Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-18
COLORADO.


a Nashville Man I'm the Far West
His Impressions Of CcIorad0-SOme
Interesting Facts about tbe Terri.
tory.
Correspondence of the Union and American.
DENVER CITY, Dec. 6, 1872. Before
leaving the City of Rocks for the far west,
/ promised 10 let YOU hear from me.
propose Il give you my impres ions Of the
country through which we passed, and how
Colorado has impressed me. We made the
trip from Nashville 70 Denver, without
stopping. except few hours in s.. Louis.
Tha5 Part Of Missouri !yin- along The road
over which we Travelled is in many respects
2 pretty country. The sol is Iieh and IN
high. state Of cultivation. The Missouri
river is q turbulent, muddy stream. From
the rumter Of sand-bars and the frequent
Changing Of The channel, | should thing
that navigation woul1 Be difficult. L did
not like Kansas. TIE land is rich, and l
suppose productive, but the country IS h=t,
and in some places msrshy. The towns
along the road are Tapilly Improving. From
Kansas Civ, ior SIX hundred miles, t'e
country 1t this season Of the year is without
special inter ST 70 the traveller. just as Tar
as the eve can see is one vast unbrOKen
plain. [ bad but little conception OF this
country. Some persons may be pleased
with such country; am not. II, occ2-
siouaiiy, | could have seen tree, rock or rlV-
ulet 10 have relieved the mOuotoDy, the
Journey across the plains would have been
more tolerable. 1 looked for Batfal', but
c0ula see none. Now and then a. Ante
loDa could be seen running as if inteut on
irving its. speed with steam. We pass Fort
1 &C. r~F
planted by soldiers, now bare Of foliage,
Stand Ike lonely watchers on the desert
On ~ 60; and now our attention is called
tos e little IonesCipjs, which for want Of
a better name are called prairie dogs. The
first day or the plains is pss5-Digh5 is upon
rs, and we retire to rest. PUl.man's palace
is an institution How gTa efl for s. few
hours sleep. We are no again; an now
for the first time VIC look cut upon the
Rocky Mountains. ! am in tie land OF
silver and gold, q diamonds and rubies;
but l am not here 30 look for shining dust
and gJering stones.
Denver is quite l. CitT. DlsOlated by fire
and then by food-it has gone through all
it now begins to put on city airs. The
city is id Off five by seven miles, and is
RAPIDLY filling up. New houses are
business of the place is equal 70 the
demand. A few Wholesale houses il some
deparimeB;s of business, would perhaps 90
well. The best building in the place is q
uubic school house. THIS is nov being
finished Al cost of forty thousand dollars.
The question as TO whether The races shall
mix in lae same school is yet unsettled
The President Of the Board is = man OF
Sterling worth, and looks at the question
from The proper Standpoint. The IeTIi-
tory sill b. rich in It's school fund. Every
seventeenth acre OF sli tie land belongs to
that fund.
I have received many letters asking In
formation about this cJuulry. Icu viii
lst me answer these by facts aud figures,
50 far as [ have been able 10 gather
them. Il is difficult l0T clerks to mad 8
situation 81 al. Where a place can be bad
it does not pay as wei IS IN Nashville L
have met with mauy young men out OF en-
ployment, who could mol get place tI2t
would pay board and clothing. Under
these circumstances, worthy young men
sometimes become sCOu aged, and take 10
bad habits. Let young men consider Wen
before thew leave the restraints Of home TO
try life ID the West. Men With capital and
industry can do well here. Good mechaD-
les can get work most any time ri good
wares. PiasGeTtTs and mssU8s command
from five TO seven dollars per day; cATpen-
ters from four 70 five dollars; common Lab
Oreys two and q half TO jhTee dollars day,
Building material viii not cost more here
than in the States. Colorado lumber IS
not considered very good. Most OF the
cheap houses are made Of this material.
There is but little bard wood inthe Terri
tory; il deed there IS no timber Of any kind
eycqps on the mountains and if The %. Ks
Family supplies with few exceptions are as
cTesn here as IN Nashville, House rent
is lTC-tbirG more than ia your city. DsilE-
irg water is abundant and good. You ind
IL .uv place by digging from ten to forty
feet. Meat is abundant and Of good quail
~. You can have your choice irCin a Tlcl
variety. Good beef is worth from four u
six cents by the piece TIE Climate is de-
sin. hle in some respects. l imagine no one
can b-ye 9 very correct idea Of the climate
wI.ucgt passing through all the seasons
Weh.yo more wind ana dust here than
have aaen used to. We have had i've
Shows 10 I've weeks. The winters are ccloei
h1va han in Tennessee, but the aimos
paaTe is dry and You are not so sensiIiE s,, tl
tie c, d here IS in a damper climate. Ihl
is sale 10 be healthy country. 80 Il IS Il
pe.so q take care Of, themselves. People Gel
sick ere like they 90 in other conn
tJi S. 1t is not necessary TO kill man here
IN olC3r 90 start 8 graveyard Many have
been hurled here. You meet with many
who C.ma here for hsslth; some seem TO bC
restored, others improved, aud some die
FGrmigg PAYS well her. The soils ricl
snd v andsrtully productive where irrigated
EvaIy hing grows on gigantic scale.
think hose who engage in agricultural pur
suits can hardly fail TO do well. 1t requires
much less labor tomake roP here thai