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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".
The Colorado Mission was opened on December 15, 1896, with John W. Taylor as president. This mission was renamed the Western States Mission on April 1, 1907, then the Colorado-New Mexico Mission on June 10, 1970, then the Colorado Mission on October 10, 1972, and the Colorado Denver Mission on June 20, 1974.
The Events Center is a 5,000-seat indoor arena which opened in 2006. It is used not only for sporting events but also conventions, concerts, livestock and trade shows, banquets, and other special events. It contains 58,200 square feet (5,410 m 2) of space, with a ceiling height of 25 to 40 feet (12 m). It features a 20,000-square-foot (2,000 m ...
The killing of Christian Glass occurred on June 11, 2022, in Clear Creek County, Colorado, near the town of Silver Plume, at approximately 12:30 am. Glass, aged 22, was driving alone in a vehicle in the evening of June 10 when the vehicle went off the road. Unable to get it back on the road, he called 911 for help at approximately 11:20 pm ...
Union Colony Civic Center. Coordinates: 40.42587°N 104.69508°W. The Union Colony Civic Center (UCCC) is a performing arts venue in Greeley, Colorado that is owned and operated by the City of Greeley. [1] Built in 1988, the UCCC is home to two performance venues, Monfort Concert Hall, which seats 1,686, and Hensel Phelps Theatre, which seats ...
Go West, young man. Horace Greeley, to whom the saying is attributed. " Go West, young man " is a phrase, the origin of which is often credited to the American author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley, concerning America's expansion westward as related to the concept of Manifest destiny. No one has yet proven who first used this phrase in print.
First Baptist Church (Greeley, Colorado) / 40.42167°N 104.69417°W / 40.42167; -104.69417. The First Baptist Church in Greeley, Colorado is a historic Baptist church at Tenth Avenue and Eleventh Street, on the northwest corner. It was built in 1911 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Greeley Tribune Building. / 40.42472°N 104.68944°W / 40.42472; -104.68944 ( Greeley Tribune Building) The Greeley Tribune Building is a historic building in Greeley, Colorado. It was built in 1929. It is home to the Greeley History Museum, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .