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8 Porch Notes tagged “greeley,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Weld County
Greeley began as the Union Colony, planned around irrigation
Greeley grew from the Union Colony, a planned farming settlement set between the Cache la Poudre and South Platte rivers and built around irrigation.
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The Weld County Courthouse was built as a Jewel of the Plains
The Weld County Courthouse in Greeley was built as a marble-and-limestone Classical Revival landmark after the old courthouse outgrew its space.
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Island Grove has been a Greeley gathering ground for a long time
Island Grove in Greeley was a Ute and Arapaho campground, then a Union Colony park, and is still where the county gathers for fairs and festivals.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Weld County
Missile Site Park turns a Cold War site into a Poudre Valley overlook
A former Cold War missile site between Greeley, Windsor, and Loveland is now a day-use park on bluffs over the Poudre River Valley.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Weld County
Pawnee National Grassland gives Weld County its big shortgrass horizon
Northeast of Greeley, Pawnee National Grassland gives Weld County a vast federally managed shortgrass prairie horizon.
Read note ->History and culture - Weld County
Greeley's dry founding shaped the towns around it
Greeley's Union Colony wrote a no-alcohol rule into its deeds, and that choice shaped Evans, Garden City, and the map around it.
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Aims Community College started as a Weld education push
Aims Community College grew from a Weld County feasibility effort, a district vote, temporary Greeley classrooms, and a permanent west-side campus.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Weld County
The Poudre River Trail can be a slow storybook ride
Volunteer-piloted trishaw rides carry riders along a quiet stretch of the Poudre River Trail, opening it to people who can't go alone.
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