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filmed States rf'America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112th CONGRESS,FIRST SESSION
Vol. 157 WASHINGTON,Friday, November 4, 2011 No.168
HON. JARED POLIS
OF COLORADO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Friday, November 4, 2011
HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY TO WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I am honored today to recognize the 150th birthday of Weld
County, Colorado. Weld is the sunny, rolling home to 31 towns filled with Coloradans of all
backgrounds and aspirations. In 1821, Major Stephen H. Long made an expedition to the area
now known as Weld County and declared the land was not fit for human prosperity. Almost two
centuries later it is without question that Major Long did not have the vision or the admiration
for this great place as those of Weld County have today.
Located in the north central part of Colorado, Weld County provides an impressive
supply of opportunity and industrial support being the State's leader in production of cattle,
grain, and sugar beets and the second leader in production of oil and gas. It is ranked as the
third leading agricultural area in the United States.
But it is not the natural resources or the environmental make up of Weld County that
make it what it is today, on its 150th birthday. It is the people of this county that have taken it
from a prairie region first settled by railroad workers, to a vibrant and growing home to
thousands of Colorado families. Beyond its industrial value, one of the State's strongest public
universities, the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, is located within Weld County
and provides thousands of students the opportunity for higher education and a more fertile
future every year.
I congratulate the people of Weld County on 150 years of progress and prosperity and
eagerly anticipate what the future holds for this forward-looking Colorado County.
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