City of Greeley News

at March 27 History Hour

GREELEY, Colo. — The next History Hour series will be on Thursday, March 27, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Greeley History Museum, 714 8th Street.

Historian Meg Dunn will present “The Emma Malaby Grocery,” one of Fort Collins’ oldest buildings. She will share the building’s history and its move. Participants will explore life in downtown Fort Collins in the 1880s and learn about Fort Collins’ early African American community, a tragic murder-suicide and more. The building was recently donated to Historic Larimer County and is being prepared to open to the public for the first time in many years. 

Upcoming History Hour Presentations

• April 10: Join Joan Clinefelter for Holocaust 101 at the LINC Library. This event is in partnership with the Holocaust Memorial Observances of Northern Colorado. 
• April 24: Holocaust 101 by Joan Clinefelter 
• May 22: KKK in the 1920s in Colorado by Meg Dunn 
• June 26: 400 Years of Cowboys by Daniel Geary 
• July 24: Young Chautauquans Perform at The History Hour 
• August 14: Mexican American History Project Greeley by Emma Pena McCleave, Daniel Reyez, and Dr. Maria Sanchez 
• September 18: Colorado Water Law at 150: The State Constitution of 1876 and Greeley’s Role in Western Water Policy by Dr. Michael Welsh 
• October 16: From the Journey of Many to I by Tony Arguello 

The History Hour series happens at noon unless otherwise noted. Presentations are held in the Community Room of the Greeley History Museum. 

For more details, email Betsy Kellums at the Historic Preservation Office: betsy.kellums@greeleygov.com or call 970-350-9222.

About the Presenter 
Meg Dunn graduated from the University of Michigan and taught math in Detroit and San Francisco. When her kids started elementary school in 2003, she began volunteering in the Poudre School District. In 2014, she took over the Forgotten Fort Collins website, which became NorthernColoradoHistory.com. She served on the Fort Collins Historic Preservation Commission for nine years. She is now president of the Fort Collins Historical Society and vice president of the board of Historic Larimer County. 

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