated from the depot, and 1,000 mules were often in the corrals. Nearly 1,200 men including teamsters, packers, laborers, and artisans were employed at CampCarlin. Along Happy Jack Road, a marker indicates the site of the original CampCarlin, which the military abandoned in 1890.
AMASA CONVERSE-He arrived in Cheyenne when it was just one week old. He and Francis E Warren set up a successful mercantile store. Mr. Converse was active in forming Cheyenne, serving in government roles such as Treasurer of the WyomingTerritory. ConverseCounty in Wyoming, and ConverseSchool were named after him. There is also a street in Cheyenne named Converse.
MAJOR GENERAL GRENVILLE DODGE- He platted the Cheyennetown site and Fort D.A. Russell (now FE Warren Air Force Base) in 1867. He was a close friend to President Abe Lincoln. During the civil war, General Dodge supervised the rebuilding of many southern railroad lines which enabled the Union army to move quickly through the South. He was the Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad during construction. No other man would be more important or more closely identified with the history of the Union Pacific and all western railroading than General Dodge.
WILLIAM DUBOIS- Renowned architect William Dubois came to Cheyenne to supervise the construction of the Carnegie Library in 1886 when Wyoming was still a territory.Mr. Dubois became known as Wyoming’s leading architect. He designed many of the most elegant buildings in our city, including: Wyoming Supreme Court and the Plains Hotel.
ED HERSCHLER- During World War II, Herschler served with the U. S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific, where he was wounded in action. He received a purple heart and a silver star for his military service. He graduated from the University of Wyoming Law School. He served 5 terms in the State House of Representatives and then was elected Governor in 1974. In 1978, Herschler was re-elected to a second term, and four years later, Wyoming elected Herschler to an unprecedented third term. He chose not to run for a fourth term. Well-respected and beloved, he even answered his own telephone at the Governor’s residence. Herschler died in 1990. One of our state buildings is named after him; it is located just north of the CapitolBuilding.
WILD BILL(JAMES BUTLER) HICKOK- Known as the “Prince of Pistaleers”he was a lawman who turned into a professional gambler. Most of Wild Bill’s gunfights were fair and happened in his role as a lawman, but he was known to be a bit of an unsavory character. He was arrested twice for murder, but was released on the grounds of self defense. He was said to have fought off a grizzly bear with just a knife. He told many stories of the money to be found up north, and of hair raising experiences fighting off Indians. Wild Bill lived in Cheyenne for a spell and married his wife AgnesLake Thatcher in Cheyenne.
ESTHER HOBART MORRIS–She was the nation’s first woman Justice of the Peace and was the first woman to hold a public office in the United States. There is a statue of her in front of the Wyoming State Capitol and a statue of her also stands in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
TOM HORN-He was a notorious cattle detective who investigated cattle rustlers. He was convicted and hanged in Cheyenne for the murder of 14 year old Willie Nickell in 1903. It was believed that he mistook Willie for his father. Although Horn was penniless, influential friends spent $100,000 for his defense. Many believed Horn to be innocent of the murder, saying he was framed.
HARRY HYNDS - Harry wasa skilled gambler, a leading prizefighter,a blacksmith, a businessman, and a philanthropist. Harry eagerly fell into the wild and woolly lifestyle Cheyenne offered, not always to the liking of his beautiful wife Maude. He owned The Hynds Hotel and The Capitol Saloon gambling hall. They say he “Ran the straightest gambling house in the west.
CHARLES IRWIN -He was another of Cheyenne’s interesting characters. He came to town from his ranch in the county in 1907. Irwin raised race horses and was a steer roper, but he is most remembered for his famous Wild West Show. Irwin helped shape the Frontier Days celebration. Charlie Irwin was known to work closely with the Lakota Sioux Indians. Irwin and his brother sang at Tom Horn’s funeral.
MOSES KEEFE–Born in Ireland, he came to Cheyenne in 1873. Moses Keefe was the contractor for the WyomingCapitolBuilding. He was the Mayor of Cheyenne in 1902 -03.
JUDGE JOHN W. LACEY– He was a Territorial Supreme Court Justice and was known as ‘Father of WY Bar’. He was the Attorney that defended Tom Horn in the 1903 murder trial of Willie Nickell. He was buried at Lakeview Cemeteryin Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA.
ERASMUS NAGLE–He came to Cheyenne 1868, becoming agrocer and financier. He was known as the “Merchant King of WY”.Naglebuilt the extraordinary Nagle Mansion home while he was Chairman of the Wyoming State Capitol Building Commission. Nagle participated in the Colorado Gold Rush. He co-built & co-owned Cheyenne & Black Hills Telegraph Co., 1875.
GENERAL JOHN J “BLACKJACK” PERSHING –He attended West Point Academy. Pershing was commander of U.S. Forces during World War I, and after the war was promoted to the rank of General of the Armies. (George Washington was nominated, but never appointed). He was the only U.S. military man in history to achieve the rank of General of the Armies. He married Senator Francis E Warren’s daughter.
GEORGE RAINSFORD - ANew York trained architect, he came to Wyoming to raise Morgan racing and Clydesdale work horses. Rainsford owned the Diamond Ranch, west of Chugwater, Wyoming, now called the Diamond Guest Ranch; it included a polo field. His Cheyenne horse buyers became interested in his architectural skills and he then designed homes throughout the neighborhood east of downtownCheyenne, near HollidayPark. Later, Rainsford moved into that neighborhood to devote all his time to house design.
NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS - the nation’s FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR, sworn in Jan 5, 1925, her term expired Jan 3 1927. She was also the first woman director of theNational Mint, May 1, 1933.She was originally from New York and had been orphaned at the tender age of 14. She lived in Cheyenne from 1890 until she died in 1902. She is buried in Cheyenne at LakeviewCemetery.
UNION GENERAL DAVID A. RUSSELL – Ft DA Russell, named to honor David A Russell was established in Cheyenne in Sept of 1867 to protect the rail workers from the Indians. It later became Warren Air Force Base. Russellwas a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was killed in action as a brigadier general on Sept. 19, 1864, at Winchester, VA.
COLONEL E.A. SLACK -Owner/operatorof Cheyenne Daily Sun Newspaper. He was one of the most influential editors in Wyoming. Slack was one of the founders of Cheyenne Frontier Days.
WILLIAM STURGIS – His family was from upper New York. They were very wealthy and prominent. William came to Cheyenne in 1882 and became a partner in the Union Cattle Company. He was also a founder of Cheyenne Club, an exclusive gentlemen’s club, featuring a gourmet restaurant, sleeping rooms, reading, smoking and billiard rooms. There were chess tables on the wrap-around porch, and tennis courts, and servants’ quarters on the grounds. Gentlemen were required to appear for dinner in formal wear, their ladies in formal dress. A member could be expelled for drinking too much, profanity, cheating at cards, or a blow struck in a quarrel.
FRANCIS A WARREN -He came to Cheyenne as a young man with just 50 cents. He founded the successful Warren Mercantile Company.He also purchased land and founded Warren Livestock Company, owning 3000 cattle and over 60,000 sheep by 1888. The Warren Livestock Company operated for some 80 years. Warren served twice as Territorial Governor, then as the first Governor of the state of Wyoming. He served 30 years for the United States Senate. FE Warren Air Force Base is named in his honor.