Immigrant prospects in Colorado amid grasshoppers woes
The Greeley region faces waves of western migration with grasshoppers as the main obstacle. Farmers aided by new methods expect large wheat and corn yields, while irrigation, cheap land, and growing industries attract families and capital. A railroaded future and countyseat politics shape Weld County.
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Greeley
Colorado
Platte Valley
Julesburg
United States
Genesee
Guestey Tribune
Evans
Greeory Tribune
Evans Journal
Weld County
Colorado Central
Kansas Pacific
Denver
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
South Matte Valley
Fort Hays
Cheyenne
Kit Carson
Boulder Valley
Union Pacific
Arkansas
Denver & Rio Grande
Golden & South Platte
Mountains
Columbia River
Ogden
Salt Lake
Provo
Colorado Territory
Pacific Harbor
Kansas Pacific Railway
Olden Transcript
Middle Park Prospectors Report Rich Vein Finds in New Camp
An old Colorado prospector chronicles travel from Grand Lake to Baker’s mining camp in Middle Park. He describes large lodes with rich ore, a growing mining district, and infrastructure like roads and a tri weekly stage to Georgetown. The letter notes Bear and elk hunting, wildlife, and upcoming mills and bridges amid expansion.
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Colorado
Baker
Middle Park
Grand Lake
Rabbit Bar Range
North Park
Len. Pollard
Judge Fisher
Denver
Sunpnur Springs
Cor
Grand River
Rawlins Road
G. W. Hertel
W.B. Walling
Jack and Rand
Muddy River
Here
Georgetown
United States Mail
Denver News
Surveying in the Clouds from Hayden Camp New Mexico
A Hayden expedition member reports from Rio Leandro camp in New Mexico after triangulation at Trinchera Culdera and Costilla Peaks. He notes granite rocks with granulite textures, Devonian fossils crinoids and brachiopods, scarce wildlife, and climbing difficulties amid 12,000 foot summits above forest line.
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Rio Leandro
New Mexico
Fort Garland
Trinchera
Culdera
Costilla
Culebra
Trinidad
Rocky Mountains
Specie payments urged as gold and silver currency
A letter to the editor argues against greenbacks and for a gold and silver currency. The writer cites Pacific states with metallic money, explains depreciation of greenbacks harms producers, and insists wealth comes from real production, not paper money. He warns against increasing greenback supply and favors fixed-value coinage.
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Greeley Tribune
Pacific
Wall Street
Fixed market value of metal currency across the world
The text argues for metallic currency over government issued tender, noting a dollar's universal purchasing power and historical weight of silver and gold. It cites Genesis, Carthage, and mining outputs to claim specie currency is essential, despite modern banking and resource strikes.
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Abraham
Ephron
Sons of
Heth
Carthage
Spain
Black Hills
Grasshoppers Eat Nearly All Vegetation Says Farmer
A longtime farmer disputes a Journal August note claiming peas deter grasshoppers. He reports 45 acres of wheat and 15 of other crops eaten by young hoppers, including peas broom corn buckwheat field corn and trees. He concludes locusts will eat almost anything.
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Greeley
Colorado
Utah
Kansas
Nebraska
Salt Lake
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
St. Louis
M. J. Hogarrr
Frosts, harvests, and town notes from HIOMB and vicinity
The report notes a light frost hurting vines but sparing late corn. Von Gobren harvests 324 bushels per acre on 25 acres. Salomon receives carloads of dry goods. Hawks, Jones, Gale and Dupuis travel from Texas with cattle. County Seat election favors Evans per informal reports.
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von Gobrens
Salomon
Messrs
Hawks
Jones
Gale
Dupuis
Texas
Greeley
Evans
Denver
W. G. Bentley
Jefferson Davis
Gen. Grant
Colorado
Rowley
Iacon
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Larimer
Galveston
Judge Devereux
Land Department
8. P. Gilmore
Law
Road
Larimer County
Este’s Park
Indianola
Boulder University
John W. Gerdemann
Philadelphia
St. Bonifacio’s Church
Father
The
California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal
Hiomb News
Leavy
Arkansas Valley
Joseph Davidson
Col. W. M. Heath
John Leavy
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