This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Centennial Village Museum in Greeley, a major milestone for the historic institution.
The museum was founded in 1976 during the nation’s bicentennial as a pioneer museum to commemorate Greeley’s centennial and to preserve western heritage.
Spanning an 8-acre section of Island Grove Regional Park, the museum boasts of over 35 historic structures and facilities, including one of Rattlesnake Kate’s outbuildings, a schoolhouse, a church, a Weld County courthouse, a printing press, the Spanish Colony House and the Carpenter House—the family home of the man who helped write the Colorado River Compact…