Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-06-05
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TRINIDAD, Col. TERI
May 18th, 1873.
TORS HERALD AND TRIBUNE:

EDITORS HERALD AND TRIBUNE:
More than one year ago left the
grand old hills of East Tennessee to seek
a home somewhere in the great West,
whose vast domain is 80 rapidly filling Up
with the driving, energetic people Of eve-
ry land, as we'll as from the more eastern
portions of our country.
Young America like when he concludes
to go out and leave "the old man." 60 he
will and go he must. So concluded to
do likewise, l set sail without much idea
where I should land my little barque.
But it was my idea to "stick down
where things "panned out" best.
l looked out upon the rich prairies aud
beautiful bottoms Of Missouri and the
broad rolling prairie Of Kansas, the
MOST ATTRACTIVE COUNTRY
one ever sees, as we'll as the most produc.
tive. Should have tried my fortune in
one of these States, but my friend re.
minded me that here was the country
where they drive their drug stores round
on wheels, and that to live and have one:
health be must sleep between two physi.
clans with bottle of Quinine in each
hand and a Fifty dollar note under his pill.
low for favors done. l knew this was
NOT THE COUNTRY FOR ME.
| desired health "in mine" above every.
thing else. So concluded to try the
land of "Red Waters" Of which l had
heard and read a good deal, but in fact
knew but little. True when schoolboy
the great Mitchell ana my teacher
made me call great portion of it the
"Great American Desert" but modern
Geographers have erased the little dots
from the atlas, which stood for something
horrible l reckon, and in their stead
stands station house, tanks, thriving viii
lagos and their essentials, the school house
and the church, and the farmers serpen
tine like furrows stretching far away or
every hand, while bis irrigating bitches
glisten like silver cords in the reflected
sunbeams. Indeed the desert has bios
sOmed like the rose and the dry places are
made glad by the plastic touch of intelli'
gent labor. But to my little story.
AFTER A YEARS EXPERIENCE
and observation, we have no regrets tc
make as to our choice. Colorado fills oul
ideal, as we did not Aatter ourselves that
It was land of milk and honey" OIL
where one might secure independence and
ease without effort, as we had learned that
"by the sweat Of thy face shalt thou cal
bread" was not meaningless term.
COLORADO
embraces an area of lO4,500 square miles
or about 100000 acres, more than 40,
100000 are yet to be disposed of. MOI
more than one.tenth of which is tillable
yet it is worth vastly more for grazing
purposes. She has population little ovel
125, 900 I; possessing climate rarely sur
passed for health. The air is pure anC
cry, free from all miasmatic influences
hence it becomes the resort of invalid'
from all the eastern States. The winter
are long, but mild; more than three
fourths of the days are suhhy and pleas
ant tie year round, the nights mostly
cool and clear, no hot, slecplesS summer
nights. For
scenic BEAUTY ANb ROMANTIC GRAN
DEUR,
Colorado is almost without rival. Oul
valleys outvie in sunny beauty those o.
Italy, while our mountains present grand
er scenery and sablimer views that the
snowy Alps.
The Snowy Range (Sierras) devides the
Territory into two distinct divisions, each
possessing its climatic peculiarities. These
mountains form the great water shed oi
the Pacific waters.
High up among their eternal SHOWS
some of the most remarkable rivers Of
the continent take their rise, such as the
Rio Grande, the Colorado, the Platte, al d
the Arkansas, while hundreds Of streams
alike snow fed stretch across our plains
and through our valleys, affording abun-
dance Of water for all agricultural pur-
poses, and while our valleys are as rich
and fertile as those Of tho northwest. and
while we can compare favorably with any
other State or Territory in the amount
produced per acre OF
WHEAT, CORN. BARLEY, BEANS AMP
PEAS ~ s-s.
and vegetables Of all kinds. notw:tbstand-
ing irrigation, is the modus opperapdi
ne where is the farmer more abuodantly
rewarded for bis labers than here, sill we
are told this is no agricultural country.