Bent County register., 1886-12-11
LAMAR.
AN EMPIRE OF FINE AGRICULTURAL
LANDS SuRRouNDING THE Town.

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The new land distric. at Lamar
embraces very near twothirls of the
eastern portion of Bent couaty aud
on the north the eastern end of Ell
bert county, and on the south the
eastern end of Las Animas county,
and includes in Its area 6,2s9, ,92O
acres of land. Comparatively speak
ing there has been but small pro-
portion of these lands entered and
the opening of the U. 5. Land in the
center of this vast area of the public
domain opens for settlement and cul-
:ivation the choicest agricultural and
grazing lands known anywhere in
the west
The tide of immigration that has
hitherto peopled western Kansas has
nearly expended itself, and is now
looking to the west for an outlet
which is found at distance of Just
one hundred miles west of Garden
City, where Lamar is reached in the
heart of as fine an agricultural coun-
try as ever greeted the eyes of man.
Everybody has heard and read of
Lamar, the "mnscot" city of eastern
Colorado, its phenomenal growth
and development has been the Won
der of all who have visited it and It's
existance throughout has been char
acterized by prosperity unegualed
in the history of the west.
1t would be impossible at this time
TO anticipate, with any degree of
certainty, what the future of Lamar
will be, but it is safe to presume that
it will develop in the course of the
next twelve months to become Il city
of several thousand inhabitants. The
grounds upon which this prediction
is based, is its growth and develop
ment in the past, and the anticipated
immigration which is certain to fol-
low with the approach of spring.
Besides the claims which have been
taken near the town in the past few
months will, as the season advances,
be plowed and cultivated, and their
development will increase the conf
dence of the settlers thereon.
The system of irrigation now
adopted, and in course of construc-
ton throughout Bent county, is the
most extensive and practical known
anywhere in the state, unless it be
i'll the immediate vicinity of Denver.
BY many it is thought that the nee
essity of artificial irrigation in eastern
Colorado, will in the future be en-
tirely avoided as it is observed that
the rainfall has annually increased
IN the last few years. The climate
of eastern Colorado is the finest in
the world, aud even now its inhabi-
tants are enjoying weather equal to
an Indian summer. 1t is however
unfair TO presume that such weather
will continue all winter, for if it
should then Eastern Colorado would
supplant in history the famed Garden
of Eden, minus its adam and Eve.
One thing here of which the people
are justly proud is the water and the
facilities with which it is obtained
for no where in the vicinity Of Lamar
does one have to dig over twelve or
water, this fact alone should attract
settlement. The river bottom Just
north of the city is densely wooded
with cotton wood trees, around the
bodies of which cling innumerable
vines of wild grapes. During the
fall there were many tons of grapes
gathered ana utilized for wine and
household purposes. In the summer
the beauty of these wooded lands
must be seen in order to appreciate
them fully. There is in sight of
Lamar abundant first-class building
rock which will in the future no
doubt, enter largely into the build
ing of the city. Altogether nature
has been lavished in her bpstowal,
of material essential to the prosper
ity of her children in Eastern Colo
rado.-Cactus.