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.