Sundance, is a little town in Northeastern Wyoming, not far from the South Dakota Border. The closest town people probably have heard of is Spearfish SD. Or if any one goes to Sturgis SD for that big motorcycle rally, its about 30 miles west of Sturgis. Also where Devils Tower National Monument is. Probably known to people as the monument Richard Drifis kept sculpturing in Close Encounters of the 3rd kind. Also where the Sundance Kid got his name. It has a low population, even for Wyoming standards, which has the lowest population per square mile in the US. I don't know if Charles Sackett's relatives are still in the state, but a local dentist in my town in Wyoming is named Charles Sacket. I have never met him. K Russell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thurmon E. King" <thurmonking@juno.com> To: <SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 12:14 AM Subject: [SACKETT-L] Charles H. Sackett - Part 2 > LAST RITES ON TUESDAY FOR CHARLES H. SACKETT > ------- > Funeral services for Charles H. Sackett, pioneer resident of this city > who was shot and killed at Sand Creek on July fourth, were held at the > Commercial Theatre on July 6th, Judge Harry P. haley, officiating. A > quarted, Mr. and Mrs Edwin Rounds, Mrs. H. P. Haley and Roger Thomas, > with Mrs. Leslie Hooper at the piano rendered several selections. > > Mr. Sackett had written his own obituary which was read by Judge Haley, > as follows: > > Charleh Henry Sackett, born September 2, 1859 in Deleware County, Iowa, > son of Jesse Sackett and Elizabeth Michaels Sackett. Father died whien I > was 12 years old, my mother when I was4. Attended school seven months > all told. > > In my early life worked on the Mississippi River boats, learned to cook, > but could not stand the confinement. Came to Dakota Territory with a > government surveying crew in 1879. Township work in Sully and Highes > Counties. Outfit returned in 1880. I was give an instrument and made a > U. S. Government surveyor. > > In November the Northwestern Stage and Transportation Company moved down > from Bismark and I obtained work in the freight house. All amil and > express freight and passengers had to be ferried across the Missouri > River. Few men could pull an oar or liked to be ducked in the "Big > Muddy". I could do one and was not afraid of the other so the times that > the river was bad, that was my job. The other man was Richard Clark, > (Deadwood Dick). > > During the summer I filled in wherever there was a man short, in fact, a > utility man. Was cook, messenger, stage driver, watchman and > weighmaster. Was even loaned out to the Wyoming stage company when they > ran short of men. > > In 1885 the C. N. & N. W. R. R. was completed to Buffalo Gap. That put > my company out of business. November 16, 1885 I went to work for W. H. > Blair of Rapid City as a bartender. Continued in his employ until > December, 1889. Then prohibition. Moved the Blair saloon to Sundance, > Wyoming. Opened in Sundance on April 30th, 1890. Sold the saloon to > Serasio, November 12, 1917. Established the Sundance Garage in 1913. > Retired in February, 1936. > > Was married to Mary E. Holmes at St. Cloud, Minnesota in January 1890. > She died November 2, 1928. ATHE PERFECT WIFE. > > All I ask is, that my friends can say that I was a Square Shooter. > C. H. SACKETT > > Mr. Sackett also left the following poem by Edgar A. Guest to be read at > the services: > "Instructions" > > There was a band of black on hes arm, and they said > "He is mourning still for his lovely dead." > But when I am gone, if you mourn for me > Paint not your grief for the world to see. > Remember me down through the few left years > Rather with smiles than with sighs or tears. > Walk through the world, as you've always done > With a word of greeting for everyone. > If others are happy, then you be gay > Don't carry your grief to their holiday. > Customs are nothing. Your love I know > Will follow me on when I'm called to go. > And if I shall wonder how much you grieve > I shall look at your heart and not your sleeve. > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb blocks attachments. So sharing photos is not possible through > the list; send off-list individually. If you have a text file you wish to share, save it as text and insert the text into your message. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >