The Guertry Tamene Price and Colorado Central Rail Route
The Colorado Central from Golden to Black Hawk is praised as the world’s most remarkable railroad with dramatic canyon scenery. Freight includes silver bullion and matte. passenger and freight business are growing, with coal and hay potential untapped. Completion to Black Hawk will enable an 18 mile branch to Caribou, signaling Colorado’s new era of prosperity.
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Mountain Railroad
Colorado Central
Golden
Black Hawk
Clear Creek
Keho
Weber
Union Pacific
Georgetown
Europe
Chicago
Colorado
Caribou
Union Colony Lands Offer Investment Near Greeley
The Union Colony seeks to close its landed holdings by offering lands at low appraisals. Greeley, with about 2,000 residents, growing population, six churches, three schools, and new railroad development, is highlighted. The town, free of liquor sales, sits at the Platte valley head, on both the Denver Pacific Railroad and the Colorado Central, with a new grist mill ready to operate, signaling rapid value growth for buyers and settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Colony
Greeley
Great Platte Valley
Colorado
Denver Pacific
Denver
Cheyenne
Colorado Central
Joseph Fezer
Mr. Welch
Gen. Cameron
Hogarth
Barnes
Rocky Mountain
Keel
Mr. Nichols
Charley Fezer
Mr. Feret
Capt. Boyd
Mr. Fezer
Angelica Y. King
Nichols
Bethoven
Tribune
Land sales near Greeley promise rail access and water
The notice advertises extensive Colorado land parcels near Greeley with canal water rights for free use, many options from 4 to 640 acres, prices from $5 to $100 per acre, plus town lots and river-bottom tracts. A Colorado Central Railroad station nearby is highlighted, with Meeker inviting buyers to correspondence and settings for large purchases.
Great Silver Mine at Caribou in Colorado Sparked Hopes
In Livermore a settler S. Moore built a neat home and pursued gold before selling part of his stake to Russell Fisk. At Caribou, described as a vast silver region, Moore joined three partners to buy a claim for 8000 dollars after weighing a rugged prospector’s find. The 50‑foot wide vein yields galena copper ore with rich assays, drawing comparisons to Comstock Nevada and promising wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribou
Livermore
8. S. Moore
California
Batchelor
Russell Fisk
Greeley
Moore
Colorado
Lode
Middle Boulder Creek
Frank MacGlothlon
Boulder News
Watters
Eberhart
Emma
Grand Island
Comstock
Nevada
Silver Kings of the Rocky Mountains emerge from Fourth of July lode
At the Boulder County Fair Mr. Moore won first premium for the best ore from the Fourth of July lode in Colorado. Articles of incorporation list Moore and associates with $200,000 capital to build a road from Middle Boulder to Middle Park. Thirty men currently work on the road as plans foresee a railroad route along the Snowy Range and into Grand Lake, crowning Moore and partners as silver kings of the Rockies.
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Youngstown
Liverwash
Boulder
Moore
Colorado
Caribou
Middle Park
Fourth of July Lode
Mr. Moore
Geo. C. Corning
H. N. Coffee
A. Arnett
Josiah Dartt
Wm. E. Beck
F. A. Squires
Patrick J. Hannah
Messrs Moore
Coffee
Corning
D. McEhee
Middle Boulder
North Boulder
Arapahoe Peak
Grand Lake
Boulder News
Snowy Range
The
Rocky Mountains
Organization of the Greeley Board of Trade meeting
Citizens of Greeley meet by Gen. R. A. Cameron to form a Board of Trade. S. S. Kennedy named President H. T. West Secretary and Treasurer, with trustees Cameron Hollister and Boynton. Membership set at one dollar annually. Discussion on railroad to connect with U P R B continues.
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Greeley
Messrs. Cameroni
Hollister and Boynton
Kennedy
H. Bayley
H. T. West
Evan Rea
A. Z. Salomon
Sec’v
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N.C. Merker
Eeennee
Ewer Aeeet
Ean Ee
Morace Greeley
B. Grataz
Union Eet
Cache-la-ne
Laramie Plains
N. ©. Meeker
Cache-la- Poudre
Platte
Colorado Central Railroad
Thompson
Cache-4a- Poudre
Evans
Island Grove Park
Big Thompson
Thompson Valley
Cole
Denver Pacific Railroad
N. C. Meeker
Greeley, Colorado
Eagle
New York
Tyena
J. Centipede
St. Nicholas
Carlessly
Jack Coyote
Gallen
Academy of Music
Corenius
Herald
Rim
General Sickels
Union Pacific Railroad
Phillips
Emerson
Golden Eagle
Golden Transcript
Golden and Northwest Railroad
Julesburg
Longmont
St Louis
Hig Thompson
Laporte
Fort Collins
Cach la Poudre
Dale Creek
Cache
Topeka
Kansas
Utah
St. Louis
Isaac Canfield
G. Law
Philadelphia
Maclean, Stoddard, and Co
Dio Lewis
Boston
Mr Nmaare
Canal No. 8
Cleveland
Ohio
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