About Us
Greeley Tribune
501 8th Ave
Greeley, Colo. 80634
(970) 352-0211
Name and location
Greeley Tribune
Greeley, Colorado
When was it founded and by whom?
Nathan C. Meeker, an agriculture writer for Horace Greeley at the New York Tribune, founded the Greeley Tribune in 1870. Its first issue was published on Nov. 16, 1870.
What is the history of the ownership?
1870: First publisher, Nathan Meeker
1875: Meeker and E.J. Carver
1879: Ralph Meeker and Carver
1885: Carver sole publisher
1908: C.H. Wolfe
1913-1953: Charles Hansen
1953-1977: Mildred Hansen
1977- present: Swift Newspapers
Publishers have been Dick Larson, 1977-1990;
Dave Trussell, 1990-1997;
Jim Elsberry, 1997-2006
Steve Weaver, 2006-2007
Bart Smith, 2007-present
When did it become part of Swift Newspapers?
Mildred Hansen sold the paper in 1977 to Phil Swift.
Any history as to the frequency of publications?
The Tribune was a weekly paper from 1870 to 1908, when it became a daily; in 1913, the Tribune purchased two other dailies in Greeley.
Total region served and anything of special interest about the area:
We cover Weld County, the eighth largest agricultural producing county in the United States.
Anything of special interest about the newspaper?
The founder, Nathan Meeker, was also the founder of the city of Greeley. It was known as Union Colony then. We're currently in our 137th year of publication.