Reminiscences of General William Larimer and of his son William HHLarimer, two of the founders of Denver city; . , Will andI, to put us through. Flour is worth $ per 100 pounds here, andeverything is very dear, but we all have plenty and no one has to buyanything. Bents new fort, where he now hves, is thirty-six mileseast of the old fort on the map. The old fort is all crumbhng down,as it was made of dobies. The new fort is built of stone verylargely, costing about $10,000. Ft. Atkinson is also abandoned andcrumbUng down, it was built of sods only. Kansas River is alsoquite a small stream
Reminiscences of General William Larimer and of his son William HHLarimer, two of the founders of Denver city; . , Will andI, to put us through. Flour is worth $ per 100 pounds here, andeverything is very dear, but we all have plenty and no one has to buyanything. Bents new fort, where he now hves, is thirty-six mileseast of the old fort on the map. The old fort is all crumbhng down,as it was made of dobies. The new fort is built of stone verylargely, costing about $10,000. Ft. Atkinson is also abandoned andcrumbUng down, it was built of sods only. Kansas River is alsoquite a small stream at Pueblo, rather wide and shallow, about twohundred yards wide. I wrote you about the buffalo. There are no buffalo here butplenty of deer, antelope, wild sheep and goats with more wolves thananything else, also plenty of rabbits and small game. I want youall to read all my letters before maihng them. I sent you a letter,I mean mother, by Capt. Greening which you have by this hope you are going to school every day. Will and I will have manythings to tell you, when we get back, that we cannot General William Larimer (1852) CHAPTER NINE Auraria—Its inhabitants—Its business—The founding of Denver—Buildingof the first cabin—St. Charles Town Company—Golden City—Letter from General Denver—The Georgia Party—The LawrenceParty—Stockholders of the Auraria Town Company—The DenverCity Town Company ON our arrival at the mouth of Cherry Creek we crossedto the west side and camped under a large cotton-wood tree, near the bank of the Platte place was the center of attraction and nearly all whowere in the country at that time had congregated here,with the exception of a remnant of the Lawrence Party,which had located about six miles up the river and starteda place called Montana, where they were making prepara-tions to winter. The remnant of the Georgia Party hadselected this spot at the mouth of Cherry Creek for winterquarters, and among the tr
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