In this newsletter: Washington puts down a tax rebellion Buffalo Soldiers created at Fort Leavenworth Worse than the Great Depression "What if?" Virgil wasn't there
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It's the last day of summer as I write this. And so far this year, we've had "every season" in its glory. Hopefully, Fall will be no different, and we won't jump from "Humid-gedon" to "nostrilcycles" in a couple of weeks flat. Don't think the fall colors will be as prevalent around these parts of Missouri this year. Lack of rain at Fort Alexander has resulted in many of the leaves dying off early.
We're ready for the new season regardless of what it brings. Recent heat kept us busy indoors, as you will see below in "What's new". In the meantime, be sure to give yourself a break and attend a local fall festival or Oktoberfest. Explore some local history. Clear those summer ramblings and off-the-chart media rants from your head, and live life to the fullest.
Happy Autumn, Everyone! Enjoy this month's newsletter.
Dave & Kathy Alexander
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Here are some of the recent additions since our last newsletter |
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Financial Panic of 1873 - The Panic of 1873 triggered the first "Great Depression", also called the Long Depression, in the United States and abroad. It lasted 65 months and was the most prolonged economic contraction in American history.
Abner Sharp Grover - Frontier Scout - Abner “Sharp” Grover was a Chief Scout for the U.S. Army during the Plains Indian campaigns between 1860 and 1878.
Yellowstone Expedition of 1873 - The Yellowstone Expedition of 1873 by the U.S. Army was in the Dakota and Montana Territories to survey a route for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Marshal Virgil Earp’s “What If” Could Have Changed History Forever – (by Steven “Pacheco” McCann) – What if lawman Virgil Earp wasn’t there to stop a gunfight? His timing could have changed history forever – and perhaps even altered Tombstone’s infamy.
Pacheco/Wheeler Last Chapter - (by Steven “Pacheco” McCann) 1909 marked a time of significant transition for two of Arizona's most distinguished lawmen, Arizona Sheriff Nabor Pacheco and AZ Ranger Harry Wheeler.
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Fort Butler, Louisiana - Fort Butler, in Donaldsville, Louisiana, was a pivotal Civil War site, engineered by West Point, and built in 1863.
Fort Bute, Louisiana - Fort Bute, Louisiana, was a colonial fort built by the British in 1766 to protect the confluence of Bayou Manchac with the Mississippi River.
Fort Claiborne, Louisiana - Fort Claiborne, an Army fort in Natchitoches, Louisiana, was established on August 4, 1804, by Captain Edward D. Turner, 2nd U.S. Infantry.
Presidio of Los Adaes, Louisiana - The Presidio of Los Adaes in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, was built on the edge of the Spanish Empire. Los Adaes was the Texas capitol from 1721 to 1773.
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Frontier Scouts of Kansas - (Legends of Kansas) During the tumultuous period between 1857 and 1878, Kansas played both a tragic and heroic role in the various Indian wars that plagued the western frontier.
Smoky Valley Scenic Byway, Kansas - (Legends of Kansas) The Smoky Valley Scenic Byway is a 60-mile horseshoe path traveling through Trego and Ness Counties in west central Kansas and the Smoky Hill River Valley.
Camp Phillips, Kansas - (Legends of Kansas) In May 1942, the federal government requisitioned over 45,000 acres in Saline County to construct Camp Phillips, during World War II.
Shilling Air Force Base, Salina, Kansas -(Legends of Kansas) Smoky Hill Army Air Field, later renamed Schilling Air Force Base, was a former defense site in Salina, Kansas. It was initially used during World War II as a processing and staging area for heavy bombardment units going overseas.
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On September 19, 1794, President George Washington began leading 13,000 troops on a nearly month-long march west over the Allegheny Mountains to end a tax rebellion. He remains the only sitting President to lead troops in the field personally.
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William Galloway – American industrialist |
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Do you know what the thread linking Fred and Augie Duesenberg, Maytag appliances, and an obscure manufacturer of tractors and farm machinery is? The answer is William Galloway.
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Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Leavenworth |
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In 1866, the U.S. Congress authorized the formation of four black regiments – the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments and the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments. The 10th Cavalry Regiment was formed at Fort Leavenworth under the command of Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson on September 21, 1866. In western Kansas, the Kiowa encountered the soldiers of the 10th and, finding them valiant opponents, termed them the “Buffalo Soldiers.”
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The Ho-Chunk or Winnebago of Wisconsin |
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The Ho-Chunk, also known as Hoocaagra or Winnebago, are a Siouan-speaking Native American people whose historic territory included parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. They were closely related to the Chiwere people, which included the Ioway, Otoe, and Missouri tribes. The term “Winnebago” was used by the Potawatomi tribe, which meant “people of the dirty water”, referring to Wisconsin’s Fox River and Lake Winnebago, which were fouled by the bodies of dead fish in the summer. But they always called themselves Ho-Chaank, meaning “sacred voice.” Though they spoke a Sioux language, their culture was similar to the Algonquian peoples. |
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Like many other ghost towns in New Mexico, Lake Valley got its start as a mining camp when silver ore was discovered here in 1878 by cowboy prospector, George W. Lufkin. At about the same time, a rancher named Lou McEvers also discovered silver on his property and soon, they and others began to file a number of claims in the area. Today, most of the property is owned by the Bureau of Land Management and is situated along the Lake Valley Scenic Byway.
[Image: The last residents of Lake Valley were Pedro and Savina Martinez who resided in what was once the old Bella Hotel. Mr. Martinez lived in Lake Valley for 90 years before he finally moved to Deming, New Mexico in 1994. Photo courtesy Kathy and Bruce Salsbury, former caretakers.] |
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The Quapaw are a Siouan tribe closely related to the Kanza, Omaha, Osage, and Ponca. Their name translates to “Downstream People,” so-called from a tradition that they went down the Missouri River while the rest of the Sioux went upriver.
[image: Tall Chief, also known as Louis Angel, was the last of the hereditary Quapaw chiefs. Photo 1892.] |
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Robert Clay Allison, known as “Clay,” was born September 2, 1840. His life was certainly an adventure, from cattle rustling to lynching to coining the term “shootist.” But his life was also marked by much success as a rancher. Whether he was a gentleman or a villain is a question that many have never settled in their own minds.
[image: Clay Allison, at age 45.] |
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Cedar Vale, Kansas, dates back to the arrival of J.R. Marsh, who left Emporia in November 1869, journeying toward the southwest in the hope of finding somewhere in the southern part of Kansas a place of settlement.
[Cedar Vale, Kansas, Main Street, 1890 and 2019.]
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