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Grand Junction is 247 miles (398 km) west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.The city has a council–manager form of government. [8] It is a major commercial and transportation hub within the large area between the Green River and the Continental Divide, and the largest city in Colorado outside of the Front Range Corridor.
Northeast of Grand Junction at 3079 F Rd. 39°05′28″N 108°28′52″W / 39.091111°N 108.481111°W / 39.091111; -108.481111 ( Cross Land and Fruit Company Orchards and Grand Junction
Mesa County comprises the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2020 it ranked as the 271st most populous metropolitan area in the United States . [ 2 ] It is the only metropolitan area in Colorado not located on the Front Range .
The town had become known for its agriculture, trade, mining, and as a stop for stagecoaches. The community leaders broke a deal with the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad to bring their western route through the town. [2] The first train arrived at Grand Junction on November 22, 1882, cementing the town's place as a major settlement on the ...
The State of Colorado creates Garfield County from a portion of Summit County. [64] January 26: The Town of Dillon incorporates. [63] January 9: James Benton Grant assumes office as the third Governor of the State of Colorado. 1882: December 19: The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad reaches the Colorado-Utah Territory border west of Grand Junction ...
The city of Grand Junction was so named because of its position at the junction of the Gunnison and Grand Rivers. The Green and Grand Rivers united in eastern Utah to become the Colorado River. The Grand River was renamed Colorado River by act of the Colorado State Legislature , approved March 24, 1921, and made official July 25, 1921 in House ...
Grand Junction High School a public high school in Grand Junction, Colorado; Grand Junction Junior College, a campus of Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado; Grand Junction milkvetch, the common name for Astragalus linifolius, a species of flowering plant in the legume family; Grand Junction Rockies, a Pioneer League baseball team
Two years later another coal mine was opened a half a mile north of the Book Cliff coal mine; it was called the Grand Valley Mine. Both mines were purchased by William Thomas Carpenter in the summer of 1888, and under his Grand Valley Fuel Company they were improved and further developed. He built the Little Book Cliff Railway to serve the ...