SNEAK PEEK - CHAPTERS 61-69
Chapter 61 Deaths Keep Happening
Tuberculosis, suicidal poisonings, consumption, inflammation of the brain, falling to one’s death digging a water well were just some of the headlines of 1888, but the one that was the doneybrook of them all was when a free for all fight began, rocks were being thrown, citizens gathered in large numbers and a hustling, jostling crowd . . . . . .
Chapter 62 Welcome to Sidney U. S. Marshall Pinkbone “Have You Met Our Beer Drinking Mule?”
Deputy U.S. Marshall J.M. Pinkbone from Chicago was strutting around with superior grandeur and great importance threatening the local citizens with his braggadocio threatening the vengeance of the national government upon their heads, when one of the locals promptly busted his . . . . . . . One of the favorite pastimes in Sidney in 1887 was the little yellow mule that would stroll into Winters Saloon and belly up to the bar with the boys and promptly raise his glass of beer . . . . . . . .
Chapter 63 Dignitaries Abound in Sidney
U.S. Presidents, Army Generals, Indian War Chiefs, Famous Old West Outlaws and Detectives, Foreign Emperors and Dignitaries found their way to Sidney to have a look for themselves of this upstart Old West community, but perhaps none equaled the famous Pow Wow of . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 64 Beer Bottle Swinging Ladies . . . Please & Deadly Lightning Strikes
Everything from saloon ladies getting into a beer bottle swinging match to deadline lightning strikes leaving a strews of bodies captured Sidney’s attention in . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 65 County Division Question Largest County in Nebraska No More
Cheyenne County for 21 years enjoyed the status as Nebraska’s largest county, but as times became tamer and farming and ranching was replacing the open ranges and the Gold Rush, there rose a clamor from other communities now starting to emerge in the Panhandle to break up old Cheyenne County and the push became significant enough that . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 66 “Judy Ranches” and Wild Game
The descriptions of the flowing Lodge Pole River and the green lush meadows were the perfect haven for wild game and the local newspapers often referred to . . . . . . . . . . Judy’s Place came into question one 1886 day with the death of a newborn from unnatural causes. This home for unwed mothers was never talked about publicly until . . . . . .
Chapter 67 Good Happened . . . Didn’t It?
The Old West headlines certainly portrayed mostly the bad that happened in Sidney, as informative as they were, but there had to be some good in all of that or this community wouldn’t have reached . . . . . . .
Chapter 68 Fort Sidney . . One Last Look
There would have been no Sidney had it not been for the order to first establish Sidney Barracks and then Fort Sidney in 1867 and the community sprung up around the Fort. This chapter gives us a glimpse of the layout and activities of this famed Fort where only three buildings today still . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 69 Boot Hill . . . Roll Call of the Dead As We Know It
While the book details throughout its chapters the mysteries and the people who wound up in Sidney’s famed Boot Hill, this chapter gives the roll call of the deaths in chronological order and causes of their respective demise based on the new research. As fascinating as . . . . . . . . . .
Today it is believed there may be as many as 100 more bodies still buried at Sidney’s Boot Hill, even though 211 were removed and relocated in 1922.. Dowsers have confirmed the presence of numerous bodies.
Tuberculosis, suicidal poisonings, consumption, inflammation of the brain, falling to one’s death digging a water well were just some of the headlines of 1888, but the one that was the doneybrook of them all was when a free for all fight began, rocks were being thrown, citizens gathered in large numbers and a hustling, jostling crowd . . . . . .
Chapter 62 Welcome to Sidney U. S. Marshall Pinkbone “Have You Met Our Beer Drinking Mule?”
Deputy U.S. Marshall J.M. Pinkbone from Chicago was strutting around with superior grandeur and great importance threatening the local citizens with his braggadocio threatening the vengeance of the national government upon their heads, when one of the locals promptly busted his . . . . . . . One of the favorite pastimes in Sidney in 1887 was the little yellow mule that would stroll into Winters Saloon and belly up to the bar with the boys and promptly raise his glass of beer . . . . . . . .
Chapter 63 Dignitaries Abound in Sidney
U.S. Presidents, Army Generals, Indian War Chiefs, Famous Old West Outlaws and Detectives, Foreign Emperors and Dignitaries found their way to Sidney to have a look for themselves of this upstart Old West community, but perhaps none equaled the famous Pow Wow of . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 64 Beer Bottle Swinging Ladies . . . Please & Deadly Lightning Strikes
Everything from saloon ladies getting into a beer bottle swinging match to deadline lightning strikes leaving a strews of bodies captured Sidney’s attention in . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 65 County Division Question Largest County in Nebraska No More
Cheyenne County for 21 years enjoyed the status as Nebraska’s largest county, but as times became tamer and farming and ranching was replacing the open ranges and the Gold Rush, there rose a clamor from other communities now starting to emerge in the Panhandle to break up old Cheyenne County and the push became significant enough that . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 66 “Judy Ranches” and Wild Game
The descriptions of the flowing Lodge Pole River and the green lush meadows were the perfect haven for wild game and the local newspapers often referred to . . . . . . . . . . Judy’s Place came into question one 1886 day with the death of a newborn from unnatural causes. This home for unwed mothers was never talked about publicly until . . . . . .
Chapter 67 Good Happened . . . Didn’t It?
The Old West headlines certainly portrayed mostly the bad that happened in Sidney, as informative as they were, but there had to be some good in all of that or this community wouldn’t have reached . . . . . . .
Chapter 68 Fort Sidney . . One Last Look
There would have been no Sidney had it not been for the order to first establish Sidney Barracks and then Fort Sidney in 1867 and the community sprung up around the Fort. This chapter gives us a glimpse of the layout and activities of this famed Fort where only three buildings today still . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 69 Boot Hill . . . Roll Call of the Dead As We Know It
While the book details throughout its chapters the mysteries and the people who wound up in Sidney’s famed Boot Hill, this chapter gives the roll call of the deaths in chronological order and causes of their respective demise based on the new research. As fascinating as . . . . . . . . . .
Today it is believed there may be as many as 100 more bodies still buried at Sidney’s Boot Hill, even though 211 were removed and relocated in 1922.. Dowsers have confirmed the presence of numerous bodies.
