Irrigation scheme sparks Colorado editorials and debate
A heated exchange in Colorado circles centers on Gov. Campbell's claim that 700 000 acres were entered in the Denver land office this season. The discussion covers arid land policy, potential canal water rights, and fears a great Denver water project would drain the Platte and Arkansas rivers, harming Evans and Greeley residents.
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Denverers
Savage
Greeley Tainune
Denver Land Office
Colorado
Gov. Campbell
Denver
Campbell
Grant
Congress
Reading of Platte Valley Policy Sparks Local Debate
The discussion outlines a plan to water railroad lands at Platte and Arkansas rivers, invites government land speculation, shifts costs to the Territory, and argues the Platte valley between Greeley Evans and Julesburg would become desert. The note also rebuts the idea that good writing implies poor farming, claiming Greeley contradicts that stereotype.
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Platte
Arkansas
Platte Valley
Greeley
Evans
Julesburg
Denver
Accusations at Greeley Lyceum Target Prominent Figure
The Evans Journal alleges a zealous infidelity hub at the Greeley lyceum and accuses a prominent member, described as a shining light, of indecent story telling to youth on a Cheyenne to Greeley car ride. The piece frames the accusations as mixing good with bad.
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Evans Journal
Greeley Lyceum
Cheyenne
Greeley
Mee ker's convention remark on farming paying and farming mills
The Denver Tribune quotes Mr Mee ker who objects to the idea that farming doesn't pay. He notes farmers in the area are grinding wheat into flour and selling at about two and a quarter cents per pound, far above the grain price of a cent and a half. The piece asks how much more farmers would earn with mills of their own.
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Denver Tribune
Meeker
Greeley Tribune
Farmers’ Union
Denver News
Farmers’ Convention
Trans-Missouri
Congress
Elliet
Denver
Greeley Tr Bune
Denver Land Office
Mee
Colorado
Piocher
Mantiin
New York
J. Max Clark
Boulder News
Hol, der
Nichols
Ueyenne, VonAtebren & Co
Judge
Union Pacific
Cheyenn
Jesburg
Longm
Buell
Campbell
Platteville
Canyon City
Lyceum
Clark
Ton
Cuba
Miss Hollister
Georges
Nichols Hall
Alaska import ban and Iowa famine notes from 19th century column
The Attorney General bans alcoholic liquor imports into Alaska and hints at a Colorado ban. Osceola County Iowa faces severe famine with crop destruction by grasshoppers and scarce fuel. Reports describe deaths of women with babies from cold and hunger and charitable appeals. Senator Oglesby marries Anna Rosy in Elkheart Illinois with hundreds of guests. six bridesmaids are his sisters.
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Osceola County
Iowa
Oglesby, Ornor
Anna Rosy
Elkhart
Illinois
Irrigation Advice Echoed by Longmont Inter Ocean
The Longmont Inter Ocean cautions that irrigation must be learned before expanding large canal projects on the Plains. It notes the first growers who produced five bushels of wheat did not spend time on inventing threshing machines.
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Longmont Inter-Ocean
Corning Glass Works to Make Glassware for Grant Funds
The Corning glass works will manufacture a large batch of fine champagne, sherry and hock glasses for President Grant at a cost of $2,000, to be paid by the Government. Reports note rising wheat prices and improving money conditions as shipping slows and crop markets shift. Richard Yates of Illinois is noted as dead, described as a brilliant and amiable statesman.
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Corning
New York
Grant
Richard Yates
Illinois
St. Louis
Chicago
Colorado
R.S. Little
Littleton
Boston
Longmont
Greeley and
Evans
Golden Transcript
Story of a Colorado Colony and Pike's Peak Excitement
The narrative recalls 1859 to 1861 rushes from Missouri to Colorado and Denver area. Fort Collins and a four square mile reservation grew with 2000 soldiers and freighting wealth. A Land Improvement Company organized a colony near Fort Collins offering town plots and land, with canals and parks planned, housing, schools, churches and a college. The region promises rich farming, large wheat yields, expansive plains, mountains nearby, and Estes Park as a draw, amid mineral wealth and future rail connections.
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Aoe
York Tribune
Garfiey
Cot
Colorado
Kansas Pacific
Union Pacific
Missouri River
Platte
Denver
Fort Collins
Greeley Colony
Railro
Larimer Gennery
Denver Pacific
Agricural
Colonial
Chicago
Speler
Methodist
Masonic Good Templars
Wat
Cache la Poudre
Wyandotte
Kan
Spring Canyon
Vermont
Bachelder
Black Hills
Fremont
Foot Hills
Larimer County
Cache Poudre
Big Thompson
Wyoming
United States
Long's Peak
Mount Shasta
Estes Park
Coal costs and supply issues prompt local coal reform
The Tribune urges residents to buy coal locally to avoid high Denver and Greeley prices and costly railroad trips. It suggests Platteville and St. Vrain banks supply coal to neighbors, reducing waste dust and heat, and calls for forming coal offices to manage deliveries and price fairness. It notes regional news from Denver and a criminal sentencing update.
Greeley Tribune Attacks Farmers Union Over Irrigation Memorial
The Greeley Tribune criticizes the Farmers Union for disapproving the Trans Missouri irrigation memorial. It denounces Meeker and Clark for false figures and calls the irrigation effort a standstill. The piece questions who entered land and urges truth from critics while defending the memorial’s aims.
Proceedings of the Town Board December 1873 Greeley
Town Trustees Ira Canfield Theo Ingalshe John Woodbury and Joseph Moore meet in Nichols block on December 1 1873. Collector B Wright reports delinquent taxes and balances for 1872. Fire Warden Pound Master and Street Supervisor present accounts with small balances and auditors refer reports to Finance Committee. Pound Master authorized to watch the pound and recruit help as needed.
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Greeley
Colorado
Nichols’ Block
Ira Canfield
Theo. Ingalshe
Jom A. Woodbury
Joseph Moore
B. Wright
Stow
Ory
Finance Committee
Denver debate over writer identity sparks exchanges
A Denver resident using the nom de plume Max defends a disputed article and challenges the Express editor. In a sequence of letters to the Denver Mirror and Express, the contributor calls the editor a liar and accuses malice in the misattribution of a manuscript.
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Mas Rk
Denver
Max
Denver Mirror
the Express
McClelland
J. Max Cranes
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