SNEAK PEEK - CHAPTERS 11-20
Chapter 11 Establishment of a Permanent Sidney
With so many wild untamed events happening in Sidney’s first decade there was much speculation whether this upstart booming town was another boom town that would become just a memory or would determined businessmen establish enough roots to make it a permanent settlement? The country’s Centennial in 1876 would reveal a lot about Old Sidney town when . . . . .
Chapter 12 Early Residents of “Boot Hill” Cemetery & The Man Who Got Lynched Twice
No Old West town had more incredible stories, sultry characters or soiled doves than did Sidney and its growing resident population at Boot Hill. Old West desperadoes who met their demise at the end of a rope were common place, but no memory could be as lasting as the cowboy that got lynched TWICE! As unbelievable as its sounds this murderer by the name of Charles Patterson . . . . . .
Chapter 13 Wild Bill Shoots Two in Sidney?
Every Old West character that dotted the frontier plains made Sidney an absolute must stop for enjoying gambling, saloons and the night life that included an all-night theater, but the theatric productions never matched the drama that Wild Bill Hickock created when he got into a heated card game with two brothers, who . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 14 1876 - Muggings, Hangings, Scalpings, Horse Thieves, Fire an Emperor AND SIDNEY DILLON
If celebrating the nation’s Centennial wasn’t enough excitement, Sidney had it all in 1876 and its every day drama led many celebrities to its door step along the beaten path, including Union Pacific President Sidney Dillon, whom the town was named after, but Dillon’s visit turned into . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 15 Sinful Sidney - The Wicked Burgh - Cheyenne Says So
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, became so envious of Sidney’s success during the gold rush era that its Nebraska rival made more sensational headlines in the two Cheyenne newspapers than its own backyard frontier news. Cheyenne editors despised Sidney calling it the “Wicked Burgh” and “Sinful Sidney” as they would . . . .
Chapter 16 Wild & Wooly Second Decade Begins - Buffalo Bill& Famous Scouts Sidney Businessman Roasted Alive in Fire
The most famous meeting of the Frontier Scouts for the U.S. Army and the greatest War Chiefs of the Indian Nations occurred in Sidney in 1877 that led to . . . . . . . . . AND the call for a Volunteer Fire Department reached a fever pitch when another devastating fire to the downtown area roasted a prominent . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 17 Susan B. Anthony Visits Sidney
The most politically famous woman suffragist of her era twice came to Sidney in 1875 and 1877 to the heart of the lawless frontier in her attempt to reform and tame the . . . . .
Chapter 18 Camp Clarke’s Boy Bandits & Shooting by Matt Coates
Camp Clarke where the bridge was built along the Sidney-Deadwood Trial crossing the North Platte River near present day Bridgeport had a few businesses spring up along the stop and it would become the scene of many skirmishes among the gold seekers and . . . . .
Chapter 19 The Pawnee and Sidney
No Indian tribe was more respected in frontier Sidney that the Pawnee Tribe, who were always welcomed by the local residents unlike their . . . . . . .
Chapter 20 More “Old West” Sidney
Life was never dull in Old Sidney town as 184 Cheyenne Indians were assigned to the Sidney barracks in the last 1870's under the charge of the War Department much to the disgust and fear of housewives and children due to . . . . .
With so many wild untamed events happening in Sidney’s first decade there was much speculation whether this upstart booming town was another boom town that would become just a memory or would determined businessmen establish enough roots to make it a permanent settlement? The country’s Centennial in 1876 would reveal a lot about Old Sidney town when . . . . .
Chapter 12 Early Residents of “Boot Hill” Cemetery & The Man Who Got Lynched Twice
No Old West town had more incredible stories, sultry characters or soiled doves than did Sidney and its growing resident population at Boot Hill. Old West desperadoes who met their demise at the end of a rope were common place, but no memory could be as lasting as the cowboy that got lynched TWICE! As unbelievable as its sounds this murderer by the name of Charles Patterson . . . . . .
Chapter 13 Wild Bill Shoots Two in Sidney?
Every Old West character that dotted the frontier plains made Sidney an absolute must stop for enjoying gambling, saloons and the night life that included an all-night theater, but the theatric productions never matched the drama that Wild Bill Hickock created when he got into a heated card game with two brothers, who . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 14 1876 - Muggings, Hangings, Scalpings, Horse Thieves, Fire an Emperor AND SIDNEY DILLON
If celebrating the nation’s Centennial wasn’t enough excitement, Sidney had it all in 1876 and its every day drama led many celebrities to its door step along the beaten path, including Union Pacific President Sidney Dillon, whom the town was named after, but Dillon’s visit turned into . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 15 Sinful Sidney - The Wicked Burgh - Cheyenne Says So
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, became so envious of Sidney’s success during the gold rush era that its Nebraska rival made more sensational headlines in the two Cheyenne newspapers than its own backyard frontier news. Cheyenne editors despised Sidney calling it the “Wicked Burgh” and “Sinful Sidney” as they would . . . .
Chapter 16 Wild & Wooly Second Decade Begins - Buffalo Bill& Famous Scouts Sidney Businessman Roasted Alive in Fire
The most famous meeting of the Frontier Scouts for the U.S. Army and the greatest War Chiefs of the Indian Nations occurred in Sidney in 1877 that led to . . . . . . . . . AND the call for a Volunteer Fire Department reached a fever pitch when another devastating fire to the downtown area roasted a prominent . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 17 Susan B. Anthony Visits Sidney
The most politically famous woman suffragist of her era twice came to Sidney in 1875 and 1877 to the heart of the lawless frontier in her attempt to reform and tame the . . . . .
Chapter 18 Camp Clarke’s Boy Bandits & Shooting by Matt Coates
Camp Clarke where the bridge was built along the Sidney-Deadwood Trial crossing the North Platte River near present day Bridgeport had a few businesses spring up along the stop and it would become the scene of many skirmishes among the gold seekers and . . . . .
Chapter 19 The Pawnee and Sidney
No Indian tribe was more respected in frontier Sidney that the Pawnee Tribe, who were always welcomed by the local residents unlike their . . . . . . .
Chapter 20 More “Old West” Sidney
Life was never dull in Old Sidney town as 184 Cheyenne Indians were assigned to the Sidney barracks in the last 1870's under the charge of the War Department much to the disgust and fear of housewives and children due to . . . . .
