Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1919 — An Adamless Eden [ARTICLE]

An Adamless Eden

Illinois Girls Want to Have Colony in Far West. Suggest That Governor of Wyoming Procure for Them a “Bad Lands’’ Tract as Soon as Possible. Bloomington, Ill.—A group of Kane county girls plan to found an 1 Adamless Eden” in Wyoming or some other far western state. Miss Nellie Grant is sponsor for the movement and has written to Gov. R. D. Carey for his assistance in starting a woman’s colony far from the haunts of man. In making her unique request, MlsS '.Granl Slated that the party-wi-H----be mde up of twenty,, of whom ten are employed in a watch factory, seven are housekeepers, two are nurses and one is a school teacher. All are dissatisfied with their lot and assert that the future holds forth nothing that’is sufficiently encouraging to warrant their remaining as home. They believe that they can make a success of farming and would like to obtain a section of land, 640 acres, in some unsettled region, far from a railroad and little frequented by man. Miss Grant suggested to the Wyoming executive a tract in southwestern Wyoming known as the “Bad Lands.” and which is really a desert. No” man will be allowed about The premises. Governor Carey admitted that it was the most* unusual request that he had ever received. He turned the letter over to the immigration commissioner

with a suggestion that he do everything in his power to find such a tract for the party from Illinois. The young women are ready to pay for the tract, but have limited funds, and can only finance a section that has not yet felt the advancing tide, of civilization in the way of price. Some members of the proposed colony object to Wyoming and believe that Montana or Idaho cffer greater possibilities. The decision, however, has been left with Miss Grant and the choice will follow the Investigation of various sites now being made. The various members are studying farming.