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Welcome
to Greeley!
Greeley,
Colorado is where we live, but how much do we know about our city
and the history behind it? Come along and learn
all about Greeley! This website was made for third graders learning about Greeley history,
but all ages can learn something. Weld District 6 has moved Greeley History to the second grade. I will be working to make the pages more second grader friendly.
Facts
Find out statistics and basic information about
Greeley. What is its elevation, what is the average temperature
in July and other questions of interest are answered on this page.
History
What was Greeley like a long time ago? Why did
people come to Greeley? Did dinosaurs live near Greeley? There
is a timeline and several multimedia tours on this page. Other pages are linked from this one. Learn about the Spanish Colony and the Greeley Grays or how East Memorial got its name.
People
Learn about Nathan Meeker, the Ute Princess Shawsheen,
Ken Monfort, Bessie Smith, W.D. Farr and Rattlesnake Kate. Why are they important to our
city?
Activities
"There's nothing to do...." is a common
cry of the people in Greeley, but this page will show you that Greeley
has many activities available for its citizens and visitors to participate
in.
Recreation
What do people do for fun in Greeley? You will learn
that there are many ways for people to have fun in Greeley! The new Funplex and Ice Haus are found here.
Landmarks
Greeley has several important landmarks. This page
has information and multimedia files on the museums in town. Come
take some Virtual Fieldtrips! We have a new City Museum. See what is there.
Location
Where is Greeley located and what are some of the
geographical features? Why is the Cache la Poudre so important?
Vocabulary
This page has some words and activities using the
words that you may need to understand while learning about Greeley.
Links
These are some Websites that have some information
about Greeley. The Greeley Tribune now requires registration to view. The Tribune also moves pages often.
Resources
This page has pictures, Quicktime movies, online quizzes, online writing pages, and other
things for you to use in your projects and papers about Greeley.
Teacher
Here is information that your teacher may need to
use the website, and it also has some files that they may want to
use. (Teachers, you may want to visit this page a week before you use the site with your classes.) On this page, you will also find both a student site evaluation survey and a teacher evaluation survey. These will be used to improve this resource.
Credits
This tells where I got the information to make this
website and the peoples' names who helped me to put this website together. You will see that it has taken a lot of people to make this site possible.
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