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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1871
Page
2
The Greeley Tribune notes C F Wanny is the authorized agent for Tus Grenier Trinexe to take advertisements and subscriptions. The paper commends him as a gentleman worthy of confidence.
The piece argues land quality drives crime and civilization prospects, contrasting rich Mississippi River lands with poor Southern soil. It lauds New England grass, Colorado health, and predicts Union Colony land values soaring, linking climate, miasma, and race to wealth potential.
Describes color and build of long-term Colorado settlers. Notes outdoor life yields square frames and wine-flushed faces, while town dwellers appear pale and sedentary. Concludes outdoor exposure largely shapes physique.
The piece reflects on Colorado settlers from Missouri who crossed six hundred miles in six weeks, facing hard living, disease, and frontier danger. It notes eventual farming profits, ongoing isolation, and the arrival of railroads promising social and educational improvements, with a vision of a tempered, God-fearing community joining mountains and plains.
The Grand Army Journal notes liberal terms may lure the Chicago Colony to join Greeley, which could become a major Western town and a controlling force in politics education and morality before its second year. Chicago Colony’s relocation does not halt new members, with accessions expected to rise.
B. Pratt leads a Ripon Wisconsin group proposing a Northwestern Colony near government or railroad land in Kansas or southern Nebraska. Entry fee set at 20 dollars with restrictions banning gambling and alcohol establishments.
A correspondent is urged to adopt a concise style by compiling all facts on a topic and expressing them with minimal words. The author condemns verbose prose as a habit of Dickens influenced writing, especially among Boston and Eastern writers, and vows periodic critiques to promote factual clarity and learning.
The speaker suggests that addressing weakened knees—both physical and theological—would restore vigor in the blood. By fixing the knee issues, the blood would follow naturally, implying a metaphor of moral or spiritual strength tied to physical condition.
The Chicago Colony surveys 20 000 acres for a new town one mile north of Burlington. About 300 families are expected to arrive within weeks via the Kansas Pacific road. Coal, stone, and fire clay are near the site as brick making begins and ditches, buildings, schools, and a newspaper are planned.
The Greeley Free Church movement forms a 40 member body with by laws for a 500 share stock capital of $10 each. Shares may be donated to prospective members and honorary members, annual trustee elections in February, open board meetings, and a $1 annual assessment per share. No church discipline is adopted, and nonjudgmental stance noted. The only creed-like element is a signed article forming a society for religious and moral instruction and worship.
Published in Chicago the publication argues at eight dollars a year is worth the cost and recommends every man planning a small house to adopt it as a guide and resource.
The article notes new houses are superior and larger, resembling second class suburban Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati homes. By mid-summer first class houses will appear though many lack artistic design and ornamentation. It urges adding ornament with vines trees and flowers as they are built.
The singing class under Mr Birdsall meets Saturdays as demand exceeds available evenings. About twenty five students enrolled with growing interest. People may join anytime during the term and parents are welcome to visit and observe progress.
A new mail and hack arrangement starts this week with the Evans route discontinued. Greeley becomes the starting point, departing Mondays and Thursdays to Big Thompson, then upriver through St. Louis to Nemaqua, or Big Thompson Canon crossing, returning Wednesdays and Saturdays. Passengers from Big Thompson to Burlington may book with contractor Mr. Shina at reduced rates.
A reader in Bowens Corxens New York writes warmly about an article from January 18 and the value of cooperation in enterprise. He questions moral aspects of billiards, admires rapid regional growth, and asks for the main semnahalats affecting coloniate since settlement, seeking the paper’s medium.
The Union Colony offers membership at 155 dollars with family inclusion. The project centers on Greeley Colorado between Denver and Cheyenne, on Cache la Poudre near the Platte, with 5 acre plots valued at one share each and irrigation from a 27 mile canal. Extra payments grant more land, aiming to build a fertile communal settlement.
The article describes a canal feeding every town parcel, a fertile valley with 400 west‑side houses, brick blocks, a Colony Hall, schools, a planing mill, and a canal for power. It notes a railroad land purchase by the National Land Company, a Sagawn Michigan firm investing in river navigation and a first‑class saw mill by June, plus coal mines 14 miles from Greeley selling at 6 per ton and potential future prices. It emphasizes equal land shares, voluntary public service by colony officers, and a goal of a liquor‑free, cultured community attracting many members with homes, schools, and churches.
Prospective colonists are urged to invest modest sums to secure a town share and dwelling, with $500 to $1000 needed for residence and business readiness. The movement promises healthful climate, potential for employment, and cooperative stock options. lines advise stock shares, reduced member passage, and contact details for W. E. Pater and Horace Greeley.
The document lists officers and governance for the Union Colony of Colorado including President N C Meeker and others, with trustees and executive council. It describes membership funding of 155 dollars, land divisions, water rights, residence lots, and conditions for improvements and public allocations.
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