Growth of Greeley Colony Promises Prosperous Frontier Life
The letter portrays Greeley on the Denver Pacific Railroad halfway between Denver and Cheyenne with a thriving Platte Valley trade. It cites 1500 residents, three churches, three schools, four hotels, a flour mill, and a growing graded school. Land and water rights attract buyers while irrigation and fertile soil yield strong crops. wheat and oats promise high bushels per acre, prices for wheat at 1.50 per bushel, oats at 1.00, potatoes 0.60, butter 0.40, beef 0.08–0.15 per unit, with hotel board 6 to 10 dollars weekly.
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Greeley
Denver Pacific
Denver
Cheyenne
Omaha
Great Platte Valley
Julesburgh
Cache la Poudre
Thompson
St. Vrain
Boulder, &c
Colorado
Westward land sale and health notes urge settlers to Indiana canal area
The piece highlights health gains from dry climate for invalids and urges Easterners to move West to buy affordable land near a growing town with schools, stores, mills. It cites a 24 acre to 5 acre parcels near town, canal land under contract at six dollars an acre with potential increases to fifty, then one hundred or two hundred in ten years, urging actual settlers and warning against speculation. It also mentions land under the canal, a colony plan for fifty to sixty families, and a humorous unrelated anecdote about a boy and a saloon-verse pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Illinois
Tom Thumb Party Returns From World Tour to New York
The Tom Thumb party led by General Tom Thumb and wife Minnie Warren arrives in New York on the steamer Egypt after a three year world voyage. They traveled 55,000 miles, gave 1411 entertainments, and plan another U.S. tour starting in September.
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Tom Thumb
Commodore Nutt
Minnie Warren
Sylvester Bleeker
B. 8. Kellogg
New York
Egypt
California
Japan
China
Australia
East Indies
Suez Canal
Continent
Great Britain
Middleborough
Mass
Bleeker
United States
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Greeley and the Union Colony
Evansville
Europe
Whitehouse
General Hardware
Wood
Main and
Monroe Sts
E. T. Nichols
Tie
Weld County
Henry Blunce
Merchant Tailoring Establishment
Ile
Nes
Per
Sanesca
Wise
States
Emokir
Merino
Ning's
Cook's
Stubbs Ware
Caries i & Grain
Laws
Disston
Ae Ames Gould
Duty's Family
Reliance
Universal
Champion
Remington & Sons
Military and Sporting Arms
Remington
New York National Guard
Army
Navy
E. Remington & Sons
Nion
Poudre Valley Lodge No
Ichols’ Hall
Main Street
Ainting
R. Burchill
Walnut An
Washington and
Chestnut Streets
Harry Burrows
Walnut and
Sherman Streets
Loomington
F. K. Phoenix
Bloomington
Reeley Pioneer
Ving
Greeley and
Sam
Grester
SSS
Erofee
Jackson Sts
Arthur Hotchkiss
WM. H. Post
Maple St
Jefferson and
Madison Sts
Irenlating Library
United States Mail
Mountains
Cache la Poudre Valley
Fort Cains
la Porte
Shinn
Evans
Bassett
John Deere
Mapgood
Excelsior
Kin
Esterly
Do. C
Graham
Bedford
Arnold
American
Dunnell
Clyde Ave
Spring i
Cocheco
Delaines
Hamilton
Ree
Mranchester
Scarit
Laconia EK
Mystic Heiter
Continental
Elerton W
Hill
Hill Do
Great Falla
Warren FF
Wamsutta
Lonsdale Cambric
Furstrone
Gallformey B
Thomas
Farmers’ Club
N, Y. City
Texas
J.J. Thomas & Co
Geneva
N.Y
Union Colony of
Board of Trustees
N. CO. Meeker
Colony Lumber Yard
W.H. Holliday & CO
Lucchsbor
W. Sarborm
Eastern and Western Lumber
Timmen
I Transfer CO
MR. Halstead
McClure & Sanborn
Denver, Colorado
General Agents
Aseley
Denver Pacific Railway
AMN
Boulder Valley
Hughes
Erie Lee Hughes
eDenver
W. Fisher
E. A. Axssort
Westinghouse
Pullman's Palace
Cheyenm
Burlington
Atlantis Express
Missouri River
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Logansport
Columbue
Bux& Missouri Riven
Ramroan
Zalin, Co
BE. Perkins
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