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Availability:In StockContributor:Alan J. KaniaPublish date:2010-04-28Pages:130
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531653392ISBN-10:1531653391UPC:9781531653392Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC469G9TAK
The Ute Indians were hardly out of western Colorado when their land was opened to Anglo settlers. It was on September 26, 1881, when George A. Crawford, William McGinley, R. D. Mobley, M. R. Warner, and others went to the junction of the Gunnison and Grand (later renamed the Colorado) Rivers to claim 640 acres. In the semiarid confluence of the two rivers, a city developed, fruit orchards were planted, and a college grew out of the seeds of a single-room school with a dirt floor. Several newspapers opened, providing news and information to a business community that included coal mining, railroads, dry goods, and even a toffee factory whose products have graced the tables of royalty. How Grand Junction was able to develop into a progressive community of entrepreneurs, educators, and community-minded citizens is a story best told in a small sampling of pictures. None of the founders are still here, but their legacy, stories, and pictures have survived to speak for them.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531653392ISBN-10:1531653391UPC:9781531653392Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC469G9TAK
Kania, Alan J.: - Author Alan J. Kania has written extensively about Colorado history, including books John Otto: Trials and Trails and Arcadia s Colorado National Monument. The images in Grand Junction have been culled from the rich archives of the Museum of Western Colorado, Mesa State College, and the people who have preserved the legacy of the founders of Grand Junction.
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