Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little Big Horn did its part
to win fame for the Big Horn Basin, and much has been written about
the famous characters of Wyoming. But until now the region which is
Wyoming's last frontier has not received comprehensive treatment.
This new study examines the Big Horn Basin during its frontier
period.Isolated by Indian lands and impassable natural barriers,
the Big Horn Basin remained a frontier for years after the frontier
faded from other Western regions. The Indian Treaties of 1868 had
left the Basin effectively encircled by Crow, Sioux, and Shoshoni
Indians. The Yellowstone cordillera, Big Horn River and Wind River
cut off travel on the west, east and south. Secluded and remote,
the Big Horn Basin attracted only the most rugged and foolhardy,
giving it a history distinct in the American saga. Trail breakers,
fur traders and gold seekers, the first to open the Basin to
settlement, are each highlighted. The efforts of Jedediah Smith,
Charles Kemble, William Gordon, Robert Campbell, William Ashley and
others were the first to blaze routes into the Basin for fur trade.
There is much information on military expeditions and Indian
encounters led by the likes of Lt. John Mullins, Lt. Henry E.
Maynadier and Capt. William F. Reynolds, and Col. Nelson A. Miles.
James Bridger, Edward Shelly, and the Expedition of 1870 figure
prominently. The adventures of various prospectors are included.
Stock growing entrepreneurs and alliances receive prime attention
in this study. The disastrous winter of 1886-1887 and the Johnson
County Invasion are described at length. Cattlemen Mason and
Lovell, Torrey, and a great many others are discussed in a sweeping
roster of who's who. Horse and cattle thieves, robbers and outlaws
are discussed, including Hank Gorman, Charles and Ed Anderson, and
Albert Nard. The lawmen who brought justice to Wyoming are also
heralded here: Thomas R. Adams, Ed Lloyd, and Walter W. Peay among
others. The railroad through the Big Horn Basin and its impact on a
once impenetrable frontier are spotlighted. The importance of the
Hill Line, Toluca Line, Lower Hanover Canal Project, and Wind River
Canyon Dam are all brought to light. Water appropriation, the Carey
Act, and other development, immigration and settlement
projects-including Mormon settlements-are all addressed by Woods.
Governor William Alford Richards, W. S. Collins, and W.D. Pickett's
contributions are chronicled.
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