Water rights rant targets Denver in Colorado news
A July 8 1874 subscriber notice laments water rights and Rob Roy style water grab schemes threatening Denver. The piece argues there is no vested prior right to water for irrigation and warns of canals diverting from above Denver leading to drought and ruin. It contemplates Rob Roy capitalists, vanished cultivation, ghost towns, and shifting regional power with Arapahoe and Cheyenne peoples returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Street
Greeley
Colorado
N.C
Denver
Bijou
Rob Roy
Holly
Rob Roys
Platte
Ute
Arkansas Valley
States
Republican
Lupton
St. Vrain
Fur Companies
Question of the Day on Colorado water rights 1866
A newspaper note discusses Colorado Statutes chapter 8 and vested water rights. It notes that mill and ditch owners retain water rights, while parties above use water reducing supplies. It urges consolidating ditch interests and saving surplus rather than pursuing costly litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Colony
Irrigation rights debate and water supply fears in Colorado valley
The piece argues for prior vested rights to protect farmers between Collins and Greeley from upstream extraction by large canals. It cites irrigation potential, saving surplus water, and legislative acts, then digresses into jokes about Katie King and a London spiritualist case, before returning to water supply issues and Denver’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Box Elder Valley
Vierce Station
Cache Ia Poudre
Collins Canal
Collins and Greeley
Greeley
Lew
County Seat Mixes Inaccurate Local History
Avans Journal disclaims errors in a County Seat item linking Big Thompson ditch ant county seat and Mr McCutcheon with the St Louis Colony. The paper notes alleged shots came from McCautcheon and warns plans discussed are only incubation until hatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Avans Journal
McCautcheon
Evans
The Miner and Mechanic News Worthiness Highlighted
The Miner and Mechanic published in Denver is described as highly creditable and needed, with claims of success and usefulness in its field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miner and Mechanic
Denver
Colorado Territory Water Supply Act Sets County Bonds Route
The 1874 act authorizes Colorado counties to subscribe to water company stock to build ditches and pipes for mining milling irrigation and domestic use. It requires voter approval by a countywide election, limits bond terms and interest, and allows special taxes for debt service. Excludes Arapahoe County and takes effect upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
House of Representatives
Colorado Territory
Board of Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners
Ward
Enre News
Suc County
Arapahoe
Italian Cities Travelogue From Bologna To Milan
J Mediti describes the Bologna skyline with its red bricks and walls and Turin as a modern city with few ruins. He travels toward Milan noting Cavoun canal irrigation, Verdilla library relics, and lakes Como and Maggiore framed by Alpine Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Mediti
Chicago
Florence
Noril
Arno
Apennines
Bologna
Bith
Turin
Sardinia
Great
Iowa
Illinois
Alps
Italy
Francis I
Milan
Cavoun
Doro River
Vercilla
Eusebius
Lucanus
St. Eusebius
Paris
Lombardy
Traly
Como
Maggiore
Taxation That Kills Liquor Trade in Virginia 1878
Report by Virginia Board of Public Instruction Superintendent Raffaer shows 2,856 retail liquor shops and an estimated annual liquor sales of 10.6 million dollars, rising to about 12 million with medicines. The figures are cited as driving poverty in Virginia and the Southern states and strain Northern economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Virginia
J. G. Holland
Scribner’s
Raffaer
Virginia Board of Public Instruction
Denver Fruits Show Strong Growth Across Territory
The article notes many Denver orchards now show daylight in fruit raising with apples pears plums and cherries bearing. It cites Longmont reports of David Taylor J H Gheeney Daniel Coffman and Joseph Wolf among others predicting good year and large yields, urging farmers to stay informed about regional progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
California
Longmont Foress
David Taylor
J. H. Gheeney
Daniel Coffman
Joseph Wolf
Boulder
Judge Berkley
Letters From the Platte Describe Stock Trade and Indian Rumors
A Platte Valley letter from Buffalo Colorado in July 1874 notes limited railroad progress hurting business while stock sales boom from Nebraska arrivals. It reports some Indians passing through, calls for stricter reservation enforcement, mentions labor scarcity pushing families toward mountains, and describes drought, scarce water, and fires in the nearby mountains with no rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley Tribune
Platte
Colorado Central Railroad
Omaha
Nebraska
Hatfield
Frory
Buffalo, Weld Co
Col
Shooting of Mountain Jim Estes Park by Mr Evans
A Longmont paper reports a June 29 Estes Park homicide. Mountain Jim, a famed mountaineer and frequent threats target of Mr Evans, rode to Evans home to shoot. Evans fired twice, killing Jim and horse. Evans surrendered in Big Thompson with Hon. John H. Wells and was bailed at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Jim
Estes ’ Park
MR. Evans
Longmont
Estes’ Park
Jim
Evans
Evang
John H. Wells
Big Thompson
Boulder News
Keim Colorado Specimens and Cabinet for Centennial Exposition
A circular from Beverley R. Keim, General Passenger Agent of the Kansas Pacific Railway, requests Colorado residents to send samples of agricultural products and minerals for a Keim Colorado Specimens cabinet. Specimens, with grower and yield data, will be exhibited in fairs and the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Also records intent to acknowledge senders. In unrelated town business, Greeley Colorado board notes resignations, appointments, and routine financials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverley R. Keim
Kansas Pacific Railway
Kansas City
Coloradoa
Kensan
Keim
Colorado
Philadelphia
Beverley R. Ker
Gen. Pass
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Katie King
London
William Crooks
F. R
Katie
Crooks
Miss Cook
Davenports
Medill
Mantua
Rocky Mountains
Max Clark
Clear Creek
Denver News
Stanton, Rand & Co
Max
The
Denver Mirror
Minnesota
Water Supply
Lower Platte
Rattlesnake Park
Colorado Springs
the Town Board
Tuly
Board of Trustees
Colo
Eli Hall
Jes. Moore
Samuel Graham
B. C. Adams
Jos. Moore
Board of
Ira Canfield
B. ©. Adams
John Leavy
K. Thompson
L. van Gehren
Jos. Atkinson
Oak Street
Oscar Eaton
Jackson and
Walnut Street
Monroe
Jefferson Streets
Committee On Fire Department
Alex
J. T. Holliday
J. UL. Foster
Ieee
Doom Cadens Ink
Geo. Barnes
Snes E
Harry Diveder
Oyer
A. Clark
S. Graham
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