Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1923, Page 11

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 19Zz3 2 wpe Casper Sunoap eporning wuoune PAGE ELEVEN FAME OF JIM BRIDGER PERPETUATED BY OLD PIONEER FORT GRUMBLING PILE IN SOUTHWEST FSS gemini = <3.E52 5 oo WYOMING RELIG OF INDIAN DAYS fory often the rider would dash into ho station with a bullet wound the result of a narrow escape from In Gasoritng? to Mie taka" thal wiper layer - 3 ae aia | | Soene yes: the Dnctne init deve Hand-to-Hand Conflict With Blackfoot Chief Survived by Jim Bridger, Trapper and Sula eas pac tuckie) a aoe Seen ot, on et Trail Blazer, in Daring Life. BY ROSS DUDLEY. lly, when one caught a trout, which | would of course be in the cool water, [the fish became cooked when it was | pulled through the upper boiling lay- Along tn the early part cf the nine After 25 years of trapping, Indian SUR a te iireoaectedoreran hairs eee eA Tomatoes Sim bith ited. chiefly by warlike Indians, a few | TVNs Post in the southwest corner fur odmpanies and their daring trap- | °% W¥ominp. on Black's Fork of the pers, Jim Bridger and Thomas Fite | Green river, in 1843. Being located patrick, two of the head men of the|°" the Oregon Trail, over which a Rocky Mountain Fur company, were | 2t¢ number of emigrants were now trapping in the country of the Black. | ‘@"tine to pans, Jim did a thriving foor Tnilans. A short time before | businéss between furnishing supplies the Blackfeet had killed one of the | Ant doing smith work for the travel- r th's piace, which new Tenders of the Amerioan Fur company |< rves as the headquarters for « few score of people in the surrounding country, and Includes a few stores and garages, became the headquar- ters for Johnaton’s army before it came on to Utah to put down tho so-called “rebellion” amgng the Mor- mons, Later Fort Bridger became a pony express station when the means of carrying the mai! from St. Joseph. Mo., to the Pacific coast was estab- Ushed. The pony express station still stands, being in remarkable shape for having stood in all kinés cf weather for nearly three-quarters of a cen- tury. The chimney of the o'd zraph station yet rema'ns, and it will be recalled that !t was the te’egraph that caused the pony express to pass away, the electric spark flashed across the same distance in an in stant that requirei eleven days on he part of the best horse flesh, -hu- man skill, daring and endurance available. At one time Fort Bridger is aid to have had the largest store west «if the Mississipp! river. A part of this structure still exists but it ‘s in the process of decay, with the roof gone and part of the walls fallen ‘own. From the ttme of its establishment the old ost d'd a good business with ants, being located on the {', which started at Inde- donce, Mo., followed the Santa Fe for about forty mi'es, then 4 off following the Platte in @ battle with a number of trap-|rver, touched Fort Laramie, crossed pers, and the Amerinds wero st!!l cn|the Platte by Fort Casper (now Cas- the warpath. per) then’ by In‘ependence Rock, ‘The Blackfeet soon Alscovered| “orts Bridger, Hall and Belse, and Bridger and Fitzpatrick the band n the Columbia a journey of 2,000 of trappers under their c s, By time the average emigrant Indians professel to be fri hed a point as far west as Brid- finally the Blackfoot chief came for-| er, he was badly in need of sup- ward toward the band -of trappers. | ples anc repairs, to his traveling out: holding the pipe of peace, A confer-| ‘it. The mountafnous nature of the ence was béing held in tho’ space be-| country, the fordinz of rvers and tween the two bands, when Br.dger| he overccming of other physical ob- rode up. For some reason or other,| ‘tates often played havoc with the he felt distrustful of the redmen. and| vagons, while the Indians very often as he approached he cocked his rifle. \i!1 the samo with the cattle. As many The chief, who was coming forward |of the emigrants were fairy wel su to meet him, heard the click of the; plied with money, Jim did a good gun, and grebbing the barrel. shoved business by selling horses, provir.ons ft away from him, just as the rifle|and by doing smith work, went off, Jerking the gun from| However, the emigrant was not the Bridger’s grasp, he hit him over thé|anly source of income at Fort Bridger head with it. The trapper also re-|in the carly days. Although the beav- colved two arrows in the back fromjer and other fur bearing animals theyother braves. Jumping on a horse | were not as plentiful as they were be- ‘chief galloped’ back to his band. |fore the coming of the Hudson Bay, BRIDGER, trapper, explorer, ide. Established ming in 1813; now known as Fort er. This fort was one of the important stations on the Oregou Bridger is gencrally civen the cfedit of being the first white man to seek the Great Salt Lake in Utah. = i T nd Bridger mace his way to the Rocky mountain and American Fur trappers. With both bands sheltered companies, in addtion to many in- by rocks and trees, the fighting dependent trappers, yet a certain number of these fur bearing animals still existec. in this section of the country. Although Bridger did not do a great deal of trapping in his later years, he bought a large number of furs from the Indians. After a few started and continued until darkness, when both the redmen and the trap- pers deserted the field. This fght with the Blackfoot chief was one of the very few hand-to-hand enegunter® in which Bridger was ever worsted. Tall and of powerful physi-|years Bridger had 5,000 beaver skins que, and a trapper in the Rocky in his possession. in addition to a mountains from the time of his youth |small number of other pelts. He took ‘hs was a fearless Indian fighter; as|them east, where the beaver skins a guice he was considered without | brought him seven dollars apiece, or peer, as he knew practically every | $35,000, while the other Delts swelled canyon and stream in this section of /the total up to $40,000, the country. the Mormon pioneers be BETTER RESIDENCE DISTRICT IS EXPANDING RAPIDLY; HOUSES OF VARIED ARCHITECTURE REARED ‘An architectural and cosmopolitan other than that they are just too nderland of new homos—that’s lovely for plain words. In 1847, Casper south and southeast of the; Homes, homes, homes. Every one end of the Grant street pavement. apparently with a great fireplace ‘What would you see in the way of capable of consuming good pine logs Dutch doorways met on either side with a roaring on cold, wintry nights; dy straight-backed settles, of Irish stucco exteriors around a home wor'd rounded of comfort; picturesque, unusual, “thatched” roofs of multi-tinted harmoniously and attractively differ- ahingles, 6f Puritan New England ing one from the other. Such im the homes with green shutters? Betake gcene one beholds :n the new district thyself, says the city guide, to the) All this fs, indeed, good to see. But aforementioned part of Casper. better still, and of more definite worth Dozens of bright, new homes are to that particular locality and to now nearing completion out” there, Casper, is to observe the baby car the skill and ert of each craftsman riages, sulkies, k'ddy cars, and the joined in produring beauty ## well @8 \ids themselves lining the streets out staunchness of structure. There 18 there. ‘These represent the rea! dissimilarity, which means distinctive- wealth of city. Every beautiful new ness, and every house has an indl- house promises to be a rea! and won- cottages with gently vidual pdrsonality. derful home. Many rhe have seen the trans-' Jp all probability the paving of formation that has taken place main: Grant street will be extended through tain they can identify the nationality, this addition with {ts different ram- and often ‘s are from. {fications also be!ng taken care of in th's respect. Within the next few years it {s expected a park will be put in so that recreation places and playgrounds will be provided for what now is evidently becoming an exclu- sive residential district of Casper. Strictly speaking, this particular lo- ca’tty alone can not be set aside as one of distinetively uniform good taste. There are veritable mansions and stately homes in all parts of the city. Throughout the whole section! of Casper lying on Center and both| sides of {t are striking examples of | new palatial res'dences, Outstanding among them are the homes now being the sectién of the countr: the state, the home bullde For instance, upon seeing a certain house a bet will be made that those wpe planned and built It are from en and are, furthermore, either English for of English descent. In- vestigation will often bear out the The whole process of assumption. these determinations {s, for one not intimately acquainted with peoples and homes the world over, rather mystifying. Besides all those charming homes patently seen to have been built on architectural plans strictly orthodox, Italian, Irish, Dutch, Spanish, New England’ and old New York, there tui ry Henning and Nicolaysen, are Hite than a‘tew of « type whicl| "y.. tne mofo expat boned OF Delnw & precludes accurate description. ‘These! 01. soned off for homes meeting| are the dear little, fairy dream @nd)iyg game high standard of excellent) airy castle homes of the sweethearts Construction, the district first men-| The electric spark flashed req came acquainted with both trapper east of Fort Br.dger, and Jim, after describing the advantages and (isadvantages of the Great Salt Lake valley to which they were going, de- clared that he would give a thous. and do'lars for the first ear of corn ripened in that valley. Bridger is aiso credited with many other stories. It is probable that he told them, generally in a highly ex- | aggerated form, more for the fun of |celling them than for any other rea- \m, because in time of danger, he was considered extremely reliable and trustworthy. both in action and in word, by his commanding officers. At one time. he was one of the very few who had seen the Yellowstone park. Tourists who have been there ey Feivavse This monument was built In 1914 by the State of Wyoming “and a few ‘nterested citizens” (so says the in . The inscription ites that +t Bridger was established as a later on the trading post and was Overland trail. MUSIC SHOPPE GIVES BARGAINS Once a year, the Music Shoppe, at 238 EB. Second street holds open house for the people of Casper, and offers astounding bargains to the music world, This year the establishment ‘s featuring its slightly used pianos and talking machines, which while eccond hand in price are new in ap- pearance and performance. The great sale is now on. The store was opened Saturday morning to a large crowd of bargain hunters, who ieft satisfied that they had for once purchased well above the buy- ing power of their money. ‘Talking machines, pianos, trumpets, saxophones, cornets and banjos are all among the sterling instruments featured. | 28 PerCentof | Chicago People American Born CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—{United Press-. —Only 28 per cent of Chicago's popu- lation of 2,701,705 1s American born, according to data gathered by the Chicago Association of commerce to- day. } Of these 752,329 American born, 109,458 are negroes. Po'ish born rank next h'ghest to the American born. There are 819,644 Poles here. German born rank next with 285,- 216; and Russians were fourth with a count of 230,66! Poison Candy Is Sent Woman And Young Girl MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 18—{Untt- ed Pross).—Calvin Harris, 41 years old, “boomer” switcbman tonight con feased to send:ng poisoned candy to the home of Mrs. H, C. Anderson with which he hoped to kill Mrs, Ander- son and her 15-year old daughter, Ger- trude, police declare. Harris was arrested Yriday, two hours after Mrs. Anderson and Jackee Mason, 6, had beon taken to a local hosp'tal near death from strychnine polsoning. Both may recover, a a ta Send ¢ automobile news t justaved couples. It is futile to 8*Y)tioneq stands alone, ‘—Cara Tribune. “Spark This building (minus a roof and with walls fallen tn is said to have once been the largest stora west of the Mississippl, Located at Fort Bridger, Wyo. At the left of ft and just to the rear is seen the ¢ of the old telegraph station built about 1862. establishing of the telegraph caused the across the same uired days on the part of the pony express, dger know that it is possible to catch and the fort. This company met the trout and cook him without ever mov-| ing from cold water is located within a few feet of each other in certain spots.|commarider, who later became a bril- Bridger, at present time) | anoy It will be recalled that the away of the pony express. distance in an instant that Late in the Johnston's the. spot, as the hot and er. Consequently, it was possible to catch “cooked trout.” Shortly after their meeting with Brigham Young and his party arrived at the fort. A stockade surrounding the place, which con- sisted of a couple of log houses with dirt roofs. At that time a small num- ber of people lived in the vicinity, in addition to Bridgen, and his partner, ‘Vacquez. Bridger’s wife was an In- dian, the trapper belng married about three times during his life. The pio- |neers stayed there for a couple of days while they were repairing wag- ons and shoeing horsea, then came on to Great Salt Lake. “fittl jor rather the place where it stood, became the headquarters for army, | coming to Utah. The fort was burned shortly before troops. Albert Sidney Johnston, Fort Vant Confederate leader, made the most of the ruins and built a guard- house and commissary, The main part of the army established winter quarters on Black's Fork, while the artillery and a number of men were left at the new fort. Later the army came to Utah and established a post once previous to their tablinhed in 1860, the arrival of the the about 36 miles south of Salt Lake city, which was called Camp Floyd. When the pony express was estab- came a post on the line, This method of carrying the mail reduced the time by one-half. Previously the best time made overland waa 21 days; the pony diank At one time it was necessary to 1 scontinue work~fur a period as the Indians had run off or killed most of he stock, and {t was almost as much as life was worth for the pony ex press rider to try to make his run. Today, Fort Bridger is one of the old landmarks; ke many other cities in the {ntermountain country, ft serves to recal the work of some early day trapper or frontiersman. Cody Wyo., brings to mind the work of “Buffalo Bill” the little town of Bonneville bears the same name as that of the Frenchman who was @ United States army officer, explorer and trader, Ogden, Utah, was prob ably named for Peter Skeen Ogden, one of the head men of the Hudson Bay Fur company, who established a post or fort in that vicinity in the Fort Bridger be-|early days; Provo, Utah recalls the work of Etienne Provost, a trapper for the Rocky Mountain Fur com- pany. In the sume way, Fort Bridger perpetuates the work of Jim Bridger. It is a Challenge Sale in every respect. ordinary sale. It’s far greater—it’s sweeping—it’s drastic. the largest stocks of men’s and boys’ Suits, Furnishings and Shoes in the west. Everything on the bargain block. Sale continues 16 days. SCOTT’S CHALLENGE) SALE It’s not to be confused with the One of COME AND GET YOUR SHARE | One Lot Men’s Work Shirts 75C One Lot Men’s Union Suits 65C uvod-Cotton Socks 2 Pairs 25C MEN’S CLOTH HATS Men’s Cloth Hats, All Colors $1.45 Sweaters Wool and Flannel Shirts At Money-Saving Prices OND One Lot Boys’ Underwear §j- Neckwear =| 35c ORE ATER Why pay exhorbitant prices for the act 1al necessities of life. Here is your big opportunity to make every dollar do twice and three times its regular duty. Scott Clothing Co. 240 S. CENTER STREET——-(PRICES NOT WORDS, TELL THE. STORY)——240 S. CENTER STREET One Lot Boys’ Wool Suits $6.45 One Lot Boys’ Caps Kincaid-Kimball Clothes The Best in the World: 1,000 Men’s Suits. 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