, 1925-04-09

time.
While speaking of the old mill in
west Rawlins will say that Roy S..
Bailey n myself received the scare
of our young lives there one day.
There was a gondola car standing on
the switch near the cut and of course
we were looking for something to do
like all kids, and in our travels came
to this car. The brakes were set
tight. Chat was before air brakes)
but we procured a good stick and
the rest was easy. The car started
easily enough but when we had at
tanned enough speed and tried to
stop it, 1t would not stop. So we
jumped just before it struck a string
of cars near the paint mill and when
we hit the ground we were running
and in less time than it takes to
tell 1t we were mingling with the
other kids down les Changers store
and from our looks and actions we
were all innocence. But / assure you
we were two scared boys and l don't
know about Roy Bailey but l know
l did not go near the scene of our
exploit for many moons, and as a
general thing, you know it pays to
advertise, but we did not do so for
several and various reasons, which
some of the older residents may re-
member.
This picture shows the old rail-
road hotel alongside the track on the
South Side and the first manager
/ can remember was Capt. Lang, a
big, fat, red faced man and one of
the ~jolliest men l ever knew and was
yary pOnu1ar Will nvnrvnnn II wa
afterwards named the Maxwell house
Shelter and wife was a very popular
hotel. (By the way the first hotel
that stood there burned down but
l remember very little about the cir
c~umstances.)
The old passenger depot just east
of the hotel appears in this picture
and the first agent I remember was
Joe B. Adams and he and his fam
lily lived in the depot building, and
Chas. Adams, a SON, was n of the
early Rawlins boys.
The second U. P. agent was I
think Tim Kinney who afterward
moved to Rock Springs and for many
years was a large sheep raiser.
Chas. E. Chrisman was the last
agent thal 1 III iAS
and he was the agent l believe for
many years.
This picture shows me the resi-
dence of G. C. Smith at the west end
on the South Side and next the
house of Lawyer Lewis and where l
passed many days of study with Mrs.
Next appears Dummy" wilson's
,>Io ,l,,,,;tb arI uaupp cbnn and in
front of the shop the house occupied
by A.. Miller and family. (This fam
lily moving to- Buffalo, Wyoming
~later).
Next the residence OF G w. Dur
ant and family and just across a
| small ravine was the residence OF
| P. ]. Foster. Next east the house of
p. Heagney, my father, and then j.
V. Cantlin before he moved to Ferris,
Wyoming, so miles north of Raw
Inns. Next was the home of Mrs,
! Donohue, two sons, Jack and Sigel,
and a daughter Mrs. McAllister, also
a young lady relative, Minnie Bailey
who became Mrs. Tom Cook and after
Mr.. Cooks death became the wife
Of one of the most popular COW boys
in wyoming, Ed. Leinberger. and
believe they are now some place in
California.
Then came the house of Mrs. Mat
thews and two sons John and
Charlie, and then the old barn of r
w Baxter and afterwards owned by
Chas. j. Johnson.
Right here in this picture a water
tank which stood just north Of the
old pump house obstructs the view
or I believe I could see the large