Greeley, city (2020 pop. 108,795),
seat of Weld co., N Colo., at the base of the Front Range of the Rocky Mts.;
inc. 1885. It is a rail and trade center for a rich irrigated farm area.
There is meatpacking and other food processing and the manufacture of
bridges, apparel, chemicals, and software. Greeley was founded (1870) by
Horace Greeley through
his agent, Nathan C. Meeker, as a cooperative farm and temperance colony.
Meeker was killed in the Ute uprising of 1879; his home is a museum. The
city is the site of the Univ. of Northern Colorado and has a symphony
orchestra, a theater, and an art gallery. Greeley also holds an annual
rodeo.
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