Section 3 Northeast Area Including Sheridan, Buffalo, Dayton, Gillette, and Newcastle
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SECTION 3 NORTHEAST AREA INCLUDING SHERIDAN, BUFFALO, DAYTON, GILLETTE, AND NEWCASTLE 184 wagons, a contingent of Pawnee scouts, nearly 500 cavalrymen, and the aging Jim Bridger as guide. His column was one of three comprising the Powder River Indian Expedition sent to secure the Bozeman and other emigrant trails leading to the Montana mining fields. During the Battle of Tongue River, Connor was able to inflict serious damage on the Arapahos, but an aggressive counter attack forced him to retreat back to the newly estab- lished Fort Connor (later renamed Reno) on the banks of the Powder River. There he received word that he had been reassigned to his old command in the District of Utah. The Powder River Expedition, one of the most comprehensive campaigns against the Plains Indians, never completely succeeded. Connor had planned a complex operation only to be defeated by bad weather, inhospitable ter- Section 3 rain, and hostile Indians. Long term effects of the Expedition proved detrimental to the inter- ests of the Powder River tribes. The Army, with the establishment of Fort Connor (Reno) increased public awareness of this area which Devils Tower near Sundance. in turn caused more emigrants to use the Bozeman Trail. This led to public demand for government protection of travelers on their way 1 Food, Lodging T Connor Battlefield State to Montana gold fields. Historic Site Ranchester In Ranchester Pop. 701, Elev. 3,775 Once the site of a bloody battle when General Named by English born senator, D.H. Hardin, Patrick E. Connor’s army attacked and destroyed Ranchester was the site of two significant battles Arapahoe Chief Black Bear’s settlement of 250 during the Plains Indian Wars. In 1865, General lodges. The battlefield is now located in the Patrick E. Connor, an aggressive, anti-Indian com- peaceful and beautiful city park. The site marks the military engagement that was part of the mander at Fort Laramie, was responsible for the I slaughter of 63 men, women, and children in an Powder River Expedition of 1865. The battle NCLUDING Arapaho village on the Tongue River. Only eight of caused the Arapaho to ally with the Sioux and his troopers died in the fight, and the victors took Cheyenne at the Fetterman Fight the next year. home 1100 ponies. Two days later, the Arapaho T Little Blue Schoolhouse retaliated by attacking a road-building expedition In Ranchester S headed by Col. James Sawyer. Three soldiers were HERIDAN killed, and Connor had to return to rescue the One of the areas oldest schools, it was moved rest. Peace movements in the East prevented to Ranchester in 1988. This 1902 one-room LVF Eatons’ Ranch school from the Parkman area has been com- 270 Eaton Ranch Rd near Sheridan. 655-9552. Connor from killing “all male Indians over the age Toll free 800-210-1049. www.eatonsranch.com , B of twelve,” as he had planned. In 1894, pletely restored. UFFALO Eatons’ Ranch is a dude and cattle ranch located N Ranchester became a shipping stop on the T Ranchester Museum Burlington railroad for the McShane Tie Company. on the magnificent, pine-covered eastern slopes ORTHEAST 145 Coffeen in Ranchester. 655-2284 of the Bighorn Mountains in northeastern Acme H The Battle of Tongue River Wyoming. Just eighteen miles west of Sheridan, , D Ranchester at Connor Battlefield Site. From the Greek for “high grade,” Acme was the Ranch consists of 7,000 acres of beautiful AYTON open country with rolling hills, grassy meadows named for its prime coal, known as “black dia- On this site during the early morning hours of A monds.” Once a coal mine camp, Acme was also a August 29, 1865, General Patrick Edward and hidden valleys. Twisting processions of cot- REA station on the Burlington railroad. It later gave its Connor led over 200 troops in an attack on tonwood and pine trees mark the course of tum- , G bling streams that roll out of the mountains. For name to the Acme Petroleum Corporation, a large Chief Black Bear’s Arapaho village. Connor had ILLETTE Wyoming oil company founded around 1900. departed from Fort Laramie on July 30th with 125 years, they have offered guests a western , Sheridan AND Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Average Max. Temperature (F) 33.3 38.5 45.6 56.5 66.6 76.4 86.2 85.5 73.7 61.3 45.5 36.3 58.8 N Average Min. Temperature (F) 9.0 14.4 20.9 30.4 39.6 47.6 53.8 52.4 42.4 31.9 20.0 11.9 31.2 EWCASTLE Average Total Precipitation (in.) 0.72 0.67 1.05 1.86 2.31 2.18 1.07 0.85 1.30 1.24 0.81 0.65 14.69 Average Total SnowFall (in.) 10.9 10.3 12.4 10.5 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.4 4.7 8.5 11.1 71.5 Average Snow Depth (in.) 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Wind Speed ( mph / kmh ) 8 / 13 8 / 13 9 / 15 10 / 17 9 / 15 8 / 13 8 / 12 8 / 12 8 / 13 8 / 13 8 / 12 8 / 13 Wind Direction NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Cloud Cover (out of 8) 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.3 4.5 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.7 5.4 5.4 www.ultimatewyoming.com 141 Montana SECTION 3 87 Section 3 Section 2 All Wyoming Area Codes are 307 0 Miles 13 23 One inch = approximately 11 miles Section 5 142 Ultimate Wyoming Atlas and Travel Encyclopedia Section 3 NORTHEAST AREA INCLUDING SHERIDAN, BUFFALO, DAYTON, GILLETTE, AND NEWCASTLE South Dakota South 143 39 Section 6 www.ultimatewyoming.com SHERIDAN Legend for Section Map AREA 00 Locator number (matches numeric listing in section) 20 f Campsite (number matches 00 number in campsite chart) N Main St k Fishing Site (number matches 00 number in fishing chart) Fort Rd 17th St Rest stop 15th St Interstate U.S. Highway 11th St Dana 3 90 Paved State or County Road 8th St St Broadway Gravel/unpaved road Highland Rd 5th St 5th St Main St Main experience and shared with them a way of life. Lewis St They are proud to carry on a tradition and pre- 1st St 23 serve a ranching heritage that goes back five gen- erations. The Eatons invite you to join them and Kentucky St 4 Scott St experience everything Eatons’ Ranch has to offer. Section 3 14 Once you have spent time here, you will always be part of Eatons’ and its history. Loucks St Burkitt St 2 Food, Lodging Dayton Pop. 678, Elev. 3,926 Dayton was named for banker Joseph Dayton 5 Thorn. It was established 1n 1882 and gained Colorado Rd fame in 1911 when Susan Whissler, the first woman mayor in the nation was elected. Dayton is also home to Wyoming’s first rodeo held in the 1890s. Parkman No Services Named for Francis Parkman, author of The Oregon Trail, this railroad station town was established in Airport Rd Sheridan Ave Map not to scale 1894. Coffeen Ave Coffeen T Hans Kleiber Museum Brundage Rd 520 Story in Dayton. 655-2217 25 14 The log cabin studio of watercolor artist Hans 87 Kleiber has been preserved for use as a museum and visitors center. Known as the “Artist of the Big Horns”, Kleiber’s work is world renown. Born in Cologne, Italy in 1887, his family moved to Massachusetts in the early 1900s. He later moved D ayton-Ohlman Rd West and after various jobs, moved to Dayton and established himself as an artist. The museum con- 87 90 DAYTON 14 9 tains his press, art books and a number of etch- 14 90 ings. The museum is open Monday through RANCHESTER Saturday during the summer, closed in winter. 1st Ave 2nd Ave All Wyoming Area Codes are 307 Map not to scale T Bald Mountain City 3rd Ave Fine-grained gold was discovered here in 1890, 4th Ave Broadway Ave 345 14 and for the next decade, prospectors flocked to Railway St Betty St 345 the area. In 1892, the Fortunatas Mining and Coffeen St Mlling Company helped establish the town, one Map not to scale Smith St Hardin St of the largest settlements in the Big Horn Gillette St Main St Wears St 1st Ave Halbert1st St Mountains. The cost of panning, however, out- 2nd Ave 2nd 14 Ave 3rd weighed the value of the yields, and gold fever in Campbell St Barker Rd Tongue River Canyon Rd 14 Gillette St the area ended by 1900. 144 Ultimate Wyoming Atlas and Travel Encyclopedia H Connor Battlefield State 11th St Marion St Historic Site 10th St Dayton and Gillette St in Dayton 14 Hillpond Dr N Sheridan Ave In 1865 General Patrick E. Connor led the Holmes St Yonkee St 3 Powder River Expedition into this area. This 8th St Skeel St expedition was part of a broad military program 7th St Spaulding St 6th St to bring the Indians north of the Platte River Custer St 5th St 90 under control and halt their depredations along Joe St the Western Trails. 14 Avon St 3rd St Greystone Av Florence Av Exeter Av Delphi Av Clarendon Av Bellevue Av Adair Av Val Vista St At this site Connor’s command located and N Gould St Broadway St Crook St Burton St 22 attacked a large party of Araphao under Black 2nd St Bear and Old David, destroying 250 lodges.