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Weld County’s Rise From Desert to Garden of Plenty
The article recounts Weld County’s transformation after 1870, from desert sagebrush to fertile farming via irrigation and the Union Colony led by Horace Greeley and N. C. Meeker. It highlights irrigation expansion, crops like potatoes and sugar beets, and the shift to a modern agrarian economy with electric power and rail prospects. The piece invites new settlers to share in the county’s growth and wealth.
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Weld County
Platte River
Cache la Poudre
Thompson
St. Vrain
Great Plain
Great West
Union Pacific Railroad
Platte
Cach la Poudre
Union Colony
New York
Horace Greeley
N. C. Meeker
New York Tribune
City of
Greeley
United States
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