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28441) Aubrey Fenton "Jack" Smillie
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He was born in Colorado to John W. Smillie and Christina (Trenholm) Smillie. Marriage records indicate that his parents, both born in Canada, were married in Iowa prior to moving to Colorado. His mother studied music in Montreal prior to marrying his father. According to Jack Smillie, his father came to Denver to work as a surveyor on an irrigation project near present-day Eaton. He was paid both a salary and given 160 acres of land for his work....
28442) Samuel H. "Sam" McMullin
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He was born in Pennsylvania to Samuel H. McMullin, a minister, and Isabella McMullin, a homemaker. US Census records show him living in Grand Junction, Colorado by 1900, when he was thirty-two. There, he lived with his wife, Rella (Hall) McMullin and their children. According to local historian and professor Don MacKendrick, McMullin was an attorney who practiced in town by the 1880's.
For a time he served as the District Attorney for Mesa County...
28443) Edwin A. Haskell Jr.
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He was the manager of the Park Opera House in Grand Junction, Colorado, which opened in 1892 and closed sometime around 1910. According to local historian and professor Don MacKendrick, Haskell struggled for the opera house’s financial survival for virtually his entire tenure as manager.
28444) Donald "Don" Mackendrick
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A long-time professor of history at Colorado Mesa University, where he taught from 1956 to 1990. He also served as Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences from 1977 to 1990. He specialized in local history, and wrote many articles and gave many speeches about local history topics. He was the editor of Journal of the Western Slope, an academic history journal published at CMU. He also served on the Grand Junction Public Library board for...
28445) Robert Clement "Bob" Klenda
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A saddlemaker in Plateau City, Colorado. He was born in Kansas to Clement and Emma Klenda. His parents were farmers. The 1920 US Census shows Bob living at home with his parents and working as a “Farm Boy” at the age of thirteen.
He learned leather crafting in the US Army. He learned saddlemaking in a shop in Yakima, Washington, where he acquired the basics and his teacher stressed quality. He moved to Utah in 1957, where he ranched and learned...
28446) Leta Ruth (Funk) Benson
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She was born in Russell, Kansas to Bertha Luella (Brown) Funk and Carl Funk. Her father was a farmer and her mother a homemaker. US Census records show that the family had moved to a farm in West Cheyenne Wells, Colorado by 1920, when Ruth was ten years old.
She graduated from the University of Colorado Normal School in Boulder, where she was involved in the Girl Reserve, Glee Club, Denver Chorus, Trio, Chimes of Normandy, Pinafore, Ermine, and...
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He was born on Parachute Creek, in Garfield County, Colorado, to Arcadeous Benson and Bertha (Gardner) Benson. His father was born in Kentucky and his mother in Wisconsin. They had both moved to the Western Slope by at least April 28, 1895, when Colorado marriage records list their marriage. They were farmers.
When Charles was ten years old, his father acquired a homestead “on the mountain” (possibly on Battlement Mesa). Charles grew up in...
28449) Philip Louis "Dutch" Griebel
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A longtime Fruita Monument High School teacher and coach. He was born to Louis Griebel and Annie (Reikauff) Griebel in Warrensburg, Missouri in 1889. Ships passenger lists show that his father arrived in New York from Germany on June 25, 1868, when he was 25 years old. His occupation was listed as shoemaker. His mother was an immigrant from Switzerland and a homemaker. The 1910 US Census shows the family living in Warrensburg, Missouri when Philip...
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The first Christian Science church in Grand Junction, Colorado was founded by Susan Etta (Lewis) Carpenter in the late Nineteenth or early Twentieth century. Originally called Carpenter Hall, it was initially located on North First Street. The church then moved to 535 N 7th Street, a building they occupied for many years before selling it in the 2010's.
The church maintained a reading room at 113 N 6th Street in the 2000's before moving both the...
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On September 24, 1934, a fire burnt down the first Fruita Union High School, which was located on South Maple Street in the Reed Park block. The fire began on the roof. All students and teachers escaped the building in time, and no one was hurt. Students were able to grab musical instruments and some athletic equipment, but had to leave the school’s new textbooks behind. Though it was worried that the fire, which came from unknown origins, would...
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The organization was founded in 1936. Philip Griebel was a founding member. According to Griebel, the Fruita Rotary assisted with youth agricultural and 4-H events. By 2015, they provided food to those in need and youth scholarships (“Fruita Rotary Club provides valuable services to Fruita, including beer pouring,” Post Independent, September 1, 2015). The club continues to be active in the Fruita community.
28456) "A Study in Tangles" program
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A program for the Eagle High School's presentation of "A Study in Tangles," a three act play. The play was held at the Woodman Hall on March 25, 1927.
28457) Eagle Valley Manuscripts
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Browse letters, documents, stories, certificates, just about anything on paper in this collection-- all from Eagle County and the surrounding areas of the Western Slope of Colorado.
28458) Francis Lufkin & the twins
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Francis Lufkin poses with twins; their names are unknown, but their mother was Lola Figgins, daughter of Frank & Birdie Figgins.
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During the 1960s, Vail, Colorado was a fledgling ski town and the community often created its own entertainment. Spearheaded by John and Cissy Dobson, Lillian Miller, and Ted Poliac, the Vail Players melodrama theatre group operated between1966 and 1971, with its season running from June until October. Performances were often sold out and proceeds supported community projects such as the medical clinic and Vail Interfaith Chapel. On 31 December...
28460) Helen Gladys (Rambo) Hyde
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She was born in Whitewater, Colorado to William H. Rambo and Charlotte (Baer) Rambo. Her father was a farmer and her mother was a homemaker. Her family often sang songs together until the death of Helen’s brother when she was twelve. US Census records show that they lived in Kannah Creek in 1920, when Helen was eight years old, and on California Mesa in Delta County in 1930.
She married Fred L. Yates in Moab, Utah on February 24, 1935. The 1940...
