Greeley
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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.

If you have corrections, additions or comments, email Sara L. Brooks at SBrooks@greeleyschools.org
Put Greeley Website in the Subject Line. Thank you.

 

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