sentences:  After the conclusion of the war, Sturgis briefly studied law, before moving to west to Neosho in Southwest Missouri in spring 1868.He managed several farms, and worked as a general land agent for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, and negotiated with Native Americans on behalf of then Governor of Missouri Thomas Clement Fletcher, gaining right of way to build a railroad on the 35th parallel.Sturgis moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1878 and was involved in banking, railroads and stockraising, spending fifteen years in the city.