Colorado

I. Vocabulary words from this article:

agriculture
compete
cooperation
crop
irrigation
officially
quality
ranch
rodeo
stampede

II. Pre-Reading Questions

What do you know about rodeos?

In which part of the U.S. are most of these events held?

III. Reading Time

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When you have finished reading, return to this page and answer the questions below.

IV. Post-Reading Questions

1. Who was Horace Greeley?
a. a newspaperman
b. a Western reporter
c. a local farmer
d. founder of a town

2. Which is a major crop in the Greeley area?
a. corn
b. potatoes
c. agriculture
d. strawberries

True or False

3. Greeley, Colorado was named after its founder.

4. In 1922, the Greeley rodeo was an event for only local residents.

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