GREELEY - Horace Greeley, former editor of the New York Tribune,coined the phrase, "Go west, young man," nearly 140 years ago.
Tribune agricultural editor Nathan Meeker, who heeded that adviceand founded the town named after his editor, probably didn't go farenough.
Greeley sits just far enough east of the Front Range that it seemsmore a part of western Nebraska than Colorado, a place wheremountains are visible only from the tallest of buildings - of whichthere aren't that many in this town of just more than 76,000 people.
At nearly 2,000 feet lower than Colorado Springs, Greeley oftendoesn't feel like Colorado in the summer when the heat and humiditycombine …
Greeley's TIME to SHINE/ Broncos bring town to life every summer with training campGREELEY - Horace Greeley, former editor of the New York Tribune,coined the phrase, "Go west, young man," nearly 140 years ago.
Tribune agricultural editor Nathan Meeker, who heeded that adviceand founded the town named after his editor, probably didn't go farenough.
Greeley sits just far enough east of the Front Range that it seemsmore a part of western Nebraska than Colorado, a place wheremountains are visible only from the tallest of buildings - of whichthere aren't that many in this town of just more than 76,000 people.
At nearly 2,000 feet lower than Colorado Springs, Greeley oftendoesn't feel like Colorado in the summer when the heat and humiditycombine …
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