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Daily Yellowstone Journal - January 3, 1889

The total eclipse of January 1, 1889, was notable in that it occurred on New Year's Day, the first time this had happened anywhere on Earth in almost 500 years and the last time it would for another 700. This was also another "Wild West" eclipse. The western states and territories were a good place to be for eclipse chasers in the second half of the 19th century; every total eclipse that occurred in the U.S. over those 50 years was visible from at least somewhere west of the Mississippi. The Daily Yellowstone Journal of Miles City, Montana, published this report about the eclipse on January 3. It describes how the eclipse appeared to a group of local observers and notes that the spectacle spooked a gathering of Cheyenne women who were passing through town.

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Daily Yellowstone Journal - January 3, 1889

Daily Yellowstone Journal - January 3, 1889

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