, 1879-06-28
Towns that Sprung Up During
the Building Of the Kansas
Pacific Railroad.
Places that Had Very UnsGvory Repu.
tatfon, md Where Lffo Was
Held Very Cheap.
Abilene md "Wild Bill "---El'Bworth
and Happy 1aok" "--.Hays City
and Judge" Joyce. 4.
The Great Change for the Better
that IS Now Exhibited.

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iauos 1"e s"pp'9 VI ."e 'A'4oae .'u" 1.ho"c'ea
and afny.posA in inc gfeot region 10 the west
and ssouth~eat, ana ts'o sale shipment OF 1io
Immense drorea Of 1e1as cattle east. Prior to
tho conulancetnaut OF this road. all thesu goods,
totn|Dr tYnn}eucnts anr u1achirerr, ar.ny an,J
,nf,,on eunnt.e etc.. werc frcfchtci frnm Ma.
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from st. Louis. But, with tlIe commencement
OF the road, It took them "a fat AZ completca,-
thc frclqhtcrs meattnc It at fsx tcrnfnus,-
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+b,x h,,.,ncs. t,,cr, ,xcr, .ona of tbo ,uo.t .rh
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try: but It's execution pnl carving ont REQUIRED
rrent arm, Of border mon. wh<, yc1tshctl Tic
free. Wild, roueb ltc on tic plains al,oya the
tamcr ou,i mn. on,ct wars ri rtv,lIzatfor,
AZ each terminal town the 1srcat bulk of tho
population was made up Of saloon u1,d Ounce
house kccpcrs, gamblers, pimps, prostitutes,
and COWBOYS, while thousands Of frelel,ters
Nc1o CONSTANTLY eu"ns a'Ia so"lE' eae@ OF
whom went IN for " a good time" on reaching
town, which he kept up TIL ready to start On
smother trim.
,.na.,,.at,n. ~ a ..a ~, .usas IN, Mas s's"
UFea'.aa''''' u loF e'', en'oseemen. n.o psesefsa-
tion of law aud order; but, 10 the hands OF the
men 10 whom the administration OF tho law wat
tnn a5 cfre;c ~ ~ .S e ,an,Iar poc " w
may easily he conceived tint eoi1e ot t.cir ways
,,",e ,yhofc nerto1 corcrfu.. M. N Ildur ~ tho
rosi, ~ rjrh +, nnnnls mmi ,rn;1iti,ns NJ Hort1ns
ilc w,rE. If "nin"re,1 mul nrrarTrc1. NJ thrv
acnt. c,,t,tintn" ,i,c romanti. iu,,rron.. ~ @ ant
trurfc. as anr gathered from fbc aoriy inv nf
r,iffurnin. Anv hj4torr al iii, stot, w.lI r IN.
complete which doc, not ra,ier IN nt,.i perpct-
nute il'ese chronicles oi tits Carly tl.ass THcir
mn.s[, ar,, Rut cne r,m,"', nm, % tn fa,l ,s
anrs ~ ,sa t,s, Mp, ~ wI, Inv - ssx s r,', "5
n,rt ~ whrb ,hrv xcs j. ~ fnrnsl; "tcriot 1t
Sr ono nj th nn,t tnt"rc.t;n,. rccs,rd. ~ I'm.
iinr'iif, rt,er ~ vi nr,,'nccS N IN. nj ,ho.c
III. \. Il ncartsiey+@nnv i reaif1cnt ~ s},,1
niarr ~ nm tu.,rhts,1 for c,s;ct 1stnrn,otct
1cwo,ft 10 tI,,sn linz. md 1cnts. D'"''''' ;"
Tt,c t;rcst ~ ~ thn.n hnrt,ar to,yn. .yo,
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AAs.saf,
1tO miles west OF tho altas0uTt Rlyer,-it being
then wlst OF any agricultural DEVELOPMENT.
From lSG9 10 1879 tt had thu pre-cmlncnco of
being tic iIrellest town tnat had cFrr existed up
tn tl4t tttEo IN tho West. there being more
gambling, lrlnllne. shooting. and general devil
try E1!slx on than III any othcr place OH tl,c face
VI the earth. rll:a state 0i things WIS krDt up
long nlter the railrnad tnl passcd,-tt being
pcrpcsnntcd ty tha Texas eattlr-incN, who made
this Their principal HhfnptnE point tit furccd to
10 farther west. 10 Ellsworth, by the settling 0f
lug country ~ farmers;
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a % n1I r. si'a; ~ ~ aI.,. m. uuSoe,f,no ponA
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m ", n,n. ~ us aaa5 s reaoy w tne snoot,
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