Greeley and the Union Colony prospectus of land and growth
The Union Colony at Greeley portrays its town on the Denver Pacific line with 1500 residents, three churches, three schools, and growing commerce. It touts fertile, irrigated Platte Valley land, abundant water rights, and low town prices while urging Eastern settlers to buy riverfront and canal land as a profitable future, with contracts and optional three-year payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Denver Pacific
Denver
Cheyenne
Omaha
Great Platte Valley
Julesburgh
Cache la Poudre
Thompson
St. Vrain
Boulder, &c
Story
Aids
Colorado
Ilinois
Greeley Tribune
Union Colony
Rocky Mountain Country
N.C. Merxers
The Streak Arrives And The Quiet Town Reacts
In a small town beside the New York Central line during a hot afternoon, travelers hear the distant murmur of the New York Special known as the Streak. People hurry off the track as the locomotive and palace cars thunder toward Chicago, its engineer clinging to the iron horse amid dust and roar while observers admire the stormlike power before the train vanishes into the distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Hudson River
Hackman
New York City
Chicago
Prairies
New York
Boston
New York Express
Oneida
Retail prices for hardware and tools noted in ledger
A historic ledger lists assorted hardware items with prices including baking powder, meat cuts, kitchenware, tools, and farm implements. Items such as augers, planes, saws, hoes, kettles, and washing machines appear with unit or per dozen pricing, reflecting a broad catalog of goods and their costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt's
Lippincott’s
Cook's
Eo Stubbs
Ohio Co
Usky Tool Co
Dieston
Gould
Coe
Doty
Reliance
Universal
Champion
School Board Officers and Directors Listed
Officers include N. C. Mexren as President J. C. Suartouck Vice President Davie Boyn Superintendent Dr Cuas Emerson Treasurer Wm. H. Post Secretary J. D. Buckney Engineer Trustees N. C. Meeker J. C. Shattuck H. V. Martin David Boyd S. E. Kennedy Itees N. M. Boynton H. T. West School Directors A. Hotchkiss President J. C. Abbott Treasurer W. H. Post Lee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Mexren
J. C. Suartouck
Davie Boyn
Dr. Cuas
Emerson
Wm. H. Post
J. D. Buckney
N. C. Meeker
J. C. Shattuck
H. V. Martin
David Boyd
S. 8. Kennedy
Agricultural Implements and Goods Wholesale Prices
Wholesale prices list plows, cultivators, mowers, horse rakes, seeders, boots and shoes, floor and furniture items, fabrics, felt and leather goods, timber and ironwork. Retail prices follow with heavy boots, calfskins, gaiters, shoes, and domestic goods. Includes dry goods, furniture sets, and assorted materials with a wide range of per unit costs and bulk rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cerames
Shevers
I ‘S
Excelsior
Champion
Esterly
Perin’s
Taylor's
Esterly's
Kip Brogan
Do. C
Oxford
Graham
Atlantic
Bedford
Arnold
American
Dunnell
Clyde
Spring
Cocheco
Delaines
Hamilton
Pacific
Manchester Scarlet
Bedford R
Laconia
Mystic River
Lyman
Continental
Constitutional
Ellerton W
Hill
Hill Do
Great Falls
Warren FF
Bees Wamsutta
Lonsdale
California
Chicago
Wyoming
Gisgek Bs
Train Station Notes From a Faded Rail Card
Brief, fragmented item noting stations and routes with departing places Greeley Cheyenne Om Burlin and Colum, hints of arrivals and transfers, typical of a late era railroad timetable snippet. Reads like transit shorthand with unclear timing and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Cheyenne
Burlin, Ton
Chaxo
Inds
Tor Art Apt
Colum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Greeley and the Union Colony
SDAY
Wy Keene
Evan Rea
Jas
G. Cooper
Samart B. Wiiaur
O. W. Suarrock
Joseph Moore
J. V. R. Spencer
Itees, N. M. Boynton, H. T. West
A. Hotchkiss
Pres’t
J. C. Abbott
Treas
W. H. Post
Lee
Territorial
Territory
Edwin McCook
Frank Hall
Supreme Court
Moses Hallet
Pueblo
E. I. Wells
Belford
Central
L. C. Rockwell
U. 8S
Marshall
M. A. Shaffenburg
H. W. Lessig
Denver District Land Office
Louis Dugal
J. A. Titus
Eric
J. Kram
Evans
J. L. Brush
J. C. Bailey
J. ©. Higley
W. H. McDonald
O. P. Basset
Hillsboro
D. J. Hopkins
B. H. Eaton
Nals
Board of Trustees
Superintendent of Water Commissioners
Greeley, Colo
WM. Hi. Post
Thomas
Farmers’ Club
N. Y
Texas
J. J. Thomas & Co
Geneva
N.Y
United States
Comfort
Mountains
Cache la Poudre Valley
Fort Collins
la Porte
Shinn
B. Bassett
Power Transfer CO
We Halstead
General Agents
Denver Pacific Railway
Ain—Express
Boulder Valley
Junction
Hughes
Erie
Assi
E. A. Axpnorr
Janet'n
eDenver
W. Fisher
Ent
Westinghouse
Pullman' S Palace
Atlantic Express
Missouri River
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Logansport
Columbus
Bun- Lington & Missouri
A. E. Touzalin
C. E. Perkins
FXO
Union Colony of
Grevney
Ater Power
M . Nderlea, &c
WM. Hf. Post
BeMt Naton & Sons, Bie
Military and Sporting Arms
Remington
New York National Guard
Army
Navy
BE. Remington & Sons
B. A. Haynes
A. E. Grisox
Haynes & Atpson
Greevey
Poudre Valley
C. F
Nichols’ Hall
Main Street
Lodge No
Ainting
R. Burchill
Washington and
Chestnut Streets
Jd. Vv
Spencer's
Loomington Nursery
Illinois
Phoenix Bloomington
Reeley Pioneer Saddle
Crosley
Colo
Daniel Witter
Arapahoe County
Denver City
Washington
Maple and
Jackson Sts
Hotchkiss
He Greeley Bookstore
Maple St
Jefferson and
Madison Sts
Ren Lating Library
Prospecttus
the Greeley Tribune
Brent
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