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An Echo from the Past
A recollection of "stray echoes" of the cattleman's war by Moreton Frewen, who was the head of the Powder River Cattle Company in the early 1980s. He wrote this recollection to S.P. Penton, an individual identified with the life insurance business in…
Early Years
The Sandbar from 1914 to 1919
The Boom
Construction and expansion of the Sand Bar.
Vice and Violence
The violence and crimes in the district.
Civic Responses
Attempts to clean up the district.
The Good Side
The good side of the district.
The Show Biz
There were a great number of shows put on by the theaters in the Sand Bar.
The Great Depression
The Great Depression in the Sand Bar district.
Declining Times
District blackouts and a post war boom.
Urban Renewal
The formation of the Urban Renewal Agency and the demolition of the Sand Bar district.