The Greeley tribune., 1909-10-28

places in Colorado where a sufYi-
GENTLY large tract of land could be
obtained.
rms report was received and the
was instructed to return
ana locate proper site for the col
ohy. AT this meeting of the execu-
i've committee w. c. Fisk rendered
MS resignation and Henry 4. West
was elected In his place. 1t was
late In March. 1870. when the COM
mittee returned to Colorado, Messrs.
Meeker and Cameron reaching Evans
about March ~ or 80, and | on Ap-
ril /.
j was seiected to gather IN and
get deeds for lands in and about
where Greeley now stands owned by
outsiders tnon-members of Union |
Colony while Mr.. Meeker and mir. |
Cameron bargained with the railway |
company Tor the purchase OF certain |
lands and the withdrawal from sale, |
except to members OF the colony, for
three years of all of the lands grant
ed 1t by the government. Ihey also
formulated our certificate of orgapi-
Zation and placed it on file in the Of
flee of the secretary of state of Colo
rado, and took the precaution TO file
n preemption claim in the name ol
some one OF our members upon all
the government land surrounding
our location (Which had been deter
mined on) so that none but the mem
bers or our society could ACQUIRE
them and possibly defeat our iGea
OF forming town where ''intoSicat-
ing liquor should never be manu-
| featured, sold or given away, AS
beverage, in any place of public re-
sort"
Upon the completion of this worit
hir, Meeker returned to New YORK
r, to close up his business, leaving Mr.
Cameron and myself to lay out tho
town on paper and get ready to re-
ceive the members of the society
as they arrived.
Among the purchases made was
the homestead claim of Mr.. Mc.Ins-
ter on which was one-story frame
building, 16x24 feet in size, which
we moved onto the lot across thu
alley from where the First National
bank building now stands, and used
it for years as the colony office. a
partition running through the cen
ter made two rooms, each l2Xl6 feet
one OF which tthe south end) was
used for the colony Office and the
other at first as reception room
for new comers during the day anC
for sleeping room for women anC
children until the tents, which ",
procured from Fort A. ID. Russell
were put up, and afterwards for tn,
engineers engaged in running tn,
line of Canal No. and laying out TIL
townsite. / have seen the floor o
this north room completely coveret
at night with women and children
except space to walk between tn
rows, who had no other place t
sleep And here let me say that
=, often wondered at the courage show
', by these women. Never, except i
:, one or two cases. did | hear wor
= of complaint. They bore the trial
/, with wonderful patience, and cheer
:, ed the men, many of whom wer
Thoroughly discouraged, which is NJ
- to be wondered at considering TT
y fact that the most of them wer. mol
y. than ordinarily intelligent and hi
been accustomed to an active lil
'e mainly Intellectual.
There were teachers of high grad
- lawyers of ability, some having S:
y. on the supreme bench, physicians an
~ surgeons who had served with abb
- ity in the army and elsewhere, Gle
gymen. highly educated and orato'
" of no mean ability. scientific me-
> civil engineers. who took rank wit
> the best of their class, merchan
v who had made a good start and wei
D looking for a place where they couI
II build a larger business, farmers, WI
!, had heard their fathers tell of TT
II great crops raised on virgin sol
who came to try their hands in col
quering nature and to win comp
u tency in a new country. All havir
e been readers of the New York Tri
une and satisfied that the advice
9 Horace Greeley, Go west. your
. man, and grow up with the country
/ was the proper thing to follow.
A man by the name of Benso
J. (Thomas. | think,) put up a roug
s frame building just across the allie
y on the south end of the lot on whic
/. the First National Bank buildin
now stands, and started an "Eatin
House" There were no doors
D windows in the building, only hole
y cut where they should have beel
3 and the spaces covered with canya
y TO keep out wind and rain. The IL
& side partitions were also of the sam
uaterial and he kindly allowed ne"
y comers to use the floor at nights a
/ sleeping place without charge.
He and his good wife did goo
D. service in holding our membership
e and I do not remember hearing
: single complaint regarding the roo
e provided or the manner in which
U was served.
,, The first map of the town OF cree
Il lev was drawn by j. f. Sahpori
y the father of our b. ID. Sanporh' an
was upon a large sheet OF prov
:, II think called Manila) paper, an
d was tackled up on the side Of the par
tition separating the two rooms, an
o when member made choice OF tn
: town lot he wanted, it was marke'
d ON this map. as well as upon the paci
d of his certificate of membership. a