Henry T West Celebrates Sixty Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Henry T West and his wife mark 65 years since their Newfield New York wedding and move to Chicago then Greeley Colorado. He helped found the first bank in Greeley and led early Union Colony activities. They have five children, twelve grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. West
Newfield
N. Y
Chicago
John Sears
Ithaca
The
West
Far West
Mr. West
Greeley
George West
Harry T. West
Lina M. Gipson
EB. A. Gipson
Union
Union Colony of Pioneers
Seeley Post Office Notice From 1908
Historical note records the Seeley Colorado post office being entered as second class matter July 1 1908 under the act of March 3 1879 indicating its official status and mailing designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeley
Colo Oo
Fortieth Birthday Reflections on Greeley Legacy
The piece honors DAY Greeley on her fortieth birthday, praising the colonists who settled the desert colony. It emphasizes foundations of right living, fair dealing, and faith in the future as the true legacy, noting wealth and temporary success are secondary to moral strength and collective effort. It recalls how pioneers built the dream through toil and sacrifice, leaving enduring legacies in land, irrigation, and civic conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scoffer
Greeley
Union
First Union Colony tents mark Greeley settlement start
The first annual report recalls J F Sanborn as the first to pitch a tent on the Union Colony site in Greeley. Agnes A G Benson became the first woman member on April 19, with emigrants arriving in April and May. Early facilities included six tents and a hotel building moved from Cheyenne, later nicknamed the Barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John. F. Sanborn
Union Cold
Union Colony
Greeley
J. F. Sanborn
Agnes A. G. Benson
L. W. Teller
Mt. Kisco
N. Y
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Hotel de Comfort
Castle Garden
Hotel Dis Comfort
Carpenter on Debt to Early Colony
Professor L G Carpenter irrigation expert declines attending the Greeley reunion in 1910. He reflects on irrigation ideas tracing to Greeley, noting pioneers who developed surveys from a small center and urging a successful reunion as a matter of wide national importance.
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Carpenter
B. D. Sanborn
Greeley
Colorado
Mr. Sanborn
L. G. Carpenter
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Union Colonisi
Mate
Illinois
Meeker
Greeley's New City Hall and Library
Steel Home Safes
the Greeley National Bank
J.T. Clough Furniture Co
Stewart’s Studio
Eighth Avenue
John G. Morgan Brig. Co. Stock Brokers
Union Bank
Hoyt Leech
F. Quinn
Veterinary Surgeon & Dentist Office
Ninth St
Kersey and Lycan
Seeley Lake
G. M. Connor
Greeley Daily Tribune
N. C. Meeker
Greeley Tribune Printing Company Co
H. Wolfe
Alfred H. Davis
Thelephone
Greeley & Ofce
Seventh Street
Greeley, Colo
Carrier
Dally
W. Sanborn
John F. Sanborn
Keeley's First High School
Where
S Twist
Eighth Ave
Twist Transfer&Storage Co
HON Pacific Railroad
Peckham
Jar
Heyenne
Senyen Greeley
la Baile Ne
Neill Furniture
Happy
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