Walter Blackstone

A special dispatch from Casper, Wyoming dated July 11, 1895 says that the body of Walter Blackstone, son of Mrs. S.A. Blackstone, of Blair, was found in Platte River, sixteen miles west of Casper. Mr. Blackstone had been herding sheep for the last six months for R.H. Rheinholdmatz. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning.

Note: Since the actual date of death was not given, the dispatch date was used.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~