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Greeley began as the Union Colony of Colorado, which was founded in 1869 by Nathan C. Meeker, an agricultural reporter for the New York Tribune as an experimental utopian farming community "based on temperance, religion, agriculture, education and family values," with the backing of the Tribune ' s editor Horace Greeley, who popularized the phrase "Go West, young man".
Website. www.weldgov.com. Weld County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 328,981. [1] The county seat is Greeley. [2] Weld County comprises the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Denver – Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area.
Guadaloupe County was the first Colorado county to be renamed after only six days in 1861. 8. Las Animas County was the first new Colorado county to be created (in 1866) after the original 17 counties. 9. Greenwood County was the longest lived former Colorado county, existing four years from 1870 to 1874. 10.
The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) is a public university in Greeley, Colorado. [8] The university was founded in 1889 as the State Normal School of Colorado and has a long history in teacher education. [9] The institution has officially changed its name three times, first to Colorado State College of Education, at Greeley on February 16 ...
Colorado's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado.Located in the eastern part of the state, the district encompasses most of the rural Eastern Plains, as well as portions of the Colorado Front Range, including Loveland, Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, and Parker.
The Union Colony of Colorado (also called the Greeley Colony and The Union Temperance Colony) was a 19th-century private enterprise formed to promote agricultural settlements in the South Platte River valley in the Colorado Territory. Organization of the colony began in October 1869 by Nathan Meeker in order to establish a religiously oriented ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 September 2024. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For the river, see Colorado River. For the physiographic region, see Colorado Plateau. For other uses, see Colorado (disambiguation). State in the United States Colorado State Flag Seal Nicknames: The Centennial State Motto(s): Nil sine ...
W.N. Bowman. Architectural style. Classical Revival. NRHP reference No. 78000886 [1] Added to NRHP. January 9, 1978. The Weld County Courthouse, at 9th St. and 9th Ave. in Greeley, Colorado, is a Classical Revival -style building built in 1917. [1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.