The Cache la Poudre Valley Journey at Harvest Time
A 19th century travel note praises the Cache la Poudre valley as America’s most charming farming region with valleys over 80 miles long and 3 to 4 miles wide. It details crops, yields, rents, irrigation plans, towns like Collins La Porte and Livermore, and notes scenic routes, infrastructure, and prospective tourism and settlement along the valley.
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Cache LA Poudre Valley
Cache la Poudre
America
Colorado
Greeley
Stu
Collins
Mer Taylore
la Porte
Box Elder
Creeley
Lavinier County
Salt Lake
Cheyenne
Livermore
South Fork
Virgi
Long's Peak
Cache
Poudre
Fiel’s
Solomon's
Welch's
Othets
Boettchers Hardware Store
Hart's Harness Shop
Monk's
Jones’ Shoe Store
ValleyRail Plans Amid Frontier Growth and Theft Fears
European travelers compare a valley to fertile Utah basins as railroad schemes from Philadelphia and Denver move toward Pine Bluffs and Golden City. Local leaders urge vigilance against thieves, propose secret detectives funded by a citizen tag, and hint at cross-town leagues with Denver to curb crime.
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Denver
City board urged to fix streets and nuisances before halting mountain water
Citizens insist health improvements are needed now. They argue shutting off mountain water harms 309 families and new homes that rely on clean supply. Call for stone wells or cisterns, better waste abatement, and ongoing year round water rather than drastic cuts. Two board members are urged to resign for inaction.
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Salt Lake
Philadelphia Dispatch Names Kane O Donnel Editor
A Philadelphia dispatch notes Kane O Donnel, formerly an editor in New York, as the new editor of the Philadelphia paper. The piece credits Jia as author of a poem drawn from the New York press and praises the journalist’s ability.
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Philadelphia
Local society plots horse thief tracking and church notes
An adjourned Colony Hall meeting plans a four yearly society to detect horse thieves with a constitution outlining dues and duties. A detailed Baptist church dedication describes a wood edifice with ornate organ, seating for about 400, and high acoustic quality.
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Colony Hall
Growth and construction Boost in Town Homes
Not much new building but steady progress. Mr Cole on Madison near completion, Lia Canfield builds one of the town's finest houses between Madison and Jefferson. Holliday and the Hogarty brothers add mansions near the river and delta. Mr Percival crafts a Jefferson cottage for Mr Camp, a central Georgia planter, arriving in November. School Board contracts spell 200,900 brick for a 62 by 62 two story wing and a fine graded school edifice by January.
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Mr. Cole
Madison Street
Lia Canfield
Madison
Jefferson
Holliday
Hogarty Brothers
Delta
Georgia
Greeley
Geeley
Garland
Mississippi
Severence
Big Thompson
Colorado
Colorado City
Denver
Cooperation urged for regional musical society and oratorio plans
Local editor appeals to musicians to form a cooperative musical society to stage festivals and leading oratorios. He notes success of Mr Clark and calls for unity to raise performance standards and avoid jealousy.
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Clark
Estau
Conservatory of Muse
Impromptu Wedding In New York Tip Ends In Marriage
In a playful scene at the Exchange Hotel, Miss Ella Fisk and Mr Thomas McCall quickly wed with Rev Brown as minister after a dare to marry on a whim. The couple, already known to be together, tied the knot amid surprise and congratulations. That evening Dr Karener wed Miss Kate Ruthven at her mother's residence, with Rev Adams officiating, and multiple weddings are anticipated in coming weeks.
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Thomas McCall
Ella Fisk
New York City
Exchange Hotel
Abbott
Mac
Ella
New York
McCall
Dr. Karener
Kate Ruthven
Adams
Colorado News Note on Daily Ringing and Mail Routes
The fragment notes daily ringings at a Cotony bell and weekly mail routes. It mentions H H Ased OAS for school and various time hints at 74 and 8, tribune mailing, and a reference to the Greeley Tribune and its publication plate. Contains scattered figures and unclear words.
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Nours
W. Stnpay
A.M
Election Returns and Colorado News Roundup
Greeley reported 22400 votes with margins for local officials and a 299 majority average. Notes cover council race, Denver influence in southern votes, rail, mining, fruit shipments, Bear Canyon invalid care, Sulphur Springs plans, tabernacle school rooms, new colony capital prospects, weather, and mountain snowfall signals.
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Parte Faigla
Raml Roads
Biret
Jalesburg
Platte Vallar
Mooniains
Bear Valley
Utah
Union Pacific
Pine Bluffs
Thee Ley
Golden City
Colorado Central
Central
Pine Bluff
Platte Valley
Sickers
Denver Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Boulder Valley
Cariboo
Black Hawk
B. I. Eaton
Boston
John S. Loomis
National Land Company
Northern Pacific Rail Road Company
Indiana
St. Louis
Supreme Court of Minors
Yates
Union Colony
Platte City
Bexin
Wyoming
Wendell Phillips
John Russell Young
Paris
Commune
Mr. Young
Parix
Hia
The
Tribune
Kansay
Wallace
California
Queen Victoria
First Baptist Church
Reelly
Evarts
Chicago
Burdetts Combination Organs
Mattters
the Tribune
Str
Poquaion
Business OF
Orueley
Tribuneshead
Preas
Greeley Tribune
W. Elwood
Justice of the Peace
F. L. Childs
Tong Aotiai
James C. Scott
Constable
Samuel B. Wright
J. Max Clark
Wm. Foote
Iti
Sisses
F. C. Lawin
B. H. Eaton
Lupton
Stover
Evans
Lawin
van Valkenburg
Raney
Haton
Bacon
Baily
Johnson
Godfrey
Wascott
Elwood
Highey
Rio Grand R. I
Bear Canyon
Ovid
Platte
D. Witter
England
D. W. Childa
Vermont
Boulder County Agricultural Society
Boulder
Mr. Leavy
Main St
F. C. Sawin
William
Stowe
Reneya Uavitken
Brited
James W. Bailey
Benests
Fits Allen Godfrey
Veesnasen
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