The city of Greeley was created out of cohabitation and it is one that continues to grow with that same sense of community. Before Horace Greeley said "Go West, young man, go West," the land upon which the City of Greeley now grows had been shared by humans and animals for thousands of years. Approximately 11,500BC, Clovis mammoth hunters became the first known people to occupy the area. The earliest agriculturalists arrived as early as 1200BC!

By October 1865, the Cheyenne and Arapaho ceded all claims to their former land, effectively opening the region to settlement. Early settlers recalled finding beads, artifacts, and evidence of Cheyenne tree burials in Greeley. That area is now Island Grove Regional Park.

Greeley’s population in 1990 was 60,536 and the city has seen unprecedented growth of new residents into the State. The small town has expanded to a city 41.79 square miles with a population of approximately 76,000 in 2002. Since 1970, Greeley’s population has doubled.

Today, many of the city’s family farms have been sold and commercial franchises built in their place. Where crops once grew, several computer manufacturing companies now stand. Corn cribs have given way to computer chips, and strip farming has been supplanted by strip malls. New residents have created a booming construction market and the desire for large “upscale” homes, good neighborhoods, schools, city services and super retail outlets.