On August 28, 1883, the citizens of Greeley witnessed the opening of Henry B. Jackson’s unique Eighth Avenue establishment.  Built at a cost of $16,000, it combined a mercantile and…

“Kate,” the author of this postcard postmarked August 21, 1930, describes the Paramount as “the nicest tourist camp imaginable.”  It appears she put an “X” on the cabin in which…

Born in Racine, Wisconsin, around 1874, L.V.  Browning was described in one newspaper article as a “Rip Van Winklish” man about five feet in height, dark-complexioned from spending most of…

This picture appears on a postcard published by the Greeley Tribune in about 1905 and features the cottonwood tree that greeted the Greeley Union Colony setters when they arrived in…