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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1875
Page
2
The county commissioners plan another election on the County Seat dispute. The last year's vote backed Greeley for a court room jail and deeded lots. The court and property are considered a five year contract not to be altered. Any election before five years end is illegal and cannot overturn the deal with Greeley.
The article argues Colorado’s wealth comes from government grass ranges and mining revenue. It notes cattle feed year round, potential farm value, and per-person wealth estimates from coal lead silver and gold. It discusses crop prospects including corn wheat and potatoes, and mentions alfalfa clover as a future savior amid grasshoppers.
The article argues against fears of overstocking and predicts continued high prices for farm produce. It notes that harvests still leave the country short of breadstuffs and vegetables while butter moves from dairy regions. It urges farmers to plant with confidence in eventual rewards.
County Commissioners tour the Platte seeking a bridge site while local readers debate advertising practices for Evans bridge. The era’s press covers the Meadow Springs massacre trial delays, a damning view of the Keeley motor, a proposed fast New York to Chicago train, fur trade inquiries, and a rising immigrant population shaping Platte Valley growth.
Professor Hayden, currently in Denver, is expected to travel to Greeley soon to inspect cattle north of town, a herd built by recent purchases that total nearly three thousand head.
Duncan, Sherman & Co one of New York’s largest banks suspends with six million liabilities and thinner assets. The Union Bank of London also fails due to ties with Duncan, Sherman. In Geneva a rapid flood and ice storm causes heavy damage, while Denver jail inmates escape. Kansas seeks ground in Philadelphia for a joint exhibition with Colorado, urged by Kansas Pacific and Kansas Legislature. Phillips trial at Fort Collins ends with a not guilty verdict citing self defense.
A vivid sketch of the Cache la Poudre valley from Laporte to the Platte, describing scenic routes, Hogbacks, Doe's, and Lake La Poudre. It details fishing, hunting, and the timber era with log drives, jams, and dangers, including the Owens and Pingre anecdotes and the hard lives of Upper Poudre lumbermen. W. F. Thompson of Greeley is highlighted as a leading lumberman with two million feet hauled this year.
Mr Walker arrives from camp with California prospectors reporting rich mica finds in the northwest Larimer County area. The mica runs seven to ten feet wide between wall rocks, quality No 1, with copper and cinnabar specimens. The party, backed by capitalists, plans a thorough prospecting tour and claims the county mica could attract investment soon. Wheat prices have risen in Eastern markets.
The article traces early exploration from 1043 through Pike and Long, notes the gold discovery at Clear Creek spurring settlement, and explains how Colorado lay within the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. It describes how the territory split into Orleans and the north west region by 1804, with Louisiana becoming a state in 1812 and Missouri designation changing the same year, per the Chicago Journal of Commerce.
The Grand County mining district on Rabbit Bar Range shows steady progress with ten men opening eight Bourn & Campbell mines. Assays report 857 ounces silver per ton in a sample and other lodes yield 250 ounces silver and 60 percent lead per ton. Beebe’s windmill powered ranches prove desert settlement possible, while Colorado Springs earns a reputation as a regional equalizer with many marriages and growing industry.
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