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Lamar and Prowers County Ditch Scheme Spotlight
April visits to Lamar featured the completion of Henry’s ditch to the town and a 320 acre reservoir to irrigate thousands of acres. Denver merchants praised Lamar enterprise while local speeches, barbecued ox, and plans for an air line railroad showcased the county’s rising prospects.
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Henry
la Junta
Sand Creek
Rocky Ford
Haskell
Denver
Las Animas
Lamar
T. C. Henry
Colorado
Prowers County
F. M. Clark
L. H. Cutler
Webster Davis
Pueblo
J. W. Kriger
Thomas’ Hall
Prowers
Fort Garland
Republican