Colorado mining promises and rail links spur western growth
Our Own Correspondents surveys Colorado's mining and agricultural potential. It highlights Durango and Durango coal, Leadville’s rich placer output, and the Denver and Rio Grande railway expanding to unlock mountain ore. The piece praises irrigation, alloys, and the state’s rise amid rail buildout and frontier development.
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Denver
Praire
Rockies
Denver and
Rio Grande
Colorado
Durango
Pennsylvania
New York and
San Juan
Gunnison City
Needie Mountain
Parrot
Ruby
Rico
Silverton
Puzzle Lod Middle Mountain
Central
City
Black Hawk
Bobtail
Colorado Central Railroad
Golden City
Canon
Clear Creek
Central City
Idaho Springs
Leadville
Trans- Mississippi
Old Mexico
California
Costilla County
Pueblo
Tilden Born in 1814 in New Lebanon Not 73
A historical note corrects Samuel J. Tilden’s birth from 1814 in New Lebanon New York to a precise age of sixty seven, contrasting prior newspaper reports. It questions the revival of Gramarcy Park’s literary bureau and mocks a revived “line.”
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Samuel J. ‘Tilden
New Lebanon
N.Y
Gramarcy Park
Fragmentary Civil War Era Rhetoric on the Flag
In a Times excerpt the Bourbon faction from Sullivan is referenced for not denouncing the star spangled banner’s alleged insults while they pursued the flag’s symbolism on numerous battlefields.
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Sullivan
Lex
Times
Major-General Humphrey Visits Caledonia for Congressional Ties
Major-General Andy Humphrey of Greene spent several days in town attending congressional business. He limped from possible war wounds but appeared in good health and met with many military leaders, including Col. Ed Price and Commodore Perry H. Blue, while enjoying Sullivan county hospitality. Captain William Moss also visited, denying any congressional candidacy.
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Andy Humphrey
Greene
Congressional
Calidonia
Col
Ed. Price
H. K. Wilson
Hancock Ernest
John C. Briggs
T. C. Williams
Wagoner
James Buchanan Patten
Perry H. Blue
Sullivan
Sullivan County
Wm. Moss
Bill
Caledonia
Congress
Oddities and troubles of New York life in 1881
Dense column highlights social satire, financial setbacks, labor tensions, and local scandals. notes include O Donavan Rossa, O'Hara cloak firm collapse, plumbers versus physicians, Wingate's ion, Ray treasury swindle, unions, immigration tensions, Rooms for Rent at Bijou, aZulu circus marriage, and mass casualty reports from Apache conflicts.
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New York
O'Donovan
Rossa
India
O'Hara
Wall Street
Boards of Health
M. Hermon L. Ensign
Chicago
Why People Drink A humorous list of motives and foibles
A vintage column presents a list of characters labeled A to Z, each giving a reason for drinking from health orders and grief to social motives and personal habits. The piece humorously notes reactions and ends with a quip about judgment and perception.
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Manice
Boots and
Los
Mlver
Bobpall Line
Blackhawk
John Brown
Knights of the Golden Circle
Fletch Freeman
Voorhees
Lincoln
Wingate
Long Island
Hunter’s Point
Barren Island
Charles Ray
Treasury
Custom House
Free
Kossuth
Carr
Arizona
Custer
Washington
War Department
McDowell
Department of Arizona
Prescott
Tiffany
Mickey
Pedro
Apache
Thomas
San Francisco
Tucson
The
Star
Fort Grant
Camp Thomas
White Mountain
Henry
Carter
Gordson
Stanton
Orcus
McCreery
San Carlos Reservation
Mr. A
Mr. B
Mr.c
Mr. D
Mr. E
Mr. F
al. G
Europe
Mr. H
Ching
Mr. I
Mr. J
Mr. JS
Mr. L
Mr. M
Mr. N
Mr 0
Mr. P
Mr. Q
Mr. Z
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