American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-07-04
Colorado.

from the United States. And with reason,
for both in the way of geographical po-
sition, internal resources and cape city for
diversified industry it stands at the head
of all the Territories.
Geographically, Colorado is in the
very van of the column of solid migra-
ton, being the western front of that great
tier of prosperous commonwealth which
belt the I'm ion-Pennsylvania Ohio, Hi
nois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Colo
RADIO. Emigration always moves in
straight lines-the population of any one
climate, soil, or temperature following its
parallel of latitude. This has been the
country.
Colorado however, will have the adj
vantage of her older sisters in that, while
| their settlement was slow, fortuitous and
| disintegrated, hers is rapid, organized
and systematic-while theirs was the
| work of individuals, hers is the work of
great organizations, supported by expert
ence, capital and combination. She be-
gins at point the others only reached
after a generation.
Already her condition reveals her
vantage ground and demonstrates her
| position as the leader of the great column
of the Middle States.
| Colorado is even now an exceptionally
favored territory for any one thinking OF
going West to settle. Society is already
| established there railway communication
with the Atlantic and Pacific States is
direct and good; the Territorial Govern
ment economically organized and hon
estly administered, excmp.ing the settlers
| from onerous taxation. Witness the fol
| lowing items:
| TAXEs-Thcre were no Territorial taxes
| laid In 1873.
PUBLIC DEBT-There is no Territorial
| I,It h.1a of hn
| Treasury.
| SCHOOIS-The educational facilities of
the Territory are first-class. The common
school system is well organized. There
are good ladies' theological, conventual,
and boys schools. There is college at
Colorado Springs.
THE PREss.SThere are daily and SO
other papers published in Colorado.
| BANKs.-There are 81 banks.
TELEGRAPH.-There are ,O1S miles.
SOUTHERN COLORADO.
Southern Colorado is the richest, most
fertile and mildest-tempered section of
the great Territory of Colorado. 1t is a
State within itself of magnificent proper
tions, incalculable natural resources, and
diversity of soil and climate, and ca
pacity for agricultural, pastural, mining,
manufacturing and commercial develop,
ment which renders it selfsuporting.
the most genial climate of all Colorado.
The Arkansas, the greatest river run
ming from the Rocky Mountains, gives ii
the richest valley and strongest water
power in Colorado.
Embracing in its limits the South Park
and San Juan country, it covers the rich
est mining districts of the Territory, its
minerals being not merely gold and sill.
yer, but coal, iron, copper, marble, petro-
leum.
The capital city of this great region is
Pueblo, located on the old trading route
of the Santa Fe trail, just where that an
cient highway crossed and the trunk line
of railway now crosses the Arkansas
River.
Pueblo is an old, well-established
point. 1t has been missionary station,
a trading post, a military fort, and is now
a thriving Western town. Its location
has been determined by the established
routes of travel for over century. 1t has
therefore a solid foundation. 1t is now a
railway center. Five roads, two built and
three building, converge here. AT this
point will stand the
GREAT CENTRAL CITY OF THE FAR WEST.
In every respect of centrality, climate,
local situation, position with reference to
| North South, East and West, Pueblo is
city of the Rocky Mountains. For 1000
miles along the base of the mountain
range there is no point equal to it as a
commercial center.
SOUTH PUEBLO.
The systematic development of Pueblo
toward this, its own proper position, is
| now going on under the auspices of the
Denver & Rio Grande Railway, who have
opened to colony settlement and improve
ment the land on the south bank of the
Arkansas, heretofore unoccupied by rea-
son of the want of capital in Colorado to
construct the great irrigating canal neccs-
sary to supply water.
| South Pueblo has been regularly laid
on: and plated, streets opened and graded
10000 trees planted along the avenues and
public squares, a large park laid out and
planted, bridges built, and all the fOunda-
tons for Il prosperous town broadly and
intclligcntIy laid The streets arc 100
| feet wide, the central boulevard $50 feet.
Acequias, or miniature canals, run along
| the front of each sidewalk.
The main work, however, is the great
| irrigating canal, twenty miles in length,
which has already been built at a cost of
| $4,000.
This canal covers and waters a tract
| of 10000 acres, and this tract constitutes
the colony settlement of South Pueblo.
South Pueblo differs from the generality
of towns just starting in having already
established railways, telegraph and express
and postal connections with the entire
country.
The old town of Pueblo is located on
the north bank of the river, and just OPP
posite South Pueblo, being connected by
four completed bridges and a horse rail