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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 12, 1897  Full front page illus. of "The Situation in Eastern Turkey." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "Players in the International Chess Match Between the British of commons and the United States House of Representatives." 2/3 pg. illus. of "Scenes at the Launc;h of the 'Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse,' the Largest Ship in the World."
Full pg. of illus. of "With the Cuban Insurgents - The Battle of La Majagua." Full pg. illus. of "Irrigation in Colorado -…

THE DAILY BOOMERANG, Laramie, Wyoming, 1891  A fascinating newspaper from this much romanticized Old West town. As for the unusual title? It was named for the editor's mule. This issue was printed just one year after statehood.
Laramie was founded in the mid-1860's as a tent city near the Overland Stage Line route and the Union Pacific portion of the first transcontinental railroad. By May, 1868, when the first train entered town, entrepreneurs were building more permanent structures and…

LARAMIE WEEKLY SENTINEL, Wyoming (Territory), 1887  Certainly a very rare title from the true "Old West", and one of the more romanticized towns from the cowboy and gunslinger era. This issue was printed three years before statehood.
Laramie was founded in the mid-1860's as a tent city near the Overland Stage Line route and the Union Pacific portion of the first transcontinental railroad. By May, 1868, when the first train entered town, entrepreneurs were building more permanent structures…

THE DAILY BOOMERANG, Laramie, Wyoming, 1891 (nice condition)  A collection of nine issues of this fascinating newspaper from the Old West. As for the unusual title? It was named for the editor's mule. These issues were printed just one year after statehood.

Laramie was founded in the mid-1860's as a tent city near the Overland Stage Line route and the Union Pacific portion of the first transcontinental railroad. By May, 1868, when the first train entered town, entrepreneurs were building…

TRANS-CONTINENTAL, Laramie, Wyoming, June 28, 1870

* First Transcontinental Railroad "Overland Route"
* Very first excursion published newspaper (#9)

This is a very fascinating newspaper, borne in the ingenious mind of a publisher who decided to take a small printing press on board the first transcontinental railroad excursion and publish 6 issues westbound and 6 issues eastbound.  Printed on a Gordon press in the baggage car, it is considered the very first newspaper composed, printed,…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 9, 1875  Page 3 has: "The Black Hills" "The Treaty With the Sioux" "How the Indians Were Persuaded to Make the Treaty--Wisdom of Their Action in Saying Cattle". This is followed by: "Character of the Country" "General Diffusion of Small Quantities of Gold Over a Large Area--One-Third of the Hills Covered with Heavy Timber--The Soil Rich & Deep".
Page 4 has most of a column taken up with an editorial on: "The Indian Negotiations".

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NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 11, 1875  

* Black Hills gold rush - miners - mining
* Cheyenne & Lakota Indians - tribes 

The front page has: "Black Hills" "Preparing To Leave" "The Miners Covering Ups The Richer Lodes--The Town of Stonewall Planted in Custer's Gulch" with a dateline of "Cheyenne, W.T.".
This concerns the treaty with the Indians at the time, which required that the miners leave the area as the land was being returned to the Indians. 
Complete in 8 pages, spotted foxing, nice…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 28, 1875  The front page has a report headed: "Gold In The Black Hills" "Fresh Discoveries--Coarser Gold, But More of It--A Crowd of Miners Coming Into the Hills".
This is followed by: "Prof. Janney's Report--The Paying Region of Large Extend--The Hills Swarming With Miners--The Real Wealth of the Region Is Farming and Timber Lands".
  Page 3 has more than a full column taken up with a terrific & very descriptive article: "The Indian Service" with subheads: "The Red…

NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 24, 1874  

* North Carolina resistance 
* Lowry War - Pembroke
* Steve Lowry killed

The front page has a brief yet notable article on the Lowry War in North Carolina: "The Last of the Robeson County (N.C.) Outlaws Killed", noting in part: "...Steve Lowery, the last survivor of the notorious band of Robeson County outlaws, was instantly killed...by three citizens...He was tuning his banjo...when three shots were fired...killing him instantly...".
Page 2 has 1 1/2 columns on:…