Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 289

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(WEST--MONTANA.) "Great Indian Fight! Gen. Custer Killed! 300 Men Slaughtered by the Indians," in an issue of the Daily Oregonian Statesman. 4 pages, 20 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches, on one folding sheet; disbound, minor wear and dampstaining, San Francisco subscriber's penciled name and inked stamp on front page, later private collector's embossed stamp on second leaf. Salem, OR, 9 July 1876
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A Western paper featuring a stacked single-column headline to begin the first page. The provenance of the news is carefully traced from a scout who survived the 26 June fight and made it to Stillwater, MT, where the report was picked up in Helena, MT, then Salt Lake City, before being seen in Oregon.