Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Weld Co. Colorado
Any birth, death or marriage notices will be listed on those pages
August 20, 1896
Evening Bulletin, Decatur Illinois
MAY LYNCH A CATTLE RUSTLER
Denver, Col., Aug. 20-The body of Paul Rose, a Weld county cattleman who was
murdered recently by a cattle rustler, has been buried in the sand near the
Colorado-Nebraska line. His herd was found in possession of Al Cochran, king of
the cattle rustlers of Colorado and Nebraska. Cochran is in jail at Greeley.
Threats to lynch him are being made.
August 16, 1905
Indiana Weekly Messenger, Indiana Pennsylvania
THE GREELEY DISTRICT
J.B. McGara, formerly of near Chambersville, now of
Greeley, Colo., sent us a booklet entitled "The Greeley District-The Garden Spot
of the West" This book is issued by the Commercial club of Greeley, Colorado,
and gives facts and figures and photo engravings of what can be and what is done
in the way of farming at Greeley.
Greeley is the county seat of Weld county, has a population
of 6,000, fine churches, the State Normal school and many other advantages.
The town never had and never will have a saloon, because the
title deeds to the lands prohibit the sale or giving away of intoxicants, and
the Greeley idea has dominated in nearly every town in Weld county.
Mrs. McGara's sisters, Mrs. James Speedy and Mrs. Renie S.
Thompson, with their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Milligan Shields of E.E.
Pittsburg, will leave August 30 for Greeley.
December 19, 1906
Indiana Weekly Messenger, Indiana Pennsylvania
GOOD TIMES AT GREELEY, COL.
The Weld County Republican, published at Greeley, Col., has
reached our desk and we find it contains an account of unusual family gathering
of three generations held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Neil.
Mrs. Neil, the charming hostess, is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Chris. Rugh, formerly of this county, and among the guests we notice Mrs.
John Truby, a sister of Chris. Rugh, a former resident of Indiana, with her
husband, her son in law, J.M. Cameron, and wife, Olive Truby and their seven
children; also, Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Ramey, nee Rugh, and son, Mal, all former
residents of Indiana but now residents of Fort Collins, Col.
Mr. Ramey was recently re elected treasurer at Fort Collins,
as was also James McCreery, formerly of East Mahoning, sheriff, and John Ryckman,
of Marion Center, deputy sheriff, all of which proves how highly Indiana county
persons stand in the estimation of the people of their adopted Colorado home.
July 5, 1908
Colorado Spring Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Complimentary to Mrs. Isabel Churchill, of Greeley, editor of the Weld County Republican, Mrs. Lynn S. Atkinson, 1629 North Weber street, gave a luncheon last week. The guests were Mrs. T.J. Fisher, Mrs. Frank R. Weathers, of Huntington, W. Va., Mrs. E.A. Sawyer, Mrs. G.H. Grinnell, and Mrs. Shephard.
November 26, 1910
The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Indiana
SMITH EPIDEMIC IN WEST
Four Brothers and Three Sons File on Adjoining Homesteads
Greeley, Col., Nov. 25-Weld County is threatened with the
largest colony of Smiths in Colorado. Four Smith brothers, S.J., L.G., H.W., and
N.B., all living in different parts of Colorado, decided to end their days as
neighbors and filed on homesteads a few miles from Briggsdale.
The Smith brothers have eight children among them, three of
whom are of age, and these filed on adjoining homesteads, making seven filings
in the family. This summer they regarded their initial work as a sort of outing
and gave week end parties through the season at the various homes. They hope
eventually to have enough people to found a town of Smithville.
December 28, 1910
The Evening News, Ada Oklahoma
GIRLS TAKE UP HOMESTEADS
Young Women in Colorado Prepares to Teach School and Also Prove Claims.
Greeley, Col.-Teaching school and homesteading land
will be the combined industries of some fifty young eastern girls in Weld county
this school year.
Recently these teachers have been busy building their
claim shanties, and in many cases the girls have done the work themselves.
Whenever possible four girls have taken up adjoining
quarter sections, and have erected a common home at the point where the four
claims meet, the house being so arranged that one room is located on each claim.
Each young woman will occupy the room on her own land, thus fulfilling the
requirement of the homestead law which demands that the person taking up the
land live on it for a certain period of the year.
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