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Camp Fire Girls: An Esteemed Greeley Tradition

Camp Fire Girls: An Esteemed Greeley Tradition

by | Mar 14, 2022 |

While the Girl and Boy Scouts of America have become a commonplace name across the country, did you know that Camp Fire Girls was another organization created the same year and was in fact far larger than the Girl Guides of America (later called Girl Scouts)?

Clark Civil War Diary

by | Jan 21, 2022 |

The end of the Civil War brought on a period of great upheaval in the lives of the American people…Many chose to flee west to start a new life.

Dancing Takes the Stage

Dancing Takes the Stage

by | Dec 14, 2021 |

In addition to liquor sales and manufacture, dancing was another scrutinized social activity taking place during the early years of Greeley’s founding.

Italian POWs Stir Up Dust in Old Horace Mann School

by | Nov 15, 2021 |

It is hard to believe that the corner of 11th Ave. and 12th St. was once home to a school. The current occupant of the corner, Greeley Fire Station 1, was built in 2016 and opened in 2017, which replaced a former Safeway building. The Safeway building replaced the...

Convicts Build Loveland to Greeley Road

Convicts Build Loveland to Greeley Road

by | Aug 16, 2021 |

In the early 20th Century, Americans became ardent supporters of “good roads movements,” as the age of the automobile had arrived. Convict labor built 1,000 miles of Colorado roads by 1915.

1930s Greeley Cinema

1930s Greeley Cinema

by | Jul 14, 2021 |

The merging of sound and dialogue to create “talkies” was invented in the 1920s, but became standard in the 1930s, popularizing movie watching.  Greeley was certainly no exception.

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