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Identifier: marvelsofnewwest1889thay (find matches)
Title: Marvels of the new West : a vivid portrayal of the stupendous marvels in the vast wonderland west of the Missouri River : comprising marvels of nature, marvels of race, marvels of enterprise, marvels of mining, marvels of stock-raising, and marvels of agriculture, graphically and truthfully described
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898
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Publisher: Norwich, Conn. : Henry Bill Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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front. Part of the grounds are laid out indelightful lawns, which irrigation keeps green and velvety. Theremaining portion furnishes a convenient play-ground for both sexes ;and the whole is beautified with thrifty shade trees. A janitor isemployed, on a salary of five hundred dollars annually, to take careof the building and grounds. He must be present when the schoolis in session, to respond promptly to the calls of teachers and pupilsfor his services. He sweeps the whole building daily, washes thestairways and halls weekly, and keeps the interior as neat and cleanas a good housekeeper does her home. With a population of twothousand five hundred, Greeley has been appropriating an averageof ten thousand five hundred dollars for its schools for several years,— nearly twice as much as the towns of Massachusetts of the samesize expend upon their schools. At the fifteenth anniversary of thecolony, Hon. J. C. Shattuck, then a resident of Greeley, and super- 37- MARVELS OF THE NEW WEST.
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HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. intendent of the schools of Colorado, called attention to the followingsignificant fact: — ** When, in the unfinished room of that schoolhouse on the 13thof October, 1873, the citizens voted to instruct the district board to MARVELS OF ENTERPRISE. 373 I

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