Pioneer Day Sees Greeley Grow From Dust to Plenty
In a commemorative piece, Sarah Elizabeth Howard recalls Greeley’s early fortitude forty years ago. Pioneers carved gardens and shade along wide streets, built a park and fence to guard cattle, and envisioned a city of temperance, progress, and learning. The essay praises schools, churches, libraries, and the community’s steady rise.
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Greeley
Sarah Elizabeth Howard
Grandma Dunham: Greeley’s oldest pioneer still in first house
Weld County resident Amanda Dunham, age 93, recalls arriving in Greeley in 1870 with her husband. She helped build the town’s first house at 1205 Eighth Avenue and remains active, tending her yard and garden while sharing memories of early days, wolves, and Indians.
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Randma” Dunham
Greeley
First House
Amanda Dunham
Weld County
E. L. Dunham
Eighth Avenue
Mich
Dunabout
J MM Dunham
Greene Dunham
Connecticut
Tr Dunham
Yenty
Pioneer Spirit Document Describes Early Greeley Colony
First annual 1871 report details steady May to present growth in Greeley with many colonists arriving, land claims secured, and homes built. It notes education efforts, a growing town with markets and mills, and temperance principles guiding the Union Colony amid periodic discontent and governance changes.
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Union Colony
Greeley
Fortunatus
Union
Nathan C. Meeker
J. H. Pinkerton
William E. Pabor
A. Dé. Wilbur
John R. Long
W. R. Guiney
Urbana
Ohio
Board of Education
W. BE. Pabor
Board of Éducation
New York General
Board of Trustees
Executive Council
Gréeley
Ditec No. 1
Kansas Pacific
Denver
New York City
Denver Pacific
Union Pacific
Promas
Pine Bluffs
Ralston
Golden City
Colorado Central
Boulder
Meeker
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Cheyenne
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Wyoming Tribune
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Greeley Tribune
FE. H. Abbott
Denver Pacific Railway
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Cache la Poudre
New York Weekly
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