Year: 2020
“War Comes Home: The Legacy” Comes to the Greeley History Museum Exhibition Features Correspondence Revealing How War Changes Lives, Families, Communities
FOR RELEASE: The new exhibition “War Comes Home: The Legacy” will be open Spring 2021 through August 21 at the Greeley History Museum, 714 8th St.; however, the date could change due to COVID-19. Combined with local artifacts from the City of Greeley Museums’...
School in a Tent, “Devil’s Dung”, and Social Distancing: Prairie Style PPE
Educational institutions especially are experiencing budget angst as teachers and administrators craft new models for in-person and remote learning, and terms like “learning pods” and “cohorts” have entered our vocabulary. This brought to mind some stories about how residents in the drylands of Weld County coped with social distances, educating children, staying healthy, and practicing good hygiene.
City of Greeley Online Time Capsule Opening October 22
FOR RELEASE: Greeley marks its 150th anniversary this year, and to celebrate, city officials plan to open two time capsules. Join the Greeley Historic Preservation Commission and the City of Greeley Museums as they unveil a selection of items from both capsules live...
Time FLU By: Quarantined in Greeley & Weld County at Home, In Jail, In Pullman Cars and In Sororities
As COVID-19 remains in the crosshairs of politics, the economy, and our personal lives, the Stay at Home and Safer at Home mandates are all too familiar. In the case of infectious diseases, these same restrictions applied in the 19th and 20th centuries, but were simply called “Quarantine.” Let’s take a peek at quarantine rules and enforcement in Greeley and Weld County in the “olden days.”
“Pistol Packin’ Mama” Popular, but in Short Supply in Greeley in 1943 – ‘44
A Cautionary Tale ~ Part 3
On January 6, 1919, four-year-old Ralph E. Waldo, Jr. remembered running up and down the aisle in a “theater,” but most likely it was a mortuary. At the end of the aisle Ralph stopped numerous times to peer into the casket holding the remains of his mother, Alfa Frances Warton Waldo, and his stillborn baby brother. The impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic lingers in the annals of Waldo family history.
A Cautionary Tale ~ Part 2
A Cautionary Tale ~ Part 1
