Gilmer, Salisbury & Co.
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[[File:GilmerSalisburyAd.jpg|thumb|right|Ad from Deer Lodge paper 1871]] | [[File:GilmerSalisburyAd.jpg|thumb|right|Ad from Deer Lodge paper 1871]] | ||
| − | 1870's, Proprietors Jack Gilmer and Monroe Salisbury; purchased surplus of UT assets, and the Idaho and Montana branches of the [[Wells, Fargo & Co.]] line. Bought out [[Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage, Mail and Express Line]] in 1876. Operated the [[Deadwood Line]] between Cheyenne, Wyoming and the Black Hills(present day Hwy. 87 and 85). Soon after this line began operating [[Western Stage]] began a competing line. By 1880 became one of the most powerful corporations in the West; far exceeded those of Ben Holladay and passed the goal set by Wells, Fargo & Company. At the end, lines ran from the Canadian border to southern UT, from the Great Plains to the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains. | + | 1870's, Proprietors [[Jack Gilmer]] and [[Monroe Salisbury]]; purchased surplus of UT assets, and the Idaho and Montana branches of the [[Wells, Fargo & Co.]] line. Bought out [[Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage, Mail and Express Line]] in 1876. Operated the [[Deadwood Line]] between Cheyenne, Wyoming and the Black Hills(present day Hwy. 87 and 85). Soon after this line began operating [[Western Stage]] began a competing line. By 1880 became one of the most powerful corporations in the West; far exceeded those of Ben Holladay and passed the goal set by Wells, Fargo & Company. At the end, lines ran from the Canadian border to southern UT, from the Great Plains to the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains. |
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| + | The senior partner, John T. "Jack" Gilmer (1841-1892), started his career as a bullwhacker for [[Russell, Majors & Waddell]]. Later he served as a stage driver for [[Ben Holladay]] and as the agent on the Bitter Creek Division. After a making a fortune in the express business, it was lost in mining. He died in the 1892 in Salt Lake City. The ghost town of Gilmore, Idaho, was named for him. The Post Office, in the establishment of a local post office, misspelled his name. His partner, Monroe Salisbury, was sued by the federal government in the 1890's, for fraudulent overcharging of the post office for express services in the Dakotas and Montana. | ||
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| + | In 1883, Gilmer and Salisbury sold the Deadwood line to Russell Thorp. | ||
Operated many "Star Routes" including daily stage lines through [[Miles City]] from [[Bozeman]] (325 miles to the west) and [[Bismarck]] (325 miles to the east). | Operated many "Star Routes" including daily stage lines through [[Miles City]] from [[Bozeman]] (325 miles to the west) and [[Bismarck]] (325 miles to the east). | ||
