Greeley Northern Terminus Debate Over Rail Lines
The Denver News ridicules a local editor over misrepresentations about Greeley. The article explains why Greeley would be the northern terminus of the Rio Grande railroad, noting the route runs east of the Rockies and leaves the foothills and mountains behind, contrasting with the Denver Pacific connection and coal branch lines.
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Denver News
Guerey Tripune
Greeley
Golden
Julesburg
South Platte
Rio Grande Road
Denver Pacific
Rio Grande
Rocky Mountains
Foot Hills
Colorado Central
North Platte
Arkansas Valley Promise in Colorado Territory
The Arkansas valley near Pueblo and Fort Lyon offers the most tillable land in Colorado with rich soil and limited timber. Rail access via the Atchison and Santa Fe line to Pueblo will enable coal access from Canyon City bluffs, irrigation canals, and farming of corn wheat and fruits, while cattle range persists.
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Arkansas Valley
Colorado
Platte Valley
Arkansas
Pueblo
Fort Lyon
Bluffs
Atchison and Santa Fe
Canyon City
Illinois
Shale
Red River
Vast Valleys and Mountain Ranges Along the Rocky Mountain Slope
The author notes a string of eastward running valleys from the Rockies including the Red River, Arkansas, South Platte, North Platte, and Missouri. Irrigation is essential in these high 6000 foot regions, with climates similar to other major Asian river valleys as the eastern slope encompasses a vast, varied United States landscape.
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Missouri
Oxus
Indus
Ganges
Brahmapootra
Himalayas
Rocky Mountains
United States
Beets and politics loom in Greeley letter to readers
A long extract discusses temperance rhetoric in the Colorado Sun, local beets farming tech, dairy yields, and sugar content, with notes on mining prospects in Gilpin and growth of the town. It critiques the Patrons of Husbandry, warns of secrecy and potential monopolies, and predicts a large influx of settlers next spring due to crops, climate, temperance, and railroad growth. Local industry details include sugar beet processing, cattle feeding, and beets yielding sugar.
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California Agriculturist
Holloway & Herring
San Jose
Pacific Coast
Beet Sugar Prospects Fail in Colorado Market
The beet sugar venture in Colorado collapses as producers fail to grow beets at profitable yields. High production costs, lack of proper sowing and cultivation machinery, and a required capital of about 150000 dollars deter investment. California plants prove the model works elsewhere.
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Georgetown
Gilpin
Greeley
California
Colorado
Denver
Germany
Colorado News Roundup Reflects Rail Plans and Local Affairs
Territorial columns discuss a proposed Denver to Mountains line called the high line, bids against Colorado Central, and a Salt Lake valley link. Reports cover Pueblo County bond disputes, Gold Hill mining optimism, California Agriculturist’s January notes, and New Year cartoons in the Denver Tribune. Also noted are poems, local book sales, and harsh winter storms across Iowa and Minnesota.
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Denver
Mountains
Colorado Central
Georgetown
Salt Lake Valley
Central Pacific
California
Boulder’ County
Colorado
Bowlder
Grand Island
Caribou
James Creek
Ward
Gold Hill
Smith & Co
Denver Mint
Western Guide
Horace Greeley on health habits and early life
Horace Greeley recounts his birth in Amherst New Hampshire in 1811 and early poverty. He describes farm work from age five, Vermont clearing, a printer’s trade, and the shift to temperance, vegetarian leanings, and disciplined exercise. He recommends the axe for health and outlines writing posture and daily habits.
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New York
Dean Sie
Amherst
New Hampshire
Bedford
Nashua
Lowell
Vermont
Catskills
Priesnitz
East Poultney
Europe
Jonah
Sam
Tabernacles
Horace Greeley
Nassau
Bachelors Club Proposal Sparks Frivolous Debate
A note to the Tribune editor recalls a plan for a Bachelor’s Club at aristocratic homes to provide refined meals and living, but funds were lacking and the idea collapsed. The writer jokes bachelors should be clubbed yet questions the club’s type and viability.
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the Tribune
Greeley
Jan
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N. C, Merker
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Sun
Washington
Colorado Sun
Evans
Tribune
Jess
California Company
Patrons of Husbandry
Australia
Lake Snperior
England
Garfield
Congress
Ralph Meeker
William N. Byers
Pueblo County
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Central Register
Longmont
Vickers
Eastern Exchange
Union Pacific Railroad
Denver Tribune
West
Union Corral
Corral
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Holiday Tribunes
J. H. Pinkerton
Evans Journal
Evans Colony
Union Colony of
Iowa
Minnesota
Crosui
Mr. Greeley
Sevewiex, Esq
6Th Ave
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