Terrific travelogue of a trip West on the Union Pacific...
Item #648278
December 26, 1866
NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Dec. 26, 1866 Page 3 has an interesting and lengthy article: "After The Buffaloes" "The Union Pacific Railway--Nine Days o the Plains of Kansas--A Buffalo Hunt--Journalists on the Rampage". This is a great account of a train trip on the Union Pacific, at least to its terminus at this point (Leavenworth, Kansas). Included is a fine account of a buf... See More
Front page features an engraving of the mining town of Salida, Colorado...
Item #647280
July 1, 1882
MOUNTAIN MAIL, Salida, Colorado, July 1, 1882
* Very rare Old West title
* Town view print
Printed in the masthead is: "Colorado Produces Millions of Silver, and Silver Is King." A very rare title, as there are no institutions noted in Gregory (Union List of American Newspapers) which have any holdings of this title. The holdings of the only one listed (Kansas St. Hist. Soc.... See More
Rare title from Salida, Colorado...
Item #647072
November 27, 1880
MOUNTAIN MAIL, Salida, Colorado, Nov. 27, 1880
* Very rare Old West title
Printed in the masthead is: "Colorado Produces Millions of Silver, and Silver Is King." A very rare title, as there are no institutions noted in Gregory (Union List of American Newspapers) which have any holdings of this title. The holdings of the only one listed (Kansas St. Hist. Soc.) were recently pu... See More
Modoc Indian War... The 'Bloody Benders'...
Item #647012
June 2, 1873
ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, New York, June 2, 1873
* Modoc War - Boston Charley
* Bloody Benders - murderers
* Cherry Vale, Kansas
The top of the ftpg. has nice column heads on the Modoc Indian War in California with: "THE MODOC WAR" "An Exciting Chase" "Surrender of 15 More of the Band" "Boston Charley--Dr. Thomas's Murder..." &qu... See More
A boom & bust mining town in Colorado...
Item #644311
November 27, 1885
WHITE PINE CONE, White Pine, Gunnison County, Colorado, November 27, 1885
* Very rare Old West title
* Ghost town - silver mining
An interesting newspaper from a fascinating town which went through two boom & bust periods. As the hyperlink notes, White Pine began in 1880 as a fledgling mining camp just west of the Continental Divide, boomed in the mid-1880's then went bust by ... See More
Indian troubles...
Item #638649
July 11, 1885
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, July 11, 1885
* Apache Wars
Likely due to its location on the edge of the Western frontier, this newspaper typically contained a wealth sensational crime reports and events from the West than found in eastern newspapers.
Page 2 has: "The Indian Troubles" "Grievances of Cheyennes to be Redressed--Protecting the Kansas Border--Apaches take Refuge... See More
The hostile Apache Indians...
Item #638648
July 12, 1885
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, July 12, 1885 Likely due to its location on the edge of the Western frontier, this newspaper typically contained a wealth sensational crime reports and events from the West than found in eastern newspapers.
Page 3 has over column headed: "HOSTILE APACHES" "Texans Indignant Over a Proposition Looking to Their Settlement in Greer County" "A K... See More
Dalton Gang robs its last train...
Item #637209
July 15, 1892
DAILY TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1892
* The Dalton Gang
* Adair, Oklahoma
* Last train robbery
The back page has a nice article headed: "A Bold Train Robbery" "The Dalton Gang Hold Up an Express and Secure a Rich Prize" with the dateline from Parsons, Kansas. The photos show the entire report, which contains some nice detail, somewhat more than is co... See More
The Dalton Gang is "wiped out"...
Item #637198
October 6, 1892
SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1892 Page 6 of this issue has a very nice, and uncommonly lengthy report headed: "The Dalton Gang Wiped Out" "A Desperate Battle In Kansas" "Five Bandits and Four Citizens" with subheads: "Killed in an Encounter at Coffeyville--The Gang Attempted to Rob Two Banks--The City Marshal Among the Dead". Th... See More
Dodge City and the problem with gamblers...
Item #633468
June 7, 1883
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, June 7, 1883
* Dodge City KS Kansas War
* "Get out of Dodge" fame
The ftpg. has: "Dodge City - Action of the City Council in Regard to the Gamblers--The Mayor's Dispatch to the Governor". Page 2 has: "Chronicles Of Crime" "A Desperate Battle with the Barber Brothers" "The Notorious Iowa Outlaws Captured & P... See More
How the Fords conspired to kill Jesse James...
Item #633004
August 7, 1883
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Aug. 7, 1883
* Ford Brothers - Charlie
* Jesse James assassination
* John L. Sullivan boxing
The front page has over a full column taken up with considerable round-by-round details of the boxing match between John L. Sullivan and Herbert "Maori" Slade for the heavyweight championship. But the great article is on page 4, headed: "Charlie Ford a... See More
The Northfield Bank robbery...
Item #632841
September 8, 1876
THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, Sept. 8, 1876
* Famous Jesse James gang robbery
* Northfield, Minnesota bank
The top of the ftpg. has column heads; "Bold Attempt to Rob a Bank--The Cashier Murdered and His Assistant Wounded--Two of the Robbers Killed and One Wounded". This is a report of the Northfield Bank Robbery in Minnesota committed by Jesse James and his Ja... See More
The Oklahoma land boom...
Item #631653
April 4, 1885
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 4, 1885 The front page haws 4 prints with the caption: "Kansas - The Proposed Invasion of Oklahoma - Scenes at the Boomers' Camp at Arkansas City" plus there is a related article on an inside page. Inside also have a one-third pg. print: "Indian Territory - The Proposed Invasion of Oklahoma - General Hatch's U.S. Cavalry ... See More
Pursuing the James Gang...
Item #620964
July 27, 1881
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, July 27, 1881
* Outlaw Jesse James-Younger gang hunted
* Rock Island railroad train robbery
Inside has continuing reporting concerning the infamous Rock Island Railroad train robbery by Jesse James & his gang, with column heads: "ROUTING THE ROBBERS" "A Reward of $50,000 to be Offered for the Train Wreckers" "...$10,000 Each for t... See More
Frank and Jesse James...
Item #620938
April 25, 1882
THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, April 25, 1882 Page 2 has half a column of text headed: "Frank Or A Fraud" "Brother of the Dead Bandit at Kansas City" "Sensational Stores of Frank James at St. Joe and Vicinity" "One of the Texas Train Robbers Said to Have Been Captured" " "Frank James Again" "Bagging the Train Robbers" and ... See More
Trial of Frank James... Attempt to kidnap the President...
Item #619816
August 26, 1883
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, Aug. 26, 1883
* Outlaw Frank James
* Jesse James gang
* Gallatin, Missouri trial
Almost half of page 2 is taken up with a fine & very detailed account of the murder trial of Frank James, brother of outlaw Jesse James. The report begins: "The hearing of testimony in the case of the state vs. Frank James, charged with the murder in the... See More
A rare title from this Colorado town...
Item #619618
October 13, 1883
SALIDA WEEKLY MAIL, Colorado, Oct. 13, 1883
* Very rare Old West title
A very rare title, as there are no institutions noted in Gregory (Union List of American Newspapers) which have any holdings of this title. In fact Gregory doesn't even note the existence of a weekly edition of this title, just the semi-weekly edition titled "Salida Mail". The only holdings of any earl... See More
Early San Diego... Vasquez to be hanged... The "Bloody Benders"...
Item #616574
March 17, 1875
THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, March 17, 1875
* Tiburcio Vásquez - California bandido
* Bloody Benders - serial killers
* Rare Old West title
An early newspaper from this now quite famous & large city in Southern California. The entire front page is taken up with ads. Inside has: "Growth of the West" and an interesting article: "Vasquez" "H... See More
Jesse James & Younger brothers train robbery...
Item #616121
December 9, 1874
THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 9, 1874
* Jesse James-Younger Gang
* Muncie, Kansas train robbery (1st report)
Page 5 has an article: "Another Bold Railroad Robbery" "A Train Stopped and the Express-Car Robbed By Five Masked Men" with the article providing various details as know at that point. This article is followed by: "Another Account of the Robbery" (s... See More
Good on the Dodge City War...
Item #614646
May 18, 1883
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, May 18, 1883
* Dodge City KS Kansas War
* "Get out of Dodge" fame
Page 4 has a very nice article on the Dodge City War, (see hyperlink) with the top of the middle column having heads: "Dodge City's Troubles" "The Town Threatened with Invasion by an Army of Cow Boys" "A Delegation of Citizens Call Upon Governor Glick--Luk... See More
Terrific issue on the Dodge City War...
Item #614205
May 10, 1883
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, May 10, 1883
* Dodge City KS Kansas War
* "Get out of Dodge" fame
* Luke Short
Page 6 has more than a column taken up with terrific content on the famous Dodge City War, with heads: "A REIGN OF TERROR" "Dodge City, Kan., In Possession of a Mob of Vigilantes" "the Late City Election the Origin of the Troubles" "A C... See More
A mind-reader interviews Jesse James...
Item #612995
May 5, 1882
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, May 5, 1882
* Outlaw Jesse James
Page 8 has a very interesting article taking almost an entire column: "Brown, The Mind--reader" "He Tells of an Interview He Had with the Late Jesse James" "How He was Mistaken for a Detective & Told to Skip Out of Kansas City--His Visit to the Youngers at Stillwater & His Connection with the Ch... See More
Volume one issue of Colorado's first newspaper...
Item #612828
May 29, 1859
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, Cherry Creek, K.T. [Kansas Territory, of which it was part at that time], published by Wm. N. Byers, May 29, 1859
* Cherry Creek, Denver
* Extremely rare title
An exceedingly rare newspaper, being the first newspaper to print in present-day Colorado, although not by much.
John L. Merrick was actually the first to arrive in the vicinity, following those chasing go... See More
Jesse James is really dead...
Item #611818
April 8, 1882
MOUNTAIN MAIL, Salida, Colorado, April 8, 1882
* Very rare Old West title
Printed in the masthead is: "Colorado Produces Millions of Silver, and Silver Is King." Page 2 has a brief yet very notable report: "Again the report comes that Jesse James has been killed. This time there really appears to be some reason to believe the report true. Particulars will be found in our news ... See More
Doc Holliday would soon move here...
Item #601920
April 2, 1874
DENISON DAILY NEWS, Denison, Texas, April 2, 1874
* Old Wild West Original
* Rare title from the early Southwest
The city of Denison was founded in 1872 in conjunction with the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, causing it to be an important commercial center in the 19th century American West. In 1875 John Henry "Doc" Holliday had offices in Denison.
Various news &... See More
The death of Jim Bridger...
Item #592602
July 20, 1881
THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, Wheeling, West Virginia, July 20, 1881
* Death of Jim Bridger
* Mountain men - trappers
The very bottom of the front page has a brief report headed: "An Old Scout Dead" with a Kansas City dateline, reading: "James Bridger, an old-time frontiersman and scout, who took General Fremont across the plains, died yesterday near New Santa Fe, this co... See More
Was it the Bill Doolin & the "Wild Bunch" ?
Item #591713
November 8, 1893
ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, Nov. 8, 1893
* Outlaw Bill Doolin
* Wild Bunch gang
The top of the first column has: "Bandits Corralled" "Arkansas Train Robbers At Bay In The Mountains" with further subheads. The report notes in part: "...report from Batesville, Ark...This little mountain town has been in the midst of most intense excitement al... See More
Garfield's assassin is a "moral idiot"...
Item #564127
July 9, 1881
LEAVENWORTH DAILY STANDARD, Kansas, July 9, 1881
* Charles J. Guiteau
* President James Garfield assassination
The top of the front page has: "The Assassin" which begins: "Guiteau is provoked because his victim has not died and is anxious for all possible notoriety..." which is concerning the President James Garfield assassination. A subhead includes: "A Moral Idiot... See More
Garfield's assassin is a "moral idiot"...
Item #564126
July 9, 1881
LEAVENWORTH DAILY STANDARD, Kansas, July 9, 1881 The top of the ftpg. has: "The Assassin" which begins: "Guiteau is provoked because his victim has not died and is anxious for all possible notoriety..." which is concerning the President James Garfield assassination. A subhead includes: "A Moral Idiot, and Should Be Killed".
Much other news of the day, four page... See More
Haywood California...
Item #204795
ALAMEDA COUNTY ADVOCATE, Haywood, California, 1872 (Only one remains in our inventory in good condition)This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, Indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen o... See More
Item #130289
January 1, 1889
THE MID-CONTINENT, St. Louis & Kansas City, Jan. 1889 A tabloid-size newspaper, subtitled "Formerly the St. Louis Evangelist ". Contains mostly religious content. Spine wear & edge tears & flaking. Minor staining.
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