INSURRECTION IS PROCLAIMED/SIXTY RIOTERS ARRESTED

You may have seen these postcards before in the picture section toward the bottom of the blog. I am moving a few items around and brought these up here to go along with the small article below that I just found on Footnote.com.
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"Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mill, April 28, 1899 before the wreck." The card below from after the explosion is highly sought after but this one from the day before is actually harder to find.


BH&S Mill after the explosion, April 29, 1899. Nothing but splinters. Click here to read "From Statehouse to Bull Pen"

Back side of the card above it. Someone had their history wrong. Of course the governor was not killed in this explosion on 4/29/1899 of the BH&S Mill. His was murdered several years later on the evening of 12/30/1905 when he opened the gate to his home triggering a bomb (see below).


May 4, 1899 - MARTIAL LAW
Martial law was declared by Governor Steunenberg (misspelled Steunberg in this article) within a few days of the bombing of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mill.
"THE GATE ON 16th AVENUE"
This is the same pic that I requested be posted on the "Historical Tour" link on the City of Caldwell website several years ago. The Steunenberg name had been there but a blank spot with no picture. Click the link and then "Choose site" and "Steunenberg." Check out the rest of the houses and information on the site.