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An historical society preserving the history of Cedaredge and the surrounding area since 1981. The organization also administers Pioneer Town, a local history attraction.
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1643. The Springs Drug Store
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Owned the Steamboat Ski Area from 200 to 2018. Now the Alterra Mountain Company.
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Established in 1905 after President Theodore Roosevelt decided to transfer the care of the United States' "forest reserves", which were the earliest forms of national forests, from the Department of the Interior who had managed them prior.
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1649. Yampa Hospital
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An organization established by Loyd Files, Bill Eberhart, and Tom Wilson. The group sold Piper airplanes. Around this same time, Files built a small hangar and runway on land he had acquired along 28 Road between Grand Avenue and North Avenue. The organization later operated at Walker Field, where they sold planes and had a flying school.
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An orchestra, based in Grand Junction, that played shows in town and around the Western Slope. John Goulet played piano for the orchestra in the 1960’s, and reports that they toured surrounding towns in 1966, including towns in Eagle County. People in the audience would dance to their music.
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According to the website of the Palisade Irrigation District, it was established by a vote of the people of Palisade in 1904. The District takes water from the Colorado River via the Cameo Roller Dam and delivers it via the Price Ditch. According to William Lorenzen, editor of the Palisade Tribune newspaper from 1953 to 1979, the District ran afoul of local citizens after getting a rate hike approved by state officials without running it by Palisade...
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A fruit grower’s cooperative run by Harry Younger. It may have been a division of the Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association. In his interview with the Mesa County Oral History Project, Thomas Charles refers to the organization as the Palisade Fruit Exchange.
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A nonprofit founded in 1960 to promote independence and a high standard of living for the elderly. The organization was founded by Loyd Files, Allen Lawson, Charlie Piccone, Art Gilbert, Tom Elber (a lawyer), and Robert Hightower (an architect). According to Files, Lawson was the main force behind the organization's mission.
The first living units, the Monterey Park Apartments, were erected in 1965 at 999 Bookcliff Avenue in Grand Junction. By...
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A traveling company labeled as "The Greatest Show on Earth". It started in 1919 when Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth, a circus owned by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey, merged with the Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows. After 146 years of shows, the circus ended in 2017.
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1658. Routt Memorial Hospital
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1660. Juniper Mine
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