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Women in Healthcare: Greeley’s First Female City Physician

May 2, 2024

The month of May is Women’s Healthcare Awareness Month, providing a great opportunity to talk about Greeley’s first female City Physician: Dr. Ella Mead.

The New National Drink

Apr 4, 2024

While they would not allow alcohol purchase, these cities did not leave their citizens without things to drink. Due to the laws of prohibition, the popularity of soda fountains increased.

Learning Through Objects: Fisk Violin

Mar 7, 2024

Greeley is a town full of music. This has long been the case. When I joined the team at the Greeley museums, I knew that, but I didn’t know that the museum housed a violin by a local maker, George W. Fisk.

Kindling a Spark: Partnerships in Museum Education

Feb 1, 2024

Charged with collecting, preserving, interpreting, and sharing the history of northeastern Colorado, the museums serve approximately 6000 students each year by bringing history to life and helping students understand why it matters.

When Greeley’s Streetcars Rattled and Ran

Jan 4, 2024

With electric lines overhead, streetcars became popular in Colorado following their invention in the 1890s. Here in Greeley, streetcar technology struggled to take off.

Wedding Customs of the Late 19th Century Examined

Dec 11, 2023

Weddings can be perplexing and overwhelming when you consider the etiquette involved. To make matters more daunting, these social “dos and don’ts” continue to change with time. What would an acceptable wedding in Greeley have been like in the 1880s?

Greeley’s Spud Love

Dec 1, 2023

The Union Colony of Colorado named their new town Greeley in 1870, to be a utopian agricultural community. One of their first important cash crops was the potato.

True Grit: The History and Importance of the Pawnee National Grasslands

Nov 20, 2023

Looking back at the history of the Pawnee Grasslands and recognizing the importance of this land today, it gives the word “grit” a new significance.

The DL&NW: Chugging Towards an Abandoned Future

Nov 8, 2023

In the early 1900s, President Charles S. Johnson and legal representative Judge John D. Milliken of the Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railway Company (DL&NW) wished to reach Seattle, Washington from Denver by rail. Their plan was to run trains from Denver...

Tornado Alley? No, It’s Tornado County

Aug 21, 2023

What would your answer be if asked which Colorado County has had the most reported tornadoes since 1950? Would it be a surprise to know that it is Weld County? Well, according to the National Weather Service, Weld County has seen 274 tornadoes from 1950 through 2018....