Greeley, Colorado – Transformation of High Plains Desert into a Thriving Community

Greeley was founded in 1870 and was originally called Union Colony. Horace Greeley, (You know, the guy who said “Go West Young Man, Go West”) owned the New York Times and had one of his editors, Nathan Meeker, visit Union Colony. In the 1869 article he wrote that he…(Read whole post here).