Greeley’s Rise From Frontier to Modern City
The article extols Greeley’s growth from its colonial beginnings to a thriving city of about 9,000 with the State Normal School, strong irrigation, and a planned future of 20 000 to 25 000 residents. It praises water systems, parks, boulevards, and surrounding farming country, noting the Platte and Cache la Poudre rivers, Rocky Mountain views, and continued outward expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
State Normal School
Sfato
Platte
Cache la Poudre
City of
Rocky Mountains
Canon
Greeley Churches Chronicle Early Union and Growth
The article surveys Greeley Colorado churches from 1870 onward. It details Congregational origins with Ranney hall worship, the Hotel de Comfort as a later church, early pastors and deacons, and the move to Park Church. It covers Swedish Free Church beginnings in 1900, Trinity Episcopal history, Presbyterian development, and liberal Unitarian efforts within Unity Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Colorado
Ranney Hall
Exchange Hotel
Alfred Baxter
Helen Johnson
Edwin Dunham
J. L. Dunham
N. D. Wright
Belle Abbott
Thomas Cooper
Steven Spencer
Ranney
Hotel de Comfort
McConnell
Mr. Dowd
Mr. Allen
New York
Union Colony
First National Bank
A. K. Packard
Park Church
Packard
Messrs
Staver
Michael
Parsons
Dumm
Theo. Hunt
F. M. Sheldon
Rockford
John Doane
Swedish Free Church
Sweden
Eleventh Street
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
S. D. Hunter
Denver
Trinity Parish
Randall
Unity Church
Meeker
Eclectic Society
Porter
New England
Church of
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Lincoln Park
Greeley’s
Lucerne
A. C. Leafgreen
Dr. Reid
Onc
R J. Hunter
Boulder
P Oging
Pbyi
Choir
Christian Endeavor Missionary and
Ladies Aid Societies
J. A. Trimmer
First Presbyterian Church
Sheldon Jackson
L. W. Teller
John F. Stewart
R. G. Thompson
Jnc. F. Stewart
J. C. McDonald
A. Adams
Presbytery
J. W. Partridge
J. L. Taylor
John Laird
John G. Reid
THE
First Congregational Church
ST. Peter’s Catholic Church
Weld County Abstract and Investment Co
Ninth Street
Greeley, Colorado
Farmers Supply and Mch. Co
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