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Wild Life Tales From Union Colony Pioneers Of Greeley
Oliver Howard recounts frontier life in Union Colony Colorado focusing on local wildlife, buffalo hunts, antelope migrations, and the hardy exploits of Henry T West and Jerry McGahan. The piece blends vivid recollections with notes on town founding, tree planting, and early commerce shaping Greeley in the 1870s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Oliver Howard
The
Tribune
Governor Brush
Bruce F. Johnson
Colorado
Tracy
Sterling
Mr. Gunn
Union Colony
Herodotus
Sam Wright
Toesman
Wright Cambell
Rocky Mountain
Kansas Pacific
South Platte Valley
Weld County
Atlantic
Henry T. West
Typsy
United States
Mr. West
Ike Trafton
West
Texas
Jaeman Baxter
Beaver Creek
Far East
Freeman Hart
Fort Lupton
Lupton
David Ewing
Fort Collins
Yonder
Kersey
South Platte
Poudre
Windsor
Richard
John Patterson
James Kimsey
R. A. Cameron
Dean
Denver
E. S. Nettleton
Frank C. Avery
First National Bank of
Jerry McGahan
Pawnee Buttes
Jerry
Nebraska
David
Cache la Poudre
Douglas Nursery
Illinois
Lincoln Park
Luna
Auricular Lake
Eighth Street
U. P
Poudre River
James Tuckerman
Ninth Avenue
Sixth Street
A. R. English
Greeley and Loveland Canal
J. Max Clark
H. C. Watson
J. Washburn
W. B. Woodruff Woodworth
Lewis Whipple
B. Washburn
B. Wright
L. P. Wetham
Alvin J. Wilbur
J. A. Woodbury
Evans
James H. Pinkerton
John C. Abbott
Ovid Plumb
Russell Fisk
Woodworth & Haddix
Herman Boettcher
E. C. Monk
H. B. Tuttle
Dr. Stimson
H. T. West & Co
W. F. Thompson
Evan Rea
Root Brothers
Harvey Law
James Bentley
Nettleton
Virginia R. Guiney
A. D. Russell
Greeley House
Meek
G Law
Michigan
Harry Watson
W. K. McAllister
Southern Pacific Railroad
James H. Orr