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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1871
Page
2
The piece guides wealthy newcomers toward large scale farming as leisure, detailing farm size from 500 to 2000 acres and elaborate house designs. It urges hiring experts, keeping pure imported breeds, beekeeping with non warming hives, and a foreman with a library to time sowing and harvesting, envisioning a life of refined rural ease.
A farmer, growing short of capital, plans an energetic forenoon ride to borrow money. He will wear clean linen and a checkered necktie with a diamond breast-pin, his pants showing over boot-legs as the cavalry tops. He aims to cover the country by horse to chase lending options.
The Burlington group backs Chicago Colony, joining to build a thriving, organized town with equal land shares to curb speculation. Officials foresee widespread impact on western and eastern lands, with moral aims guiding prohibition of alcohol on colony grounds and a clash against landed aristocracy. The writer envisions a future where colonization confronts entrenched power structures and expands civic virtue.
Dr Burdess of Denver writes about soda lakes located about 12 miles southwest of Denver between Bear and Turkey creeks. The lakes cover about 60 acres and the water and soil contain roughly 33 4 percent sulfate of soda, forming base for caustic soda, carbonate soda, and bi-carbonate soda. Potential uses are vast including soap and glass. a natural laboratory is already formed. Details on extent and cost are unavailable, but similar lakes may exist toward the mountains.
The Chicago Colony proposes 65000 acres near Burlington Boulder county about 35 miles from Creeley and Denver with water from St Vrain Boulder and Left Hand. Seventy four locals joined the venture and rail line improvements are planned eight miles to the colony. The project aims at farming with supportive, developed land and strong prospects for success.
The Tennessee Colony sits 28 miles below us on the Platte with settlers, lumber shipments, and rail traffic potential. A bridge, ferry, and canal plans could connect to Pine Bluff and Union Pacific, enabling self sufficiency through early crops and land pre emption for small sums, contingent on health and leadership.
In this town families gain access to schools lectures and Lyceums as colonization opens new chances. A Vermont farmer moved to New York to attend the Farmers' Club and Beecher sermons but lacked funds for nearby land. He bought a small farm twelve miles from Brooklyn yet reached the club after two years while his wife missed Beecher. Each town owner now enjoys advantages once thought limited to the wealthy.
A week earlier the lake area near Cache la Pondre showed farming borders while last Friday morning a new water scene emerged. The sea rolled from the southeast to the Platte and Delta with a bleak sky and muddy nearshore waters. A ruined castle hides among ancient trees, a ship shows trouble aloft, fishing boats speck the headland, and a small sailboat glides in a deep bay as desolation sits by the near town.
The writer notes many boys present at church, mostly strangers, who wear clean, well fitting clothes of fine material. He contrasts them with boys of thirty years ago who wore rough, ill fitting garments, red homemade shirts, pinch boots, thick homemade handkerchiefs, and had little money. He urges gratitude.
Local residents note that visiting Denver mechanics completed two houses here with notable architecture and finish yet offered no remarks on their workmanship. The quiet efficiency of the builders stands out amid town interest in the new structures.
A local note criticizes the Union Colony No 2 formed near Ft Collins for pre empting 1600 acres on the expectation of water from the Pennsylvania canal. The plan is shown to be unreal and the project collapses. The writer warns against future offshoots as gratuitous ventures.
A sudden death in the colony casts gloom over residents. Mrs Netleton, described as young, beautiful, educated, and accomplished, leaves a young child. An obituary and biographical sketch are promised for next week.
Reverend Hollister’s Sabbath sermon in Colony Hall argues that true freedom comes from the Spirit and the fruits of love joy peace long suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness and temperance. He cites scripture Galatians 5 22 23 and warns against relapse into selfishness and sin while urging persistent spiritual struggle toward righteousness.
Readers respond to our liquor article arguing the piece was misinterpreted as labeling locals as jail birds. The letter insists the point was that any arrival of liquor would attract such characters, not that the town is overrun.
A critique of local financiers described as benevolent but ineffective, busy with plans for the Four of Trustees. The piece notes their lifelong involvement in schemes, frequent failures in their own ventures, and reliance on money from wives or family estates to sustain efforts.
Large quantities of hay are brought into town from river valleys above and shipped to Denver and Cheyenne for military posts, express, and stage companies. Strangers remark on its bright green color, resembling meadow hay, due to no rain having fallen on it.
In a description of travel through a heavenly land, riders cover 25 miles from Ft Collins to Greeley in eight hours noting roads are excellent. The piece extols the landscape and travel ease.
A Sidney Ohio colony and nearby families form a locating committee in Colorado led by Col. Wilson. About fifty families are traveling from one town and will bring a woolen mill and a newspaper among other items.
A Monday morning fire at Greeley House started in the kitchen stove and spread before the bell rang. Volunteers with buckets fought the flames, ending the blaze with an estimated loss of 50 dollars, insured.
Young unmarried men of the Colony show diligence in construction including a Park residence finished with three coats of paint. A horse theft at Higley’s livery last Thursday led to a pursuit by Higley. the suspect, named only as John Smith, was tried before Justice Childs, bound over, and sent to Denver due to no local jail.
General Reed reports on Wyoming Territory covering minerals soil climate and prospects. Nettleton, the Colony Engineer, returns from the states to map lines for Canal No 8 enlargement as thousands seek to move west amid hard times back yonder.
A Sunday school festival in Denver collected three hundred dollars in donations. Organizers cited community support and seasonal activities that drew families to the event.
The article notes about 7000 barrels of sugar sold annually in Denver. It describes a new hotel named the New Hotel built by Mr. Nichels for P. T. Barnum of New York. Located on Spruce Street near the Depot the two story 24 by 75 foot building will have a double hipped roof bathrooms and modern improvements. It is rented to a hotel keeper with a highly regarded wife in charge and aims to serve invalids seeking the healthful climate once opened to the public.
Denver residents discuss manufacturing beet sugar and buying Chattsworth Illinois machinery. They note soil challenges, recommend starting small for demonstration, and consider transferring the Chattsworth setup to Denver with a good chance of success.
A Masonic festival is planned at Fort Collins on March 9 and is described as a notably important event.
The passage notes a fiery eared bird and a gay lady asking where it was made. Mr Dow is identified as the maker in Greeley, and a sign of respectability described as elegant as any doctor’s ride. It then shifts to Mr Pinneo’s market wagon work.
Trustees Meeker Holmes Holland Wilcox and Grange Shattuck hear deeds for Jos Murray and others. They extend locating period for unimproved pre July 1870 certificates and request funds from Mr Greeley. Deeds granted to McAllister Bayley Eaton Jordan Longstall Rameey Leavy Jones Owen and others. Reports show $2062.05 received in February for new certificates rents and fees. Bills approved and staff discharged. Bridge committee presents cache la poudre bridge plan and seeks proposals for piles.
The Greeley Tribune sets advertising terms including pricing by square inch, advance payment, and options for contract changes. It limits yearly advertisers to their business line and requires cash with orders for nonlocal ads unless from authorized agents.
The prospectus outlines aims of The Greg ary Tribune printed in Greeley Colorado to publicize the Union Colony at its center, promote Colonization in Root Mountain country, and teach that civilization grows from mental culture and industry. It seeks to emphasize family life, homesteading, and self sufficiency, while offering a paper of value to families, students, educators, and leaders.
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