Greeley was founded in 1869 and named for Horace Greeley, the publisher of the New York Tribune. He popularized the phrase “Go West, young man”. Early settlers saw religion as important in their lives so they built a lot of churches, so many that Greeley was nicknamed “The City of Churches.”
Greeley is located in northern Colorado and is situated 49 miles north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra was started in 1911. In 1958, Greeley became the first city to have a Department of Culture.
Greeley was a farming and agriculture town, but it kept up with modern technologies as they grew. Telephones came to town in 1883 with electric lights in 1886. Automobiles were on the roads alongside horse drawn buggies by 1910.
A Women’s Citizens League was established there to support female suffrage (the right to vote) in 1910. In 1922, KFKA became one of the first radio stations to broadcast in the U.S. and the Greeley Municipal Airport was built in 1928.
Greeley and Weld County along with their local communities always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many positive-minded and inspiring people as well as historic business-friendly neighborhoods.
Greeley, Colorado and its locally-owned businesses and residents are rolling out the “Welcome to Greeley” and “You’re Welcome Here” welcome mats to visitors, musicians, tourists, students, tech entrepreneurs, startups, business founders, companies, residents and more value-added businesses.
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