Chaffee Letter Sparks Clash Over Colorado Land Grants
A Denver News letter from Senator Chaffee rebuts Granger accusations and asserts the farm land grant funds are meant for agriculture and the Colorado School of Mines. It cites the July 2, 1862 law and notes Chaffee’s bill in Congress, urging print of the bill to settle the dispute. The piece criticizes Denver papers for silence while praising the Denver Mirror.
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Colorado
School of Mines
Denver Paper
Larimer Express
The
Denver Mirror
Taxation critique and a lecture on friendship in Colorado
The piece argues against new taxes and inefficiencies in Colorado’s tax system, urging reductions and better assessment practices, condemning annual land and town tax assessments. It also reports on David Boyd’s lecture on Friendship of Love in Greenville, praising its content and noting delivery flaws.
Public Speaking Qualities Emphasized for Effective Orators
A discussion highlights distinct and positive articulation as a key requirement for compelling public speaking. The text notes clear enunciation and confident delivery as essential skills for effective rhetoric.
Denver to Ogden Rail Line Proposed by Local Group
A Denver company plans a railroad from Denver to Ogden Utah with trustees named for the first year. The route would pass over Boulder Pass into Middle Park via Hughes wagon road. The project has backing from the Central Pacific and parallels mining expansion in Colorado. The Mining Review notes a $10,500 annual budget for officials and operations, funded by farmers while mines escape taxation, provoking concern over land grants.
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Denver
Ogden
Utah
Dela M. Hughes
John Pierce
R W. Woodbury
J. M. Strickler
W. N Byers
W. Smith
A. B. Daniels
John Good
J.B. Crocker
J. J. Jones
A. J. Williams
Herman Beckarts
J. Poe
W.B. Daniels
J. Ebert
Boulder Pass
Middle Park
Hughes
Bela M. Hughes
Central Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Union Pacific
Severe winter endangers cattle in southern Colorado
Las Animas Leader reports cattlemen endure a record cold season with continual snow. Cattle gather in valleys for forage, with twenty thousand head in Salt Bottom near Granada, while losses come from snow banks, river ice, and trains. Roundups are planned, and weather will determine herd survival.
Colorado Traders Return From Utah Trip
A Del Norte Prospector report describes a round trip by wagon from Ouray through Salina Gunnison and Grand river routes to Wasatch and Salina pass. The party found good grazing and prices in Gunnison and Manti regions and suggested a shorter route possible with improvements. Separately a Carson arrest details a posse capturing eight thieves led by Frank E. Williamson, recovering stolen freight and breaking up a regional theft ring affecting the railroad company.
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Frank E. Williamson
Uncle Sam's
Dominions
Carson
William Kelly
Worth Keene
Mike Fitzpatrick
William Tally
Thos
Rosbaugh
J. Ratlief
C. W. Landsley
Slings
Texas Bill
Pat Shanley
Railway Pirates on a Kansas Pacific Theft Ring
Denver Times reports persistent freight thefts from the Kansas Pacific line may be the work of an organized gang. Investigators linked losses to Carson Colorado near the Arkansas Valley junction. The Rocky Mountain Detective Association pursued suspects, with a sheriff tracing a probable culprit from Carson to Denver.
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Denver Times
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company
Carson
Colorado
Arkansas Valley
Rocky Mountain Detective Association
Denver
By Laws for Reading Room of Young Men's Library Association
The Reading Room shall open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with midday closures and Sunday hours 1 to 6 p.m. Quiet is required, with expulsion for noise. No lending or damage to materials. fines from 15 cents to full book cost. The Librarian manages hours, belongings, loans, donations, and reports to the Board. Indebtedness requires Board sanction. No Sunday games except bees and checkers. By-laws amendable by two thirds. A deputy may be appointed. All suitable persons may use the Reading Room.
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Board of Managers
Greeley Town Board Proceedings February 1877
The Greeley Colorado town board meets February fifth 1877 with all members present. The town collector BB Marsh reports $1109.28 collected and asks a two week extension to finalize the warrant return. the Finance Committee approves accounts and authorizes warrants to Haynes Gipson Dunning Mansfield Barnum Graham and Marsh for various payments.
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Board of Trustees
Greeley
Colo
BB. F. Marsh
Messrs. Haynes, Gipson & Dunning
Boynton
EB. L. Mansfield
P. T. Barnum
S. Graham
B. F. Marsh
Debate Over Billiard Tables License Petition Ends Unfavorable
In committee of the whole the petition to license billiard tables at 25.00 per table was discussed. Trustee Leavy proposed 5000 instead of 25, motion failed 2 to 3. The committee's report urged not granting the petition, and the board adjourned after agreeing to delay further consideration until the next regular meeting.
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John Leavy
B. Wright
E. J. Carver
Jos. Moore
Wm. F. Thompson
S. B. Wright
Local Home News From Our District
B F Johnson has returned. Rev G H Adams preaches in Yonkers. J F Benedict is confined by sickness. Mr Thompson ships winter sawdust crop to Cheyenne. Fence upkeep ads are noted. Sleighing damaged. old and weak. Mr Dawley rents Eli Mall’s house. adds to citizens list. Grain farmers supply butter quality. dairy ranchmen first. Graham thriving at New York Exchange. Colorado House busy. travel light. Potatoes $1 85 per cwt, up 100% since fall. Farmers hold 200 to 800 bushels. hay poor at $10 a ton. Ramsdell neighborhood school flourishes. Miss Baker teaches. about 30 pupils. Lyceum every Thursday. Rev Fisher notices large crowds. Col Hagadou’s mocking birds sing when cages hang out. Johns left Custer for Deadwood. lost horse. frostbite. Rev Adams upgrades magic lantern. lectures Colorado in East. Twenty eight joined Methodist Church last Sunday. new seats added as needed. Sage returns from Black Hills. gold dust currency valued at 20 per ounce. about $600 in trade. Trains run. many farmers behind on canal enlargement notes. water refusal seen as remedy. Nights freezing. days warm sun. snow recedes. Snow on general level six inches deep. Eighty miles east of Greeley ground bare with 40,000 head feeding near Platte. North nearby bare ground. several hundred Gresley cattle present. A month will reveal stock run outcomes.
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B. F. Johnson
G. H. Adams
Ion Yonkers
N. Y
F. Benedict
Thompson
Cheyenne
Mr. Dawley
Vermont
Eli Malls
Graham
New York Exchange
Colorado
Johns
Custer
Deadwood
Methodist Church
Mr. Fisher
Sage
Black Hills
Sfteen
Gresley
Kansas Pacific Railway Old Pioneer Line
Express trains depart Denver at 11 each morning arriving Kansas City 4 15 pm next day. Connects with all Express trains to St. Louis Chicago and other Union points. Through tickets and baggage checks to principal points. Best and quickest route. Agents listed in Denver.
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Denver
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Union
Pullman's Palace
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
R. Arnsuie
D. BF
Carrewant
Western Pass
Dears
E. A. Pagner
Lyrromp
General Pass
Kansas Citr
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Chapter
Grangers
Denver News
Senator Chaffee
Costlemens
Agticultural College
Chaffee
Jadigraft
Granger
David Boyd
Peel
Mining Review
Congress
Las Animas
Arkanens
Divide
Captain Holly
Granada
Old Fort Lyon
Syracuse
Kansas
Ebell
Arnold
Ray
Coup
Labrador
Aquarium
Lim
Forty Second Street
N. Y. Son
Pence Commissioners
Weld County
Poudre
Platte
Publicc.iom
Board of Commissioners
del Norte
Salina
Salt Lake City
Agency
Gunnison
Tte
Grand River
Greene River
Wasatch Range
Salina Pass
Thies Pass
Ouray
Manti City
Salt Lake
York
Utah Southern Railroad
Salt Lee
Grand
Greene
Manti
TIE Young Men's Library Association
the Town Board
Home News
Kansas Pacific Railway
Pioneer
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