The Greeley Grant Electoral Outlook from 1860
The article notes results from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana with Liberals winning in two states and Republicans in the others. It lists Greeley and Grant as favored to win with 178 electoral votes secured and six more needed from doubtful states California Nevada Wisconsin Caroling siente.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Mr. Greeley
Gen. Grant
California
Nevada
Nora Caroling
Wisconsin
Greeley
Investors Eye Western Towns as Railroad Maps Guide Moves
Eastern capitalists study Kansas Nebraska Colorado maps and rail routes to pick future investments. A Denver paper debate notes a likely new line from the Republican valley through Cache la Poudre to link with Union Pacific, predicting six rail connections for Greeley and shifting through traffic away from Denver.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Omaha
Kansas City
Republican Valley
Cache-la-Poudre
Union Pacific
Greeley
Denver
Wheat Exports From Colorado to Topeka and St Louis
The Denver News reports that by last Friday twelve car loads of Colorado wheat had been shipped to Topeka Kansas. Four more car loads have been sent from our town to St Louis. The piece notes bread from the Mississippi valley and Kansas soil feeding the Rocky Mountain region, praising Colorado soil as highly active in the nation.
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Mississippi Valley
Denver News
Colorado
Topeka
Kansas
St. Louis
American
Illinois
Rocky Mountain
East
United States
Colorado wheat supply and forecast in infancy of farming
The article argues Colorado wheat quality justifies demand while noting 34,000 bushels already raised and 40,000 to spare for a 4,000 population. It estimates a Colorado crop near 500,000 bushels with five bushels per person for 60,000 residents, concluding farming is in its infancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Miller
Toledo Blade
Nordhof
Tice
Missouri Agricultural Pretenders
Cache-la-Poudre
Thompson
Mrs Richardson to read in Baptist Church this Saturday
Abby Sage Richardson, praised for a captivating voice, will give a one hour reading in the Baptist Church this Saturday evening. Admission is 50 cents, reflecting her years of study and a recent escape from abuse while supporting a pen. A new temperance paper is planned for Greeley with strict anti liquor aims.
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Richardson
Abby Sage Richardson
Colorado Wheat Demand From Rough and Ready Flour
A Colorado flour sample from Rough and Ready mill near Denver impressed Boston buyers, sparking a Denver order for fifty railcars. The Snow Flakes brand from Greeley rivals Rough and Ready, and Colorado irrigation gives uniform quality. California and Utah wheat struggle with irrigation and soil. Colorado stands ready to meet rising demand as mills expand to satisfy eastern markets.
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Colorado
Denver
Boston
Greeley Mills
Messrs. Kennedy
California
Utah
Wheat yields and farming outlook in Greeley region
The article reports wheat production in Greeley across east of the railroad. Notable crops include 28 bushels per acre on 75 acres plowed last year and 2075 total bushels on 75 acres, with sod ground yielding high returns if wet down. It discusses potato crops along the Big Thompson and praises Western literature access and rail travel guides.
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Hill
Thompson
Gard
Greeley
van Gehren
Pierson
Ramsay
Kaufman
Putnam
Clarks
Wilford
Collins
Homesteaders Report Strong Early Farm Profits
The men describe living alone on their land with no families and doing their own work including washing. They cultivate wheat oats potatoes and corn and expect about 800 dollars on average with net profits not less than 500 dollars though they have only begun farming.
Clear Creek Farmers Club Holds Fall Meeting in Arvada
The Clear Creek Valley Farmers club met October 10 at Arvada school with L. K. Perrin presiding and L. A. Reno as secretary. Officers for the year were postponed and delegates may be named to form a territorial union of Colorado clubs in Denver on the first Tuesday in December.
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Arvada
L. K. Perrin
L. A. Reno
Clear Creek Valley
Ralston Creek
Denver News
Rocky Mountain Baptist Association Holds Closing Exercises
After a two day session the Rocky Mountain Baptist Association conducted closing exercises in the Presbyterian church with business meetings in the Baptist church. Represented were churches from Denver Golden Central and Canyon City amid hopeful prospects for new congregations in the Territory. Preachers included W. Scott J. Bowker J. Pierce and P. L. Mitchell. Gratitude was given to Greeley for hospitality. next meeting will be in Denver.
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Rocky Mountain
Baptist
Rocky Mountain Baptist Association
Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Denver
Golden
Central
Canyon City
Birt. W. Scott
D. Bowker
Board Actions And Local Petitions On October Meeting
Board members met October seventh with the town clerk present. Several bills were approved or referred, including fencing posts, lumber for bridging, and street work. Town attorneys fees and large legal costs were sent to the Finance Committee. Road and alley petitions were assigned to Streets and Roads. A poll tax assessment was ordered. New town assessors were appointed. Reports discuss railroad feeder proposals linking Golden, Colorado Central, Idaho, and South Park with a potential path to the Union Pacific near the Laramie Plains, per local coverage. Grace Greenwood’s arrival noted.
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Evan Rea
Jos. Moore
N. M. Boynton
Dr. G. Law
L. van Gohren
Union Colony
W. H. Holliday & Co
O. W. Shattuck
Haynes & Gipson
B. Washbourn
Main Street
Jackson Avenue
Ovid Plumb
Oak Street
F. Percival
Walnut Street
Madison Avenue
C. W. Shattuck
A. E. Gipson
Ludwig van Gehren
Golden
Longmont
Larimer County
Union Pacific
Laramie Plains
Idaho
South Park
Colorado Central
Golden Transcript
Barnum Urges Temperance in Greeley Address
Hon. P. T. Barnum spoke at the Methodist Church in Greeley urging temperance before a crowded audience. He recalled the Colony's promise, warned that drink destroys happiness, and argued natural law and habit shape character, citing alcohol’s harm to the brain and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Barnum
New York City
Methodist Church
Good Templars
Childs
Barnum
Greeley
Far West
New York
Philadelphia
Princeton
Temperance Appeal Denounces Liquor Traffic in Greeley
In a Denver newspaper piece from Greeley, critics argue against alcohol, urging strict local laws, warning of social ruin and crime linked to drink. The speech cites tax data, drunks, and public health costs, calling for continued prohibition and women’s support for sober households. A local weekly, the Colorado Weekly Sun, plans a Republican family paper to back growth of Weld County and oppose liquor.
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Denver
Greeley
United States
Mathew
Dr. Jewett
Inman Brothers
Colorado Weekly Sun
Colorado
Weld County
Sun
The
Weld
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