Belmont Canal completes irrigation project in North Platte valley
A long running irrigation effort near Sidney reaches completion as the Belmont Canal feeds nearly 35 miles of valley, promoting new farming lands, housing, and investor interest. Reconstruction began after flood and drought setbacks, with $70,000 spent and over $50,000 in earthwork, promising a boom for crops and regional markets.
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Nothinge
Belmont
North Platte River
Camp Clarke
Cedar Creek
Telegraph
North Platte
Gen Dern
Messrs Paine
Mor
Lee Brothers
Pumpkin Creek
Morgan
Messrs Paine and Lee Brothers
Wm Fo Smyth
The
Bee
Omaha
Messra
Geo J Hunt
Clarkson, Congdon & Hunt
John
Donald Robertson
Donald Campbell
Oof
Denver
F. B. Kendrick
Mainy
Omaha Gentomen
Sidney
Cannl
Cheyenne County News Highlights Local Farm Life and Politics
Wide range of notes from Cheyenne County farms and towns in mid November 1891. Frosty yields report 20 to 600 bushels of frozen crops. corn, wheat, sorghum, and cattle fortunes noted. Election day passes quietly in Chappell. local editors, real estate ads, and social gatherings mark community life.
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Grand Prairie
Harter
John Po Fisher
Fisher
Jones
Mr. Richardson
Bronson
Luk
Col
Fuzzy
Rumors of 21st Infantry Lottery Win and Troop Movements
The dispatch lists transfers within the 21st Infantry including First Sergeant Clarke of Company B discharged on surgeon's certificate, Captain F W Stone moved from A to K, Captain A Williams from K to A, and various lieutenant reassignments. A regimental recruiting party led by First Lieutenant Stamper is ordered back by the 20th. Lincoln recruits Chas I Spafford WL Arnold J G Brickel join Company A. A private from Company C takes a three month furlough. An enlistment in Company I names Charles II Jones as lance corporal. A canal settler question is raised as Sidney is noted as the unloading point for new settlers. An estray grayish blue horse is advertised for recovery. The article also covers a stock racing report from Palo Alto with stallion campaigns and timing records concluding in a 2:08 official mile.
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Platte
21St Infantry
Clarke
F W Stone
A Williams
VanDeman
C. G. Dwyer
W-Y. Stamper
Lincoln
Neb
Chas
I. Spafford
WL Arnold
J G. Brickel
WS Sprague
Charles II Jones
J 5S Conrad
Fort Duneheme
Fort Randall
White
Hospital Corps
U.S.A
Fort McKinney
Wyo
Paulo Alto
Stockton
Cal
Palo Alto
Stanford Stables
Marvin
Ternlic
Coffee
Mo Kinney
Alyson
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Larigier St
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Chappell Register
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Persinzer
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Chey
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K Dyemer
Gora
Big Higgens
Chas, Johnson
Titus & Jackson
Muscatine
Iowa
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