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Geography; Location: 2635 North 7th Street Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, Mesa County, Colorado, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Organization; Funding: Faith-based non-profit: Type: General: Patron: Saint Mary: Network: SCL Health: Services; Emergency department: Level II trauma center: Beds: 310 [2]: Helipad: Yes: History; Opened: 1896: Links; Website: www.sclhealth.org /locations /st-marys ...
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.
Monumental Majesty: 100 Years of Colorado National Monument, a book to commemorate the nearby park's 100th anniversary, won the 2011 Colorado Book Award for anthology. This coffee table book's foreword was written by documentarian Ken Burns , was designed by Graphics Editor Robert Garcia and edited by Laurena Mayne Davis.
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.
It is also home to the largest collection of Uintah Railway cars on the Colorado western slope. [5] At its peak the orchard produced 22,000 apple trees over a 243-acre (0.98 km 2) orchard. It is considered the largest orchard for the time in western Colorado. [6] The only land left today is now a 24-acre (97,000 m 2) site.
The Grand Junction television market includes two counties in western Colorado, Mesa County and Montrose County. [22] In its Fall 2013 ranking of television markets by population, Arbitron ranked the Grand Junction market 185th in the United States.
Colorado Mesa University (1949–present) Ralph Stocker Stadium is owned by the city of Grand Junction, Colorado . Its current tenants are Colorado Mesa University Mavericks football and Mesa County Valley School District 51 high school football, though it hosts other local events as well including track and field and both college and high ...
The Art Center of Western Colorado, formerly known as The Western Colorado Center for the Arts, is located at 1803 North Seventh Street in Grand Junction, Colorado. Founded in 1953, the art center has a permanent collection comprising mainly regional Western art. Its facilities also include four galleries, a gift shop, two enclosed courtyards ...