Greeley Colorado - Introduction
Greeley is one of America’s green cities. Tall trees line its
streets and the Cache la Poudre River flows through its northern side.
The prairies stretch out east and the Rocky Mountains rise to the
west. Walking and
biking trails wind through both terrains. You can run by the Poudre,
or scale the highest point in the county or you can tote
out the binoculars and bird Pawnee National Grassland. The area is so
alive and lush in so many ways. Greeley isn’t only a city at the
junction between plain and mountain, though, and it is more than its
many parks and trails. The cultural life is as rich as the natural
life, and Greeley is home to several orchestras, chorales, and theater
troupes, let alone big-name concerts and Broadway shows. Art galleries
are common, displaying works from the commercial to the nationally
famous to the rising student. The city is also an old place,
grown out of a station on the Overland Trail (originally the Latham
Station) in 1862, and has many museums to reflect its long history.
The Centennial Village Museum with its forty-five buildings and living
history displays is one such museum and a number of 1800s-era houses
throughout Greeley remain preserved. Greeley is located near the
intersection of Highways 85 and 34 and just north of Evans and Garden
City, two towns often grouped with Greeley. Colorado State Highway 263
ends within its bounds and Colorado State Highway 392.
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