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Homesteading in Trego County
Coyote
Coyote had its beginnings in 1866
when it served as a terminus for the Union Pacific Railroad. Stopped
by the 1867-1868 winter, railroad workers lived in dugouts until
the line continued onto Denver. Daily stages traveled from Coyote
to Denver and freight was hauled by the wagon loads to the Colorado
and New Mexico mining towns.
Arriving in Coyote in 1870, Ben O. Richards oversaw the section
house before it was moved to Collyer. Ben and his wife also boarded
railroad workers for a weekly rate of $2.50.
A son of Russian Czar Alexander II, Grand Duke Alexis and his
hunting expedition escorts, Buffalo Bill Cody, General Phil Sheridan,
General George Custer, and Spotted Tail, made Coyote their headquarters.
The expedition occurred in 1872.
Although its exact location is unknown, it was west of Collyer
and west of WaKeeney 12 ½ miles.
The ethnicity of its settlers remains unknown.
Sources
Beason, Mildred
Cass. “Pioneer Reminiscences of Emery Cass.” Chap
in. Local History
as Presented to the Trego County Historical Society. 4th ed. n.p.
1976.
Harvey, Ethel
M. “Facts Concerning Collyer, Trego County, Kansas.”
Chap. in History
of Collyer, Kansas. n.p. n.d.
Purinton,
Mrs. Ray. “History of Collyer, Kansas.” Chap. in Local
History as Presented to
the Trego County Historical Society. n.p. 1973.
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