CHAPTER XXXII 



COLORADO 



THERE are a number of districts in Colorado 

 that produce potatoes of very high quaHty. 

 Among these are: Greeley and north- 

 eastern Colorado, San Luis Valley, the Grand River 

 country, in which Carbondale is located; the ter- 

 ritory along the North Fork of the Gunnison River, 

 the La Platte and Montezuma country, and the 

 Routt County territory. 



Colorado potato growers have made a name for 

 their product, which is now generally known as 

 "Greeleys" for the section north of Denver and 

 east of the mountains, and "Western Slope" for 

 all the districts west of the mountains. 



GREELEY 



Greeley, Col., and vicinity, was settled by a 

 colony of professional and business people who 

 were attracted to the West and to the soil by the 

 forceful writings of Horace Greeley. The early 

 history of the colony chronicles considerable of 

 that element which the Western cow-puncher calls 

 ** grief." They had a new business to learn under 

 hard, pioneer conditions. Those who stayed, 

 however, prospered. This has been true of all 

 who have brought to the business of farming 

 trained minds and broad experience. 



Many of the advanced cultural methods used 



