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Ghost Town
In NorthernColorado
LongsPeak 
PioneerClimbers
Outlaws
In EarlyColorado
Skiing
SteamboatSprings
 
He KnewGunman Tom Horn
Pioneer Doctorin Cheyenne
FirstWomenClimbersof LongsPeak 
Ghost Town
CaribouIn the 1800s
CoverPicture:Eagle takenby JimLaybourn,see page 3
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Editor’s Note: Wyoming historianMargaret Laybourn wrote theollowing story years ago.By Margaret Laybourn
W
hen Dr. George P. Johnstonarrived in Cheyenne in 1892,he made a courtesy call on the localdoctor, who left the 6-foot 4-inchyoung man standing on the step.“My advice to you, sir, is to geton the stagecoach leaving town intwo hours and get out of town,”the unfriendly doctor said.But young Doc Johnston wasnot to be daunted. His lifelongdream was to get a medical degreeand go West to practice. He foundhimself an office and hung out hisshingle.At first, he made his rounds bybicycle, then by horse and buggyand later by automobile.Throughout the 60 years he prac-ticed, he was on call all the time.His secretary, JennieMcIlquham, recalled dusting thedoctor’s desk every morning andsaid she could not count how manytimes he opened the top drawer toshow visitors Tom Horn’s cufflinks.Horn had given the cufflinks toJohnston as a sign of respect for theman who would declare him deadby hanging, which Johnston did.“Tom Horn never killed WillieNickell,” Doc Johnston main-tained. “I performed the autopsyon Willie; so I ought to know.”Horn had been hired by bigcattlemen to scare off smallfarmers and ranchers. He wasaccused of shooting Willia Nickell,a local boy and son of a sheeprancher. Horn was hanged atCheyenne in 1903. Dr. Johnstonwas one of several people whobelieved Horn was innocent.Once a man called DocJohnston frantically in the middleof the night to report that his wifehad a heart attack. When Johnstonarrived, he found that the wife wasready to give birth to quadruplets,which he delivered.Afterward he asked the younghusband why he said his wife washaving a heart attack. The mananswered, “I was calling from aneighbor’s phone, and I was tooembarrassed to say she was preg-nant.”The quads were among morethan 11,000 babies Doc Johnstondelivered during his long career.He also pulled over 1,000 teethand helped hundreds of ranchersand farmers with ailing animals.He was credited with savingmore marriages than all thepreachers in town and solved morelitigation than most of the lawyers.Johnston called himself a countrydoctor, but he was a nationallyknown figure, having helped formthe American Medical Associationafter writing Wyoming’s firstmedical laws.He received Wyoming MedicalLicense #1 in 1897. He also foundedthe first hospital in the state and thefirst training school for nurses.Johnston’s mind was still sharpat age 85, his wit still quick and hissurgeon’s hands flexible. But hisvision began to fail. Jennie readhim all the scientific and medicalpublications he subscribed to.He kept office hours six days aweek until his death at 93.________________
COVER PICTURE: Bald eagle in flight, taken by professional photographer Jim Laybourn of  Jackson, Wyoming. He providescustom wildlife photo safaris forall ages in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. For infor-mation, call 307-413-3777, or seehis website at www.WyomingPhoto Experience.com
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Building the transcontinental railroad west of Cheyenne in the 1800s. Wyoming History Museum.
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