Week 38: September
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9/17 of… 1836
Born in Leipsic, Kent County, Delaware; William Jackson Palmer: Civil Engineer, Soldier, Railroad Builder, Philanthropist.
1851
Treaty of Ft. Laramie (1851) involved many tribes and agreed on some traditional tribal boundaries but it was really supposed to protect settlers on the Oregon Trail. Typically, payments and goods promised the Indians often never materialized and the volume of settlers steadily increased. When gold was discovered on Indian lands the treaty, as most, was so much smoke. {001}
1871
S.K. Wall murdered by Jack Wight and George Witherill for his sheep and money in Douglas County, Colorado. {001}
1877
Sam Bass and his gang take the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific train at Ogallala, NE for $60,000 in gold coin. {001}
1882
Same place, same driver, (See: Wk. 41, 10/08/1881) Black Bart stops the stagecoach from Eureka to Redding but the take is piddling; Shasta County, CA. {001}
9/18 of… 1877
Six men rob
