, 1922-12-20
RIVER BILL" WRITES OF HOLE
In THE WALL AND ITS OUTLAW MEMBERS
BATTLE CRY OF THE WORLD WAR STARTED WHEN WILD
WESTERNERS CHASED FIVE TIMES THEIR NUM-
Der BACK TO THE RHINE YELLING
POWDER RIVER
Casper Herald)

Powder River"-name CT blood
and epitome of all hat III left
of the old west. Slogan Of barking
ther. rh war s;.,r. that originated
in a saloon in Casper and went to
glory on the %stri:kenn field, T1and-
ers " en western raised do lgh !oys.
raw and green licked three times
their weight in Prussian guardsmesn.
Anybody who takes the westward
bound train out Of Casper will cross
Powdser River. Looking from com
Portable windows of thhe Pullman
one will mark a sand draw surround.
ed by blue adobe cliffs. The home
of horned toads and dogie steers not
yet accustomed to the strong range
feed of Wyoming.
That is Powder River. The Dry
Fork and the most cussed portion
Of a stream which has as great q
profane fame over the face of the
earth as the Mississippi.
In the year 1900. which may be a
year or two hither or thither. a rob
Der chieftan arose in the Red warll
country north of Natrona county
and his name was Kid Curry.
The main branch Of Powder River
is the principal stream in this sec
ton of the west It has many branch.
es. Some do not show on the topo
graphical maps of the state. ANY
old sheep-herder however, with years
of service in the Big Horns can tell
you about Powder River.
At any rate. there is Little Powder
River noted as the location of the
Ballard and Fish dipping pens, the
South Fork, the Middle Fork, the
North Fork, the Dry Fork AMI tho
Red Fork. All these eventually cal
inmate in Main Powder River.
But %discreetly and silently flo wing
through Natrcna County, II en-
counters the Dry Fork. it mas nc
ending or beginning. Silently Il
springs from the desars floor AMI as
silently vanishes in the i,<at AID
grease wood. Freighte-s in ,hc old
days on the Lander-Caspsr trail al
ways said that they coulI Gig az,
summer day into the bed u. isc i-y
Fork and get living water for hard
woked teams. s.
Civil engineers of tn, Enri,nstnr
and Northwestern .,is MY moi
wish to exhibit the figures but the
Dry Fork Of Powder River las been
one OF the consis. snt ana stu5h IL
foes Of Civilization
In the cool of the evening 1t nigh,
be nothing but a sand drew CHECKED
with burning alkali and It.s1ant
~ .,uSIupJm eIoyea STOOD 61res
might be a raging torrent, tearing
might be a raging torrent. tearing
and gnawing at the vitals of thous-
ands of dollars worth of railway
grade and bridging.
But getting back to the main story
Kid Curry came out of the north
the Musselshell country and the
breaks OF Little Big Horn in Montana
In the bunk houses on COW ranches
today, they VIII tell you that Kid
Curry and his brothers were nesters
who were stripped and framed" in
the early cattle wars until they turn
Gu dballSL law dnQ OIutI.
was a strong nan and he gathered g
Whatever the reason, Kid Curry
was a strong man and he gathered
was a strong man and he gathered a
about him. Their principal prey
was the fast mail on the Union Pa
cific railroad. They wasted no time
on cattle rustling, horse stealing Oh
petty holdups.
They had their headquarters al
the Hole in the Wall Ranch, eighty
miles northwest OF Casper, an i'm
pregnable camp surrounded BY
frowning red rim-rocks. Here it was
said in the old days.a good marks
man with a winchester saddle CUR
or 5000" could hold the place
against an army as there was only
one narrow entrance.
The Hole in the Wall" gang rode
two hundred and fifty miles over
land to hold up trains and they die
the ride on horseback. All were ex