Robbery! Tom McCarty, Matt Warner and Butch Cassidy in western Colorado
“One of the seven deadly sins is greed. When wed to any other, such as anger, pride or even sloth, a medium for thievery results. Crime in western Colorado has a history and unfortunately, a presence.”
Read the whole story here. Thanks to Beacon [...]
Built in 1910, the old Loma School building, located at 1345 13 Road in Loma, housed students grades one through eight. It was a two-story building, with four classrooms per floor. The lower grades had class on the first floor and the higher grades had class on the second floor.
The school had two outhouses in [...]
Dreamers and doers: The first 30 years of Grand Junction, Part 2
Cultural interests were catered to early on with plays, musical performances and other entertainment. The town also hosted traveling professional performers. The Floradora Girls and Harry Houdini were particularly popular acts staged at the Park Opera House, with tickets priced between 50 cents and [...]
John Otto: ”Man With a Monumental Vision”
Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 • 5:30 PM
Second & Main, across from Two Rivers Convention Center
Including Chautauqua performers John Stansfield (Otto) & Lee Stetson (Muir)
Reception to follow at Two Rivers Convention Center Courtyard
Benefit Concert with Stray Grass at Mesa Theater 8 PM
About the sculpture: From all accounts John and his [...]
“What would entice an individual or a family to leave an established home for the unknown? The siren of “possibilities” sings temptingly to dreamers and doers. This pioneering spirit brought the first white settlers to the Western Slope of Colorado, shortly after the White River and Uncompahgre Ute Indians were removed to reservation lands in [...]
The Mesa County Library is celebrating 110 years, thanks to several dedicated women of Mesa County.
Margaret Ogilvie started a Women’s Association in Mesa County called the Isabella Club. Its main purpose was to better appreciate and understand the history of the American and Spanish cultures of Mexico and South America. Later it evolved into the [...]
“Never judge your neighbor until you have walked 1,000 miles in his (or her) moccasins.” While admonished in this oft-quoted saying to be less judgmental and more empathetic to the plights of others, the illusive image of a Ute Indian in those well-worn moccasins might come to mind for those of us who call Western [...]
“In 1894, Walter B. Cross came to the Grand Valley to open the Mount Lincoln Coal Mine in Palisade. That soon changed when Cross decided to pursue the fruit growing business
instead…” Read more about Cross Orchards’ history here.
Thanks to the Beacon Magazine for sharing.
“The largest cemetery in Mesa County is the Orchard Mesa Memorial Cemetery, located on Orchard Mesa, caddy corner to Duck Pond Park. Headstones date back as far as 1902, and possibly even further. The cemetery is divided into sections where faithful members of clubs such as the Masonic Lodge, the Odd Fellow Lodge and the [...]
On Thursday, March 17, the Museum of Western Colorado held an all-day kids’ camp, Archaeology and History Adventure, at the Museum of the West. Under the direction of David Bailey, History Curator, the kids learned to excavate artifacts and draw their location on a grid, metal detecting, painted casts and worked hands-on with an archaeologist.
The [...]