Opening of Tilt Narrow Railroad Tour from Denver
An editorial excursion left Denver on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway for Colorado City and La Fount. The 76 mile trip went via Platte, Plum Creek, and Glen Eyrie with stops at Garden of the Gods and Monument Park. Notable guests included Gen. Palmer Col. Greenwood and Dr. Bell among others. rails and town-building prospects praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilt Narrow
Denver
Denver and Rio Grande
Golden Transcript
O. J. Goldrick
Denver Herald
W. Holly
Denver Tribune
W.N. Byers
Rocky Mountain News
N.C. Meeker
Gare Ley Tribune
A.C. Todd
Ekvans Journal
W. W. Borst
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Glen Eyrie
General Palmer
Greeley
Greeley Are Here Making Improvements. Mr. Whipple
Bentley
Nye
Nettleton
Inman Brothers
Stevens
Gen. Palmer
Col. Greenwood
Bell
Garg. Hunt
Col
Green Wood
Dr. Bell
London
Lord Lawrence
K. Sopris
Garden of the Gods
Soda Springs
Fountain
Monument Park
Denver Pacific excursion notes seek Santa Fe line
A trip describes a 76 mile four hour forty minute ride from Denver to La Font and back with the Denver Pacific road officers guiding travelers. They envision extending the line to Santa Fe and Mexico, running near mountains to reach coal fields and favor fan shaped valleys with growing population. Extension northward would use Denver Pacific and a narrow gauge from Golden to Pine Bluffs.
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la Font
Denver
Santa Fe
Old City of
Mexico
Reservoir schemes promise water security for Colorado
The article argues for building reservoirs to store winter water for summer use, enabling farming and mining expansion. It cites Denver plans, notes concerns about mountain reservoirs, and describes related schemes to grant land for irrigation in exchange for canals and groves, with potential profits and ecological benefits.
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Colorado
Platte
Denver
Willson
Hame
Byers
Rocky Mountain News
New Mexico
Congress
Arkansas
Capital and Colonization Face Congress Over Canal Plans
The passage argues no power can run vast canals against capitalist interests, unless colonies like ours join. It predicts Congress will see efforts to pressure the bill, with Colorado figures backing the project as Capital and Colonization prepare to confront each other before Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Colorado
Riches ahead for Rocky Mountain mining towns
The article notes booming prospecting in the Rocky Mountain region with rich silver leads near Mt. Bross and Mt. Lincoln rivaling Gregory and Cariboo. It forecasts annual discoveries and growth of Pueblo, Denver, and Greeley as supply hubs, while Utah tin and widespread coal, copper, and gypsum prospects hint at vast future wealth.
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Mt. Bross
Mt. Lincoln
Gregory
Cariboo
Rocky Mountain Country
Pueblo
Arkansas
Denver
Upper Platte
Central
South Park
Greeley
Colorado
Utah
England
Missouri
Rocky Mountains
Tron
The Pitch Fork Colony Debates Fees and Location
A Toledo Blade writer criticizes Miller and his pitch fork colony plan, arguing the real value lies in location and accusing Miller of overcharging members. The piece notes a $20 initiation demand, contrasts with a $5 original fee, and mentions plans to publish Colorado Monthly and the Greeley Tribune for $3.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Toledo Blade
Minnesota
Miller, Humiston & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Humiston
Musical talents shine in Greeley community gathering
Greeley residents praise local performers led by the Laman Brothers with multi-instrumental skill. Notables include Mr. Sanborn, Mr. Barnes, Mrs. Starkweather, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Inman, and Miss Washburn, whose voices draw praise from Wisconsin editors and Denver papers. The piece also notes irrigation era history, flour mill access, and mentions Mrs Laura Curtis Bullard and Rev W T Clark as editor and journalist respectively. The Holly Water Works project in Denver nears completion at an estimated cost of 150000 dollars, promising strong water pressure for city engines.
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Greeley
Laman Brothers
Sanborn
Christy's Minstrels
New York
Barnes
Baptist
Meadville
Starkweather
Rhode Island
Kennedy
Terre Haute
George Inman
Boston
Miss Washburn
Our Valley
Wisconsin
Denver
Miss Hollister
Lyceum
Laura Curtis Bullard
W. T. Clark
N. Y
Woman Suffrage Party
N. Y. City
Holly Water-Works
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The passage recalls vast destruction in Paris with mentions of the Tuileries the Palace of Justice and the Hotel de Ville comparing ruin to Lisbon Lima and Chicago noting divine power as organizer of world commerce and Chief Magistrate of the Universal Republic.
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Ces
Fields
Farwells
Bowens
Potter Palmers
Tuileries
Palace of Justice
Hotel de Ville
Paris
Lisbon
Lima
Chicago
Universal Republic
Funeral sermon for Robert Wright by Rev G H Adams
The Baptist church heard Rev G H Adams preach on the afterlife from 2 Timothy 1 10 at the funeral for Robert Wright who was accidentally shot while hunting. He spoke of immortality through Christ, the resurrection, and the need for faith, noting the deceased’s peaceful view of death. The choir sang The Sweet By and By, a favored piece of the family, as many wept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wright
G. H. Adams
Baptist Church
Jesus Christ
Adams
Job
Bennett
Lychum Lyceum Draws Largest Attendance Of Season
The Lyceum filled to capacity last week with many left standing. Miss Lottie Nichols postponed her original essay due to attending the Rio Grande railroad opening. Miss Washburn and Miss Hollister performed musically, Mr. Haynes read Emerson, and a discussion on spiritualism followed.
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Lyceum
Falding
Lottie Nichols
Rio Grande
Miss Washburn
Hollister
Haynes
Emerson
Miller praised by New York Standard editor
John Russell Young of the New York Standard lauds the Greeter TermUNe and notes Greeley’s growing metropolis status. A Tribune wedding notice from Greeley is reprinted, followed by the Pueblo Chieftain’s tale of a Chicago newspaper man who searches for liquor in a sober town.
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John Russell Young
N. Y
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Greeley Tribune
Nasby
Young
Miller
N. Y. Tribune
Pueblo
Colorado
Greeley
Chicago by Moonlight at Sioux City Speech
A speaker recalls Melrose Abbey and a moonlit city of the dead, describing a majestic, eerie panorama over Chicago. He evokes worlds from the Coliseum to Nineveh, Babylon, and Palmyra, merging ancient ruins with the modern urban night in vivid, reverent prose.
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Sioux City
Scott
Melrose Abbey
Richardson
Burlington Road
St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Delhi
Lucknow
China
Japan
Alhambra
Alexandria
Babylons
Palmyras
Thebes
Carthages
Nero
Titus
Diocletian
Colieum
Chicago Fire Devastates City as Losses Mount
The Chicago Tribune reports a fire consuming 2 500 acres and 20 000 buildings, leaving 100 000 homeless and causing 300 000 000 in losses. Over 50 000 residents fled, population down to 280 000, with grain elevators burned and warehouses spared. Coal, leather, groceries and clothing stocks burned, yet some metals and currency survived.
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Chicago
Chicago and New York Notes and Fire News Summary
A scattered Ipswich style digest reports fires and disasters across Cameron Missouri and Chicago, with 40 thieves feared in Nebraska, a 2,000 pound gold bar at Atlanta noted, and Brigham Young and son to be arrested for murder. It covers drought and crop yields in Minnesota and the Northwest, political and labor clashes in New Jersey, and global science figures including Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. Other items include railroad expansion in Colorado and Milwaukee talks of a Lake Michigan submarine cable.
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Victoria
Chicago
Cameron Mo
Omaha
Atlanta
Jane Swisshelm
Tist
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Penesylvania
Nebraska Journal
Barnard
Hells
New York
Ain
Brigham Young
John A. Young
Belleville
N. J
Hawkins
Grant
South Carolina
Atlantic
Lizzie Anderson
Taylor County
Iowa
Co-Operative
Boston
Barnum
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Ft. Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Wyoming
Texas
Mount Denis
Mammoth Cave
Louisville
Madison Street
Tribune
San Francisco
Michigan
California
Bentwell
Steinway Hall
N. Y
Boutwell
N.Y. Tribune
Eighth Avenue
Roderick Impey Murchison
England
British Geological and Geographical Societies
London
Australia
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Europe
Great Britain
Nicholas
Russia
V.V. Standard
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Bassett
Ft. Collins
Colorado Monthly
The
Omaha Herald
Fred. Grant
Capt
Berthoud
Pine Bluff
Golden
General Shermen
Wabash
Commodore Allen
Lone Tree Creek
Marshall
Valmont
Burlington
Longmont
Big Thompson
Pine Bluffs
A. Clawson
Mead Holt
Shaw
Longmont Press
Denver Pacific
Fm Evans
Boulder
Gilpin
Denver Rio Grande
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