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Colorado irrigation seen by Medill in 1870s letter
Hon. Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribune recounts Colorado’s irrigation push. He notes mining and stock raising as leading industries, describes arid plains needing artificial watering, highlights Greeley’s early success and daisy chain of colonies, and surveys major irrigation projects and land prospects around Denver and the Platte.
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