My brother Rod just finished my book and said he really liked it, but would like it even more if he could look at a “cast of characters” while he was reading. This is for you, Rod! A little late, but better than never.
Listed in order of appearance
*indicates a true historical individual
Edgar Potts — Owner of Potts Establishment for Fine Spirits, also known as Potts Saloon
Luther Arnold Armstrong — Mayor of Eagle Rock and partner of the Union Pacific’s Utah & Northern Railroad
Cloyd — Henchman for Luther Armstrong
Billy — Younger brother of Cloyd
Patrick Callaway — Owner of Patrick’s Saloon, husband of Catherine Callaway
Sheriff Zane Gunther — Sheriff of Eagle Rock
Ben Clancy — Patriarch of Clancy clan
Henry Willett — Contractor and close friend of Catherine Callaway
Fannie Smiles — Barmaid at Potts Saloon & later Patrick’s Saloon
Ellington Harper, Jr. — Owner of local newspaper
Sandy Turner — Barmaid at Potts Saloon; later barmaid at Patrick’s Saloon and cook’s assistantCarl Clancy, Jr. — Youngest son of Ben Clancy, Fannie’s current lover
Jeremiah, (Slink), (Jay) — Son of Crow Feather, local member of Shoshone tribe
Smiley Jack — Town Drunk
Doc Jones — Local alcoholic Doctor
Crow Feather — Catherine’s cook, mother of Jeremiah and member of Shoshone tribe
John W. Young* — One of Brigham Young’s sons and early builder of the Mormon owned Utah Northern Railroad prior to Union Pacific’s hostel takeover
Brigham Young, Sr.* — Leader of early Mormon Church after death of Joseph Smith
Jake Edwards — Eagle Rock Depot Manager of Utah and Northern RR & secret partner with Luther Armstrong
Bear Claw — Native American wrangler for Luther Armstrong
Jason (Jay) Gould* — Primary owner of the Union Pacific Railroad
Samuel Armstrong — Formerly Soren Pederson, great-grandfather of Luther ArmstrongArnold Roger Armstrong — Father of Luther Armstrong, New York banker and financier
Joseph Richardson* — Financial speculator for steel and rail barons
Joseph Smith* — Author of the Book of Mormon and first leader of the Mormon Church
Benjamin Richardson* — Financial speculator and Union Pacific partner with Jay Gould
Sidney Dillon* — Union Pacific partner with Jay Gould
S. H. Clark — Representative of Union Pacific’s interest in Utah Northern Railroad acquisition
Robert Anderson* — One of the founders of Eagle Rock, first postmaster, first chairman of the village board, first banker and owner of first dry-goods store
Dick Chamberlain* — Early resident and entrepreneur in Eagle Rock
James Madison (Matt) Taylor* – Builder of first bridge across the Snake River at the future location of Eagle Rock and one of the founders of Eagle Rock
Rachael — Live-in maid of Luther Armstrong
Shorty Smith — Owner of the Eagle Rock livery stables
Dexter Highsmith — Owner of the Eagle Rock Hotel
Jasper Lightworth — Owner of an early brothel in Eagle Rock
Bella — Flirtatious “working girl” working for Jasper Lightworth
Rebecca Mitchell* — Founder of the first Sunday school, private school, Baptist church and library in Eagle Rock
John — Night watchman for Robert Anderson
Odin Borgerson — Bullwhacker
Elizabeth Marie Stubin — Catherine’s mother, died during childbirth
Janette Elizabeth Brookfield Stubin — Catherine’s step-mother
Beth* — Rebecca Mitchell’s daughter
Herman Joseph Berghoff* — Left Prussia at age 17 to become a cowboy in Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, rail-worker and eventual owner of the Berghoff restaurant in Chicago
Mary Jo Stubin — Elder daughter of Janette Stubin
Fred Dubois* — Close childhood friend of Todd Lincoln, U.S. Idaho Territory Marshal and later became first Idaho U.S. Senator
Richard “Beaver Dick” Leigh* — Englishman fur trapper with the Hudson Bay Co. and first white settler of the Eagle Rock area in 1858
Dixie Trix — Barmaid at Patrick’s Saloon
Allen Brown — One of Sheriff’s Zane’s many deputies
Trish — Young, unwed partner of Henry Willett in their youth
Thomas Edmund Chambers — Early marriage prospect of young Catherine Stubin prior to her marriage to Patrick Callaway
