Cavalry at Deep River, 1909 (Random Old Photos)

A not-so-recent purchase, but I only just recently got around to tracking down this event in the 1909 microfilm. Turns out it was nothing, really; the cavalry just happened to stop by on its way from somewhere else to somewhere else. But I'm sure its presence woke up the sleepy villages of Deep River and Ainsworth for a couple of days.

From the "Local Drifts" column of the Hobart Gazette, July 30, 1909:

The little town of Deepriver was exceptionally honored Monday [July 26, 1909] by a military force of about three hundred cavalrymen from Ft. Sheridan, Ill., passing through from Toledo, Ohio; the troopers pitched tent just east of the river bridge and remained until Tuesday when they moved toward Cedar Lake. They created quite an excitement in the village.

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Neither postcard was used. Their backs look like this:



A couple of online reference sites contend that that style of Artura stamp box first came into use in 1910 or 1911, so either A.F. Haase took his time about getting these photos printed up into postcards, or I've just inadvertently uncovered evidence that could shake up the world of postcard dating, in which case those shadowy organizations that have long suppressed the truth about Artura stamp box styles will soon be after me.