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Location of Mesa County in Colorado. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mesa County, Colorado.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mesa County, Colorado, United States.
Grand Junction, Colorado in the 1880s. The town of Grand Junction was founded on September 26, 1881, by the Grand Junction Town Company. The founder of the town, George A. Crawford, was a Civil War veteran and President of the Grand Junction Town Company. He was accompanied by William McGinley, J. Clayton Nichols, and four unidentified companions.
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.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad reaches Grand Junction. November 7: An earthquake estimated at 6.2 M fa affects the Denver area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). The quake causes minor damage in Colorado and southern Wyoming and is the most intense in Colorado recorded history. [81] October 24: The Town of Delta ...
Cross Orchards Historic Site is a living history museum located in Grand Junction, Colorado. It is part of the Museums of Western Colorado. It is part of the Museums of Western Colorado. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [ 1 ]
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Circa early 1900s postcard ad for the line. John J. Hagerman gained control of the Colorado Midland Railway Company in June 1885. In September 1890, Hagerman sold the railroad to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which operated the railroad as a subsidiary and changed the name to the Colorado Midland Railroad.
The Grand Junction Climax Mill was operative for 19 years and produced 2.2 million tons of radioactive tailings, according to the US Department of Energy. [5] From the early 1950s to 1966, Climax donated approximately 300,000 tons of radioactive uranium tailings from the mill to the city of Grand Junction for use as construction material. [ 7 ]