KDVR – Grilli is scrambled It is usually a 12 -day Western celebration with more than a quarter of a million people attending events, but it did not start this way.
Greley usually begin Longhorn engine Through the city center, it includes a carnival with horseback riding, games, roses, and concerts with large names such as Ludacris with Bigxthaplug and Parker McColum with Mackeenzie Carpetter.
While it is now an international famous festival, the organization said it started for the first time in the late nineteenth century as a small community celebration Honoring local potato farmers.
Grilli has scrambled over the years
According to the organization, the history of Greley Stampede dates back to the nineteenth century as a community celebration to honor potato farmers, but its first official festival began in 1922 when it was officially baptized Grilli Spod Rodio.
Attended about 2,500 people, the first official festival, which said the organization included events such as Bucking Bronc Riding, Fancey Ropening, Pynehical Eating Contest, Horse Racing and Tord Tord “for all.
Events have evolved over the years. While the organization said it is possible that there are marches around the Independence Day before that, the first records of Spud Rodeo host them The show began in 1925As there were prizes for the best special cars decorated and industrial buoys, as well as the best clown wearing clothes.
For more people to this event, the organization said that the era of Greley Spud Rodeo has ended and “Go West With Greley”, Rodeo, which came from the famous phrase Horat Greley, “Go West Young Man. Go West.”
The organization said that it later turned into Greley Independence in 1972, which brought a societal competition, characterized by Broodes, Contra and Rock Classic, TV procession, Dear demolition, carnival and free entertainment on the stage.
The festival was slowly built in a multi -day event that sees an average of 250,000 visitors attending the 12 -day event. There is anything from the carnival to concerts. Greley Stampede is now for another year with the Longhorn Drive on the streets of the center of Greley on Wednesday.