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.
September 28, 1905
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Big Colorado Ranch
Greeley, Colorado, September 28 – A deed was filed in the county clerk’s office
here today conveying the S. L. W. Ranch ten miles east of here, to the S. L. W.
Ranch Company, a corporation.
The property was owned by J. M. Studebaker, Lafayette Lamb
and H. E. Withwer, all of Chicago. The former owners still control the stock of
the new corporation but the business of the company will be settled up.
The S. L. W. Ranch comprises nearly 14,600 acres of land,
2,500 acres of which are under cultivation. The balance is hay land and pasture.
The ranch is famous for its Hereford cattle and Per heron-Norman horses.
Seely Lake and the Ogilvy Ditch form one of the finest of the smaller irrigation
systems and are part of the ranch. [Transcribed
and Contributed by: Frances Cooley]
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.
February 5, 1937
The Greeley Republican, Greeley, Colorado
2 Estates Filed in County Court
Estate of Emmette P. Varvel, brother of Dr. E. I. Varvel of Greeley, was
filed for probate in county court Thursday showing a $2,000 war risk insurance
policy left to the widow, Mrs. Jennie D. Replogle of Kellogg, Minn.
Emmett Varvel died in 1922 in Weld County, Dr. Varvel is administrator.
Estate of Hiram Jones who died May 2, 1936, was filed for probate showing
real estate valued at $1,000 left to the following children: Lucy Patchett of
Ault, Rose Richardson of Marland, Oklahoma, Maude Conger of Pierce and George A.
Jones of Lingle, Wyoming. John C. Banks is attorney
Frank Gordon’s Estate Filed
Estate of the late Frank Gordon, Greeley contract builder, was filed for probate
in county court Thursday showing real estate valued at $1,500 and personal
property at $1,800, all of which goes to the only heir, Mrs. Carrie Gordon Scott
of Denver, a sister. E. T. Snyder is attorney.
Transcribed and Contributed by: Frances Cooley
February 5, 1937
The Greeley Republican, Greeley, Colorado
Held for Bean Theft
John Laws, 20; of 515 Eighth Street, Greeley, was arrested at his home by police
about 10:45 A. M. Friday and held as a suspect in the theft of a sack of beans
owned by the Columbine Bean company of 601 Ninth Street, from railroad car sided
near the company warehouse Thursday afternoon. Laws denied the theft and the
officers did not immediately locate the beans.
Transcribed and Contributed by: Frances Cooley
February 5, 1937
The Greeley Republican, Greeley, Colorado
To Go After 2 Juveniles
Sheriff Gus G. Anderson announced Friday that he expects to send a deputy to
Albuquerque, New Mexico, within a day or two to return to the county jail here
two 17 years old boys who are alleged to have robbed the Ben Florance home last
week. The evidence is strong that they also stole the car of Hal Weiss and drove
it to a point south of Pueblo where it was wrecked. In the wrecked car was
found a bag containing .44 caliber shells. Florance said he had such a bog and
also had shells for a .44 caliber revolver in his home when it was burglarized.
Transcribed and Contributed by: Frances Cooley
February 5, 1937
The Greeley Republican, Greeley, Colorado
Woolridges to Reformatory
Harry and Herbert Woolridge, brothers living in the Platteville-Gilcrest area
and who pleaded guilty to robbery at the Glover Farm southeast of Platteville
were sentenced to terms in the state reformatory by District Judge Frederic W.
Clark Thursday.
The 17 year old Johnstown boy, who pleaded guilty with them, had his sentence
postponed until Saturday to investigate the possibility of probation.
Transcribed and Contributed by: Frances Cooley
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