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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.
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 ...
Grand Junction: Damaged by flooding in 1983. Demolished in 1988. [6] 2: Fifth Street Bridge: Fifth Street Bridge: February 4, 1985 (#85000220) July 22, 1994: Northbound U.S. Highway 50 over the Colorado River: Grand Junction: Replaced in 1989. [6]
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 North Seventh Street Historic Residential District, in Grand Junction, Colorado, is a 14.4 acres (5.8 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It included 27 contributing buildings. [1]
Cross Orchards Historic Site is a living history museum located in Grand Junction, Colorado. It is part of the Museums of Western Colorado. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
Wild flower excursion from Colorado Springs, 1917. As great a problem as topography was, the route and terminals posed a still greater one. The line was originally projected to connect Colorado Springs, Leadville, and Salt Lake City, Utah, but it eventually stopped at Grand Junction, Colorado.
Chief Ouray and Chipeta. Ancestral Puebloans — A diverse group of peoples that lived in the valleys and mesas of the Colorado Plateau; Apache Nation — An Athabaskan-speaking nation that lived in the Great Plains in the 18th century, then migrated southward to Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, leaving a void on the plains that was filled by the Arapaho and Cheyenne from the east.