Union Colony

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Union Colony was a 19th-century planned agricultural settlement in Colorado that later became the city of Greeley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century settlement
planned agricultural settlement
utopian community
associatedModernCity Greeley
surface form: Greeley, Colorado
associatedWithPerson Horace Greeley
Nathan C. Meeker
coordinateWith Greeley City Council
surface form: Greeley, Colorado city government (successor)
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developedInfrastructure irrigation ditches
town plat that became Greeley
era 19th century
foundationYear 1870
foundedBy Nathan C. Meeker
foundedWithSupportFrom Horace Greeley
New-York Tribune
surface form: New York Tribune
founderOccupation agricultural editor of the New York Tribune
governanceForm colony association
hasCharacteristic irrigated agriculture
planned community
religious and moral standards for settlers
temperance principles
hasCitySuccessor Greeley
surface form: Greeley, Colorado
historicalLocationStatus absorbed into Greeley, Colorado
landUse farms
townsite
laterBecame Greeley
surface form: Greeley, Colorado
legacy foundation of the city of Greeley
model for later irrigation colonies in the American West
locatedIn Colorado
United States of America
surface form: United States
namedAfter ideal of union and cooperation among settlers
notableFor early large-scale irrigation in Colorado
influence on agricultural development of northern Colorado
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
irrigated farming
purpose agricultural development
cooperative settlement
temperance community
region Northern Colorado
selectionCriteriaForSettlers commitment to temperance
moral character
willingness to farm irrigated land
socialPolicy emphasis on education and culture
prohibition of alcohol
state Territory of Colorado
surface form: Colorado Territory
waterSource Cache la Poudre River

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Greeley originalName Union Colony