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In the early Twentieth century, different churches in the Grand Valley sponsored athletic competitions under the auspices of what were called Pioneer Clubs. The Methodist Church, for instance, had what was known as the Roosevelt Pioneer Club. Track and field and basketball were the primary sports, while football and baseball were not as prevalent. The Pioneer Clubs in the Grand Valley predated the religiously-affiliated Pioneer Clubs that have...

The Thrift Shop of Aspen was started in 1949, to help the old “citizens hospital” which was in a Victorian home at the base of Red Mountain. The attic was remodeled to provide housing for 2 or 3 nurses. When the hospital hired several more nurses, the Thrift Shop helped pay their salaries. Next, the Thrift Shop helped the Red Brick School which now houses the Red Brick Center for the Arts. Initially we were instrumental in starting the first...

Fruita's first hospital was located near the mortuary and run at first by the doctors James Moore Beard and Porter. Doctors White and J.S. Orr ran the hospital at a later date. It received funding from Walter Walker, publisher of The Daily Sentinel, and others. According to Cordelia (Hamilton) Files, who was friends with Dr. Beard, he ran a small hospital from his home in Cleveland, the town that adjoined Fruita, in the late Nineteenth and early...

The Rocky Mountain News (nicknamed the Rocky[2]) was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday–Friday circulation was 255,427.[1] From the 1940s until 2009, the newspaper was printed in a tabloid format. Under the leadership of president, publisher, and editor John Temple, the Rocky...

According to the company’s website, they have been a Ford dealer in the Grand Valley since 1912. Originally, they were located on Grand Junction’s Main Street. James Fuoco, who started the long-running Fuoco Motors, cut his teeth as a mechanic at what was then called Western Ford before buying his own company. Thomas Campbell, a local orchardist and Ross Business College graduate, worked as a bookkeeper for the company. Western Slope Auto...

During the 1960s, Vail, Colorado was a fledgling ski town and the community often created its own entertainment. Spearheaded by John and Cissy Dobson, Lillian Miller, and Ted Poliac, the Vail Players melodrama theatre group operated between1966 and 1971, with its season running from June until October. Performances were often sold out and proceeds supported community projects such as the medical clinic and Vail Interfaith Chapel. On 31 December...

A local chapter of the national organization that was begun by Frank Huber, Thomas Harrison Moore, and other veterans who had been meeting in groups or for "rap sessions" at the Veterans Administration Hospital for four years. The local VVA chapter was founded in the 1970’s or early 1980’s. It met at the Outreach Center. The group allowed veterans to speak about their combat experiences, and to bond and educate over things like Delayed Stress...

The organization was founded in 1936. Philip Griebel was a founding member. According to Griebel, the Fruita Rotary assisted with youth agricultural and 4-H events. By 2015, they provided food to those in need and youth scholarships (“Fruita Rotary Club provides valuable services to Fruita, including beer pouring,” Post Independent, September 1, 2015). The club continues to be active in the Fruita community.