Union Colony of Colorado : [collection] : 1870-1871 ;.

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Union Colony of Colorado : [collection] : 1870-1871 ;.

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Contains record book no. 2 of the Union Colony of Colorado, correspondence and clippings.

.5 linear ft. (1 box).

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Union Colony of Colorado (Greeley, Colo.)

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Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879

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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...