2018 Potato Day Festival Scheduled for Saturday, September 8
FOR RELEASE: GREELEY, CO—On Saturday, September 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Friends of the Greeley Museums will host its largest event of the year, Potato Day. Held at Centennial Village Museum, 1475 A St., Potato Day includes a host of fun activities including...
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Family Fun and Furry Friends Expected for Centennial Village Museum’s Pets ‘N’ Popsicles FOR RELEASE: GREELEY, Colorado -- Centennial Village Museum’s baby animals are grown up and ready to celebrate the end of summer during this year’s Pets ‘N’ Popsicles event. Pets...
read more2018 Happy Birthday Mr. Meeker Celebration Scheduled
FOR RELEASE: The City of Greeley Museums can trace its origins back to a simple statement that Nathan C. Meeker, Greeley’s founder, made to the townspeople on December 7, 1870: “Now, while we are daily exploring the prairies, mountains and streams and even bringing up...
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Wilbur French was hanged by an angry mob outside of the county jail one hundred thirty years ago, which was the only lynching in Greeley. Below is a photo of the remnants of the lynching rope.
Learn more about the events that led up to the lynching in the Museums’ exhibit "Unsolved," closing January 20, 2019. 🔍
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