Dictation from Mrs. Nathan Cook Meeker : Greeley, Weld County : ms., [ca. 1885-1886].

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Dictation from Mrs. Nathan Cook Meeker : Greeley, Weld County : ms., [ca. 1885-1886].

Part of a collection of dictations and some agent reports. Generally, materials concern social life and customs in Colorado. Concerning Nathan Cook Meeker (1817-1879).

Originals : 3 leaves.Copies : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 116:11) and positive.

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Colorado pioneer, Nathan Cook Meeker was born in Ohio in 1817. He worked as a newspaperman, traveling salesman and teacher throughout the United States. Meeker was selected by Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, to found the agricultural community known as the Union Colony of Colorado at present day Greeley, Colo. Greeley provided major funding for the colony. Based on utopian and religious ideals, the organization was established in 1869 with approximately 700 colonists and was know...