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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1871
Page
2
A Toledo correspondent notes Western settlers face hardship and hunger amid irrigation efforts and falling markets. Cincinnati Commercial debates prospects for traders, citing Kansas Bulletin and Georgetown Miner on Greeley colonies and western settlement, with praise for Greeley’s land and liberty ideals.
The Pacific Railroad's origins are linked to the New York Tribune as a principal early influence. The piece defends Horace Greeley, praising him as a broad minded statesman and honest man whose name will endure beyond temporary political fame.
The Central Register discusses the Cariboo mine and Ward District north of Cariboo with new stamp mills near James Creek. It argues Greeley should push rail links to Erie and Boulder to connect mines and towns, boosting the northern Colorado mineral belt with Longmont and Grand Island connections.
The article reports large livestock holdings near Greeley with L. D. Hunter owning about 500 sheep, Maynard’s Colorado Merinos yielding more, and local herds totaling over 50 000 head across cattle and horses. Judges Hanna Brush and others increase cattle, while horses and mules support canal work. stock values and expansion are projected to rise to millions.
Greeley residents seek desirable ranch locations across the Plains and mountains while others remain in town working and tending business. The notice highlights outreach beyond local bounds as people explore opportunities in rural settings.
In a Rocky Mountain outcry residents condemn Greeley youths who set a stump fire for fun atop Long's Peak area. A nearby park suffered grass and timber damage as a blaze spread, later extinguished with no major losses besides winter grazing on Mr Evans's land.
The Hills firm, sourcing from Saginaw, plans a three year log cut and a dam across a lake to bypass rocks in the river. They expect to have saw mills running by spring and hold hope for profitable returns, despite prior high costs and variable water levels.
A letter from Carthage Missouri claims the Greeter Tribune editor aroused ranchemen's wrath and favors Evans. Citizens have offered sums from five to five hundred dollars for proof, yet no evidence appears. The message, dated Evans Colorato and bearing J W Pinkerton's name, avoids direct quarrel with Mr Pinkerton.
A terse note warns Mr. Pinker to remain silent if he wishes to remain prudent. The admonition implies risk or consequence for speaking.
A group of agricultural editors and correspondents from New York, Ohio, Illinois, and other states arrived by rail from Denver yesterday. They stayed at the Barnum House and visited local farms and Island Grove Park, then gathered at the Tabernacle with the Greeley farmers’ Club to hear reports and ask questions. They depart today for Laramie Plains to continue their tour eastward.
The Denver Pacific Railway proposes a large irrigation canal across the Big Bend between Greeley and Denver drawing water from the Platte. It would water at least 30 000 acres in a prime farming region, likely fostering a new town at Plattesville and possibly shifting Weld county boundaries and governance with a future county split.
Grace Greenwood wife of L K Lippincott will lecture at the Tabernacle next Saturday evening on The Heroic in Common Life. Readers of her Washington letters in the New York Tribune and her Little Pilgrim will greet her warmly as newspapers praise her Denver efforts.
Report notes McClelan’s approach to North Platte with a large drove of heifers and about 12000 sheep, some owned by P. W. Putnam. He was at Grand Island and sent rifles from here to reach him at North Platte. Mrs McClelan plans to work at his house on Monroe Street upon his return.
Ramph Megxer of Greeley Colorado declares she never wrote any lines under the name Mac Smith in an August 14 1871 notice. The item also notes Mrs Capt Boyd sending a bouquet praising Greeley soil and moisture for flowers, highlighting local horticultural abundance.
An observer recalls August 1871 travel from Estes Park toward Long's Peak, detailing bold plans, rugged plains, river canyons, and the ascent to the timber line. The party endures cold, fog, and peril, with climbers pushing to reach a granite basin two miles wide and glimpsing lakes, elk, and distant peaks.
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