Irrigation debate shakes Greeley colony visitors
A party of Missouri Agriculture excursionists visited Greeley and Cheyenne by DPRR. They criticized irrigation risks and forecasted limited large scale farming profits, noting high costs and reliance on artificial methods. Local editors defend the colony while lamenting the visitors' misperceptions and press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Missouri Agriculture
Colorado
Greeley Cole
Lawrence
Denver
Meeker
Kansas
Greeley
Cheyenne
Canal No. 3
Iowa
Cache la Poudre
Platte
America
Agricultural Editors and Reporters Compared in Knowledge
The article argues that agricultural editors often fail due to lack of journalism craft while city reporters succeed by asking questions and recording facts. It contrasts expertise in observation and clear writing with speculative, image driven farming journalism and highlights the value of precise reporting for agricultural advancement.
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Greeley
Dunlap
Robinson
Downing
Tucker
Kansas Valley
Daily City Papers
State Board
City
New York Editor Misreads Greeley City Fragments
A New York Evening Post editor touring Greeley dismisses the town as shanties while local residents praise irrigation and growth. He overlooks eastern shed rows and a higher-valued stretch of Main Street, including brick blocks, a church, and costly buildings nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Evening Post
Colorado Greeley
Nordhoff
Greeley
Nordhoff and the contrast between towns and homes
The narrator notes Nordhoff would see many well built houses in American towns and contrasts them with poorer cellar kitchens that resemble jails. He mentions Closter on the route to Nordhoff’s home and the bustling village of Greeley, arguing Nordhoff should report more fully rather than overlook flaws.
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Palisades
Closter
Nordhoff
Greeley
Cattle Drives and Emigrant Wagons in Platte Valley
Reports from the Missouri river to Greeley describe many cattle herds moving through the Platte Valley with emigrant wagons using the Union Pacific route from Julesburg. Vast lands are claimed, Fort Sedgwick is vacated, and the valley hosts many antelope with no buffalo. No families below Fremont’s Orchard yet, but numerous herder ranches appear.
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Missouri River
Greeley
Platte Valley
Julesburg
Union P Pacific
Fort Sedgwick
Sidney
Fremont
West sinks artesian well on bluff near town
H. T. West advances a mile southwest of town sinking about 150 feet in an artesian well. Thin coal beds and geologic strata are revealed. If a flowing well is achieved on elevated ground, land value nearby could soar and spur others to follow. The community credits West for the experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. West
West
Great Plains
Mr. West
Gentle Gentile’s cattle reach pound. pursuit continues
A Gentile farmer reported cattle grazing in gardens in the town’s north. He found the cattle in the pound on Sunday, broke the pound at night to release them, and Justice Childs ordered action as constables and the Gentile headed southward in pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Childs
Farmland Near Town Fetches High Interest
A 40 acre lot three miles from town, located last spring on a certificate, priced at 155 dollars, 2000 dollars, or 50 dollars an acre, was refused last week. It was suggested that about double that price would secure the property.
Man Seeks Return of Fee After Locating Lots
A member who located his lots last year and sent back his certificate requests $155. The record hints the Colony earned more from the sale of the lots, though it avoids stating the exact amount.
Prospects of Colorado Colony and Flood at Greeley
Gen Cameron reports good prospects for a new colony at Cache la Poudre valley and nearby areas, with limited farm sizes and rich tillable land. He cites potato and hay prospects for Arkansas and New Mexico and notes a recent flood that damaged Canal No 8 but spurred grain gains. Gen Lee of Wyoming Tribune and a lecture tour visitor, plus a flattering Boston Journal note, highlight Greeley’s prominence.
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Cameron
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Cache la Poudre
Greeley
Rocky Mountain
Thompson
Arkansas
New Mexico
Canal No. 8
Boyd
Lee
The
Wyoming Tribune
Governor McCook Delivers Fourth of July Oration at Greeley
Gov Edwin McCook spoke at Island Grove Park in Greeley to 500 plus attendees including a Denver delegation. He recalled old time Fourth celebrations, praised local colonists, urged progress and charity, warned against debt, and noted orderly observance with bands, flags, and no intoxication.
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Edwin McCook
Denver
Our Island Grove Park
Greeley Silver Corner
Gen. Cameron
H. T. West
Col. White
Adams
Shattuck
Congress
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Pacific
Greeley
New England
Everthing
Cheyenne
Cameron
Cache la Poudre
Mr. Meeker
Gov. McCook
Washington
Martin van Buren
Lincoln Park
Railroad planned from Longmont to Greeley and Cariboo boom
Reports say immediate construction of a Longmont to Greeley railroad is assured with rails and rolling stock to follow the road bed. In Cariboo fifty houses rise while new lands near Longmont and Greeley attract colonists. a Cariboo silver deposit and a Boulder Valley to Cariboo extension loom on the horizon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain News
Longmont
Greeley
Evans
Cariboo
The
Register
Boulder Valley
Boulder
D. C. Beckwith
Denver
The Devil's Elbow Snake in Florida Waters
A Pilatka Herald report describes a terrifying encounter on the Ocklawaha river where a steamer faced a frenzy of alligators. Passengers fired and crew fought with hand-spikes as planks tore away and the boat neared sinking. A sea serpent then appeared driving the reptiles away, leaving the river stained with blood and prompting theories of subterranean passages linking headwaters to Lake Okeechobee.
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Ocklawaha
Sackett’s Point
Okeechobee Lake
Pilatka
Fla
Destructive Tornado Strikes Paxton Holden West Bolton
A powerful tornado swept through Paxton Holden and West Bolyeston near Worcester on June 11 at 4 30 pm demolishing barns houses and a carpenter shop. Three people were injured and trees and a stone wall were uprooted as the storm moved northeast toward Oakdale.
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Worchester
Paxton
Holden
West Bolyeston
L. N. Parkhurst
Oakdale
Greeley Town Ordinances Adopted On June 10 1871
The town board adopts Ordinance No 2 to ban manufac ture and regulate sale of spirituous liquors with medicinal exemptions, and Ordinance No 8 to restrain running at large of horses cattle sheep swine with pound master duties and auction rules for impounded animals. Details cover records, penalties, sale timings, and revenue to town.
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Greeley
Board of Trustees
R. A. Cameron
William E. Pason
Board of Trustees of Title
Salem
William E. Panon
Private letter details potato bug ravages in drought scene
The Register publishes a private letter from Bis Thompson describing the potato bug devastation and a prolonged drought with temperatures reaching 104 in the shade and nine months without rain.
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Bis Thompson
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