Young Bert Sanborn recalls early irrigation and Meeker era
The recollection traces Bert Sanborn’s life from being the Greeley Tribune printer’s devil at age eleven to managing irrigation work for the Union Colony area. He details his father’s death, family ranch, and early dam building in 1876, including a flooded cellar mishap and witnessing the White River massacre among school friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Sanborn
Union Colony
Boydays
Clinton
Wis
White River
Greeley
Mr. Meeker
Herb Thompson
Fred Shepard
Dresser
Sixth Street
Eighth Avenue
W. G. Chappelow
Attec
N.C. Energe
Genii of the waters and the valley of Poudre
A lyrical reflection on the Genii of the waters born from snow and seasons. The speaker recalls forty summers in the Poudre valley, noting ecological shifts from cottonwood and cactus to apple orchards and alfalfa. The poem links nature’s changes to human cultivation and sweetness derived from air and sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte
Eden
Poverty Flats of Weld County Rise From Hardship to Value
Three miles north of Greeley a trio of early settlers turned Poverty Flats into prized land after enduring a brutal first winter. J Max Clark and partners faced near starvation before water and effort yielded rich soil. By 1900 the eighty acre parcels commanded substantial sums, with Clark selling for $6,500 and others for higher prices before death and dispersal.
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J. Max Clark
Weld County
Greeley
J. Max
Harris
Clark
James M. Clark
Arthur Clark
N. B. Bartholomew
Charles F. Mason
Poverty Flats
Engand
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Greeley Tribune
Burton D Sanborn
Henry George
Oc Cigar
Niles & Moser Cigar Coq
Denver
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William E. Paber
William K. McAllister
Star of Empire
Clory
Hotel de Comfort
Cameron
Furniture Exchange
Tandicar
L. T. Andrew
Eighth St
Daily Tribune
Horace Greeey
W. H. Park
Bruce F Johnson
B. J. Hecker
FR. Gill
L. EK. Wyatt Asst
Cash
THE
Union National Bank
Greeley, Colorado
Scott Bros
Ninth Avenue
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