Johnson County High School - Wyomalo Yearbook (Buffalo, WY)

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DMI I ,4M'l'b-- NA aX,N21l,i A Q. 30 stttlcmc nt Vllth the soldxexs gone there was small hope fox th m lf the lndxans should st ut anythm Nt tnms then wele flom ten to flfteen hurmred Indians ln the LOWII hut thu did not molest the people Ore dav a man pomp olt of town a sholt dlstancc happtned to sec an Imll xn susnal smoke Phe slgznal was made by llfllflllli. 21 blanlxel our a small int and suddenly tak ng It off When th blanket was taken off the smoke lose xerx h1g.,h m 1 thm tolumn 'Ihe man seelng this xushed back to town and spread tht alarm that the IIlClldYIQ were on the war path The people wele telxxfled by thzs mnounununt and about all they could do 1 as to pupau for death They w uttd x long, tlllle canh nunutc expectmr the Indxans to come but no Indians fxex tame 'md they 11n'1lly deurlul that thls was a false alarm and eyen though the man dld see the slgnal smoke It n u t not have meant war In the spungr to the great lellef of all they recened word that the soldiers wele Lommg back Thue was much happy excxtemeut and pzeparatxon ln the little settle ment of Buffalo on the clay of the 1 turn of tne tl00pb They managed to brmg to gether a band of fue membels and the majorxtv of the people alonv with the band marthed out the load to meet the xetuxmng soldiers The excitement was hlgh the fuends and the only QOUILS of pzotettxon back onue mole The little band tlled to play but the big, Dlllltdlv band of OXBI sixty pleces h'l21Ch6d out f0Ul ableast and stopplne ln fxont of the llttle band of fue played then best Aftel this exely one utuxmd to town and the mxlltaly band lmed up on each slde of the stleet and played Phan the 1.1 oops went bank to the fort M1 lllll s soft southern dlawl LICW stlll sottex and his face YIQXV thoughtful as one s does when mentally llvlng ln the past and gomg back ove' the days that used to be We wondel ed what blought a southern man to such a wlld countxw as he had Just bun CllSllllJlI'lj., HOWQWEI he soon answued oul as yet unasked question I was sent to Buffalo to stalt a law office and fm a tlllle I was Clerk of the llllltl d Qtntes District Court of N01 thexn Wyommg At one time I thought of leavms. Vlvomm but than seemed to be a cutaln f2SL1I'ldf,l0Il About the country whlch seemed to t all mt and hold me hack and I could not leawe I loxed tm twlllght the sunset md tht sumxsr I loyed the mountalns too M1 lllll also spoke several tlmcs of the people 'lhay wut a good solt so xetk lt ss so rough md leady and always plepaled fol w hat lllljaht come be xt a good tlme ox flghtlllg fo1 then Ines More than that they wele always so flnndlx so kmd md good So wlth tht people and the country as two xuy ,ood reasons M1 Hlll IN stlll .1 contcntcd lCNl1lQIIt of Buffalo YVXOIIIIYU., IAINF SMITH Buffalo unhl 19111 wav- the largest Inland town ln the I S and the stale coach was the only mean of travel This fonvh wus. hplc-nl of those used by the early pioneer lpllllllli' uvultmsx of Mn- Alben! Holland' TIHRILEN . o X P' ,..'JJ f - -'-I ffxs y-- --- W- ' -. T . N' w 1'-'J , . t 'K - .5-,l '-1 - ' ' --1 -A 95. - , 1 :- .,f 1 3-rf ,, ., . f , .f Y V 1 9 A- I I x . . 1 ' I 15 y- - f - X- 'Q - A 3 l , K F I. : . . y ' 2-. A, ' - ,S .J . . ' 4 '. ' I ' , ' ' h H' . I ' ' Y ' r A ' ' . ' '. - - A - . 'z .-'f s ':. ' .' '. J ' f A ' .,. . L. . ., . D. , , .3 ' H , 3 . -3 . . ' .4 , . V. y t, ' Y ' C ' 4 . V , 7 ' ' , . s , - 1 .4 R. . , . . . . ', A L ,, . . - , . . . I . 'A 2 . . , ' . , A , V F. . , . - , - . ' v .2 I 1 2 ,f 'Tl Y 3: . ' -I 7 Ar I. ' li' ' , 4 3' ' 3 7 - y K . 5. C , , .. D , . A ,4 , s. ,. . b. 0 1 S . , I y ae u I Q sl 1 t - r . . V ' . . . 4 . , K . 1 - '-I 1 Deo ale were talkin Y. shoutin and some were cr 'in so ha Y were the ' to see their w . ' . , . 1 i J, . A , ' T ' ' , .yi , .' ' ,. ' . - . . . y V. I,. . L x . y . . ' . . V . , . , v . , ' ' . , ' I ' . . . . s f , . , , sy .. ' 1. L, L . .. ,. . , ' 'I - ' - . . L . . 1, ,' . . . , ' ' ' s Y, ' , A. I4 , I 7, Y 1 - w a i I n v v 1 ' S4 rx s--tv' ' ,.. V ., S 4 - fl. . L v A-I :Z Z H . . , . . ' . . - ' - V A . , . .. ' f . z '. ' . ' ' ' , ' 1 r ' ' f V. 'gy y.,k,, . .,..' 'V.'. ' 2 . ., ,'. A .2 I . -7 . v . v ' , -' ' y . S 5 , e ' . '. f ' ,, . -' ' L L. - Av 3 1. ' ,As l . ll ' 1 , , , - 1 . I- A- v T. - . -- L A Y I Z . ,. . . uv . . . , . ' ,- . ' ' . ,. - ' . ' ,. ' . . ' - ' 1 1 I - V . ,. y .' , v . ,' 2 r ' - - 1 ' , j ' '. . . ' . , '32, 4' . 1 , K ' .- s' . Q- . I, 1'1 . ' A , ,- ' - , , 1' I ' - A ' H. - v l . - . ' ' .' ' ' I 7. ., ' ,' S

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Off fX ...z-. 4 4 4 9 PXIJX B111 X10 R 1 I Hll I NR leaned hack In hls easy th'111 and peeled klndly mel hlS glassea it us Bcfolc us wax .1 glaw headed man of about 5lXtV M2118 of age and a txplcal old SOLltl'l6lD ccnllenlan, ue had come to lcaln lf we could some of hla experl ences as a DIOHLQI ln kfXY0llllYlf Hc conxelscd 6'iSll3 ln hw blow Q0l.llll'lLlIl drawl lll those claw, he Qald when a pelson wlshed to come to Buffalo from the I' 'lst one may ol 101111112 w IS to come ae fal ai Nllles Clty on the Nolthwestern Rall load Thllt the lalllofld ended ind the tlavclcl coxeled the lelnallllng Z'm0 mlles from Nllleb Cltw to Buffalo ln a stage coach Thle uae 1 long, hdld loulncv and full of haldehlpb The staec coacheo could not llc LldNQlfI9il as conlfoltablc the llllNElN VNLIQ rough and lecklcss and there wele fhancee of hung attacked by llflflltlfllllb Indlans Thexe 'Vlele wclx tev. old peoplc 01 xl OIIIQD xx ho mldc thc tllp lt xx ae too hard Johneon C ountx uae much lalgel then than It IQ non It was as lalge as Qonlc of thc Nllldllll elwtcln xt.-xtu VK hen Ml Hlll BIIIXGII thcle WSIB haldlv any men ln the county who W0l9 ovcl f0l ty ye nw of alre and thele wcle only tvso women ln the county but llttl mole 'XNOIHLTI came Thlnk of lt Nald Ml lllll a lonc h3l5lt3tlOIl 2l0 lhlleb from any WhLlGl Host of thc housee 'lnd xtorcs tllcn wele of logs The coult house had just been bulll Thele xsele a few lesldcnces and stolew md Z3 saloonb Thc town had been QIAI ted b8fOlC thc land was Qulweyed and the stolea and houacs VVCIL hullt along an ox tlall, and conscqucntlx the mam '-tlcet at the plcsent tlme IQ Cl00l-xifl WYOIIIIUQ was a blg cattlc country then and lt was then th It thele VNGIC bo many c lttle luetlcm and c lttlc w ns Phe much heald of Gleat Inxaslon was ln 1892 Ml Hlll sud that folty WSAIS aflo, ln 1890 thele was a wal lll Dakota wlth the lndlans called thc Wal of the Wounded knee There Wai a folt old FOlt McKlnney about thlcc 1l1ll9S meet of Buffalo whele the Wyonllng Soldlers and Sallors Honle 13 located noxl Thc S0lfll01Q lt thle folt x ele the pl otectlon of the people ln the 'settle ment of Buffalo, hut when thc lx Il wlth thc SIOUX bloke out ln Dakota the aoldlcls H0111 Folt NILIXIIUIQW VKQIQ needed thele When thu 'Stdlfill lnd Cclllli thloueh tovxn on thell nav thelc was much exclte ment all thc peoplc lllihilil out lrto thc StlQ8t to hld thelll falewell 501111, ytlllllg' and V1 mc clwln-f Thc f0ll0XNlIlg, lxllltcl was 1 Vtlllthl of fcal and unceltalnty f0l all ID the llttle xcctlcment lhcx xlclm Qllllillllllllll on all qldea by VRIIOUQ tubes of Il'1llIal lS and no om kncxw xshcn Nomc ot thcqc Ind: IHS lnlprht comc lll on them dlld klll cxely one ln the The U Q Krmy poet, Ft Mchlnncy as It looked ln 1881 Thu old fort furnwhed wc-curltv and protection for the pmnc-ers nl' the rezmn lllllflllt counts x lf MYR Alllvrt Hcllwndl 1wCl.vE 44 . .. o - ,fa ,V Qifillfau U--- ... ht... Q ...- -',f Vt V V - ,..9.. ,. V ,fff f V, .'gr 5f,3 .4 f V 4 A - - V - - - ll V 'Nw' f ' V: V -1. . '-- . . ,--L: -,..- 'VV' Ho. .V Ni' 'J 'a '-Jw f EI I IWW I .4 ,. ....- -A -ILE, :,Vf.II. ,ANU V.,e, .V ,. . ' v s,f-' , V . 4. ' go .V mf: g ,V I ' S Ig' 'QI in af' .I-g 4. 1 v Y 'N 1 Q r 1 4 ' A- J , .L I V' 'I ' V 1 1 . v ' ' 1 1 - , ' u . u ' 7 v . . . . 1 1 L . - V - A' f , V L . - l ' V , V V V . -. V- . v' V , -1 1 -. . . , , . I . I , I V .V V . ,., V . V , V . ,V - A . - V , I - . , , . . , ' Q ' V ' - 4 v uw A . l . Q 1 1 1 - . - c ' ', ,.. 1 f . 1 ., - - . ' . U V V, l- ' ll . ' . . e, I . ., , V ' V- V ' . ' V. V . . V V ' ' . . ' - H. , 1 , . . , . V 3 V , I I V. ' V C 2 - 1 V . . V . . ' ' - 7 ' I LV V I IV V I- f . , I cl 'I V, I 2 . . - I' l ,I . V I ' -I I. I . , . - . ' V . . V ' ' . 1 . V . , V' V .V V , . . 1 - - 1 - - - N- c , . .,., . . . I ' ,' . . . V V V - V . - V V V, - . ' V V, - - V V i 1 l - I - I I U ' V V- I . . - + - 1 ' 'I V -- V - A I 5 ,. . ,. II. ,. ,. V1 , V ' ,. . V . V ' . V V V . V 1 . . V . . 1 . V , . V V V ' . C 'f y 1 2 x - - V , . I ll ' . ' ' 'v ., ' V . ' u, I ' ' 4 r ' . V , . , . . V - . V s . . ' : -' 1 ' : - ' . ' ' .I I w y 1 1 v - ' I - 1 - : 2 C: I 4. x - I , . . , . V. 3 I V V V I . I . I , .X ' . .. ' . , I., , V , ' I. V, I .,I. 'II . ., H 7 ' . V V . ' . , . I 'I . 2 ., V V . . V ' ' 1 Y n - v Q .4 u 11 V . 1 l 1 -1 1' - 1 . 5 c . ' . 4 P c . , ' V . , I I2 . I. . I . III I I V . . . V - - .. 1 . V ' .I V , ., , - , , ll n L y n 5 g . .I , I. .I I I . ,I. I. . I I - ' V- N. v 1 - . v I av X l 3 'z ' A . l ' . ' 1 7- v - - . - V - 1 . I V5 I c c I AA 4 v 1 4 n I ,u I u v . V v 1 n 1 1. , 'I , . ' c ' I , 1 I I ' V . , .- u x 3 - ' , 1 1 n 1 3 y 5 , . . . , . .V V . , .- 1 , .a. U , ' .' ,. V' , . V. IV 2 V' X V 5. . . . . ' ' . . ' ' . , A , V V , . , V . , . ' V V' .' V ' . . .I I . I I . . II , . I , V - l V - . - l VI l 3 I- - . - l V -

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