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William Henry Perkins, better known as "Moccasin Bill" Perkins (December 24, 1825 – November 13, 1904), was a frontiersman, scout, and hunter. [1] Born in Indiana, he learned to trap and hunt as a child when the area was a wilderness.
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
Leadville, CO Silver mining Strike as many as 11 Leadville Miners' strike: The union asked for a wage increase of 50 cents-per-day for those making less than $3-per-day, to restore a 50-cent cut imposed in 1893. The county sheriff and his deputies supported the strikers.
The Alexandria Times-Tribune is a weekly newspaper [1] in Elwood, Indiana, United States. The paper has a paid circulation of approximately 1,850 and an on-line edition. [2] It covers the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Times-Tribune focuses on community news, sports, businesses, and community events. [2]
Leadville is a high mountain town and the winters are long and bitterly cold; many miners died of exposure and starvation. Crime was rampant and lawmen were unable to cope with it. Many small shanty towns grew up around Leadville, including Poverty Flats, Slabtown, Finntown, and Boughtown.
Location of Madison County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for ...
The Matchless Mine in Leadville, originally owned by Horace Tabor, known as "The Silver King". The Colorado Silver Boom was a dramatic expansionist period of silver mining activity in the U.S. state of Colorado in the late 19th century. The boom started in 1879 with the discovery of silver at Leadville.
The Leadville Trail 100 MTB is the second oldest of the well-known 100-mile (160 km) marathon mountain bike races held in the United States, the oldest being the Wilderness 101 in central Pennsylvania. The Leadville Trail 100 MTB was first run in 1994 and has become one of the best marketed, attended and known marathon events in mountain bike ...