Re: [DL] Question

[SteveL1979@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/23/2001 6:09:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
deepone@go2.pl writes:

<< Any idea how many could cost a home on the West?
 I mean generally cost of ground, tools, materials etc. >>

    Difficult to say. The following is information gleaned from EVERYDAY LIFE 
IN THE WILD WEST, by Candy Moulton:

Land, in city/township, per lot         $400-1,200
Land, farm, per acre                        $10-30 (or more)
Land, unimproved, per acre              $3-10
Land, building rental, per month            $500-1,700

1856:  in Nebraska City, claims of 160 acres within 2.5 miles of the city 
cost $500-800; an owner of a farm joining the city on the west refused an 
offer of $6,000 in gold for it.
1860:  a 25' x 100' house in San Francisco within a few minutes of City Hall 
costs $800-1,000.
1867:  in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, city lots are $400-1,200.
1870:  near Ft. Scott, Kansas, farmland costs $12-20 per acre, and unimproved 
land within 12 miles is $3-7 per acre.
1870:  during the development of Greeley, Colorado Territory, land sells for 
$1 per acre.
1873:  in Nebraska, improved land (farmland) sells for $10-30 per acre, and 
unimproved land $4-10 per acre.
1874:  in Sutter County, California, land costs $20-80.

Steve Long