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Strolling through Lincoln Park, you may notice a large mound of rocks resembling a haystack. This unusual monument is the “Pioneer’s Fountain,” a tribute to the original Union Colonists. It is one of many attributes that makes Lincoln Park an important historical landmark in downtown Greeley. Large rock formation fountain with a ring of rocks surrounding the pool. Water shoots up into the air from the top. The Pioneer Fountain, pictured here in 1907, used to shoot water upward. COGM~1974.56.0031 A centrally located park in Greeley was deemed necessary from the city’s inception. The Constitution and By-laws of the Union Colony state, “In the center, or conveniently, a plaza or square of ten acres shall be laid out for the business portion of the town, and grounds shall be reserved for a park not exceeding fifty acres.”