Revved up: Weld County Garage

In the early 1900s, Weld County Garage was the place to go for buggy repair. In the 1980s, well after cars surpassed horse-drawn carriages, it added appliances to its core business. Today, Weld County Garage and its sister business Herbies employ more than 170 people and claim more than $93 million in annual sales.

Founded in 1908, Greeley’s Weld County Garage is most closely associated with the father-son team of Lee and Warren Yoder, who took it over in the spring of 1982.

With an eighth-grade education typical of Amish families, Lee Yoder left the family farm in Kansas when he was…