Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-10-18
Letter From Colorado.

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&c. HARPER, Esq. Dear Sir Think
ing that you and perhaps some OF the
rest Of the boys might be interested in
reading letter from your humble ser
want, will proceed to address you from
this point, having last written you from
Omaha, where only stopped for a short
time. did not like the appearance Of
that place, nor do have a very favora.
bic opinion Of any part Of Nebraska that
| saw. II | owned Centre county in
Pa, or Larimer county in Colorado, |
would not exchange either for all the
state OF Nebraska, that have seen.
People were wading mud two or three
inches deep in Omaha, when | came
through there, and when we passed over
the plains in the western part OF the
state | noticed that the prsirics were
very bluHy, and there is no timber OF
any kind. In places there was moth.
ing to be seen but bluffs and dried grass
and prairie dogs. | saw one poor lone.
ly coyote which looked as If 1t was half
starved, also saw FIVE antelope that
ihink had made up their minds to
change pasture, "a they were making
good time towards the northwest when
last saw them. met II. a. Mckee at
Grand Island, Nebraska, and We jour.
neyed together to Cheyenne, Wyoming
Territory, where we spent half a day in
looking at the sights and listening to
some Of the citizens Dragging about the
wealth Of the place, think they would
be ready to dispute with the Bostonians
as TO which, Boston or Cheyenne, Is the
"hub Of the universe Tho inhahi
tants OF Cheyenne claim to have popu
lation OF 600, and say that they have
thirteen men in the city who are mil
lionaires, The principle business seems
to be stock raising. Those who own
cattle live in town and have their cattle
herded on the plains hy COW boys. We
saw thousands Of cattle on the prairie
as we passed along on the railroads
There ia no farming done in the neigh.
borhood OF Cheyenne, but when we
came to Greeley, Col, wc saw some
pretty good farming country, but the
farmers have to irrgatc their farm land
this is done by conveying the water in
bitches from the river and some small
lakes or ponds and distributing /. over
the farms they have n number OF small
streams Of nice clear water running
through different parts Of the town.
Greeley is neat and substantially
built town with a population Of 5000,
and is the county seat OF Wells county.
Fort Collins is ~ miles from Greeley
and is the county seat Of Larimer
county. It's situated in one Of the best
agricultural districts in the state. The
State Agricultural College Is located
here. There are n number Of good sub
stantial buildings in the town popula
tion about , 600. The town is situate
within about six miles Of the loot hills
Of the Rocky mountains. We can see
Longs Peak from here, it is said to bt
covered with snow all the year: il
reaches au attitude Of l4,0OO feet. The
atmosphere was very clear here yester
day, and the view OF the mountains wa
grand, but when we looked out thi
morning il was raining and no noun
tAins TO be seen. 1t ceased raininl
about 10 o'clock and the clouds disap
peared and in about an hour the street
were dried off. and M,K. and sallie'
forth to see the sights. The distric
court was in session and we walked il
TO see what WAS going on and how the
do things out here. The court is nell
in what they call the Opera House. /
the back part Of the hall were lot {
chairs and empty barrels piled out {
the way, the floor was covered with sav
dust to the depth Of about three.fourth
of an inch, aud in front OF the juror
was = spittoon made Of pieces Of = stor