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Orange Judd's Visit to Greeley Sparks Irrigation Praise
A Prairie Farmer account from July 1886 visits Greeley Colorado to describe irrigation success under the Meeker and Greeley colony. It notes extensive canals, crop yields of potatoes wheat and alfalfa, the growing town with electric lights, and a booming agricultural economy driven by water from Cache la Poudre and Thompson rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd
Prairie Farmer
Missouri
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Greeley
National Press Association
Chicago
Union Colony
Great American Desert
Weld County
Meeker
Denver
Horace Greeley
Nathan C. Meeker
The
Tribune
St. Louis
New York
E. J. Carver
Gweeley
Mr. Meeker
Greeley City
Journal of Commerce