GJ train depot opened with a quake

Grand Junction's Union Train Depot is 120 years old this spring. And it opened just a day before a massive earthquake struck San Francisco, sending hundreds of refugees through Grand Junction. This photo shows what the depot looked like about 1914. My column from The Daily Sentinel is linked below.

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Grand Junction gets mountain water

After several decades of dealing with muddy water from the Grand (Colorado) and Gunnison Rivers, This sign at the base of Kannah Creek shows the Kannah Creek drainage. the city of Grand Junction finally achieved its goal of obtaining clean mountain water from the Kannah Creek drainage on Grand Mesa on July 4, 1912. My history column from The Daily Sentiinel is linked below.

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Trying to answer questions about GJ Indian School

Officials from History Colorado will be in Clifton April 21, seeking public assistance as they attempt to find more information about the cemetery at the old Grand Junction Indian School on D Road east of Grand Junction. But the location of the cemetery is just one of many questions regarding the school. Below is a link to my Daily Sentinel history column discussing those questions.

Apr 161 min read

Powerful new technology rocked the Southwest 1,500 years ago

When bows and arrows arrived in the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains and desert Southwest, they soon supplanted older weapons. When they were combined with horses centuries later, they transformed many Native groups into fierce hunters and warriors. My history column from The Daily Sentinel is linked below.

Mar 301 min read

Indian ponies and irrigation ditches

The Kiefer family was one of the earliest pioneer families in Mesa County, and were especially important in the development of the Lower Valley. My column about the family is linked below.

Mar 191 min read

Replacing Indian School was major effort in early 20th century

Attempts to find a new use for the property that had housed the Grand Junction Indian School The abandoned Indian School circa 1916 required efforts locally, in Denver and Washington, D.C. My article from The Daily Sentinel is linked below.

Mar 71 min read

This book, by two former employees of the city of Grand Junction who spent most of their careers working on the city's water systems, offers an in-depth look at the history of the city's water system. It examines early water efforts, when the city still got its water from the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers, and examines the development of the Kannah Creek mountain water system in detail.

It continues with changes and additions to the system throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century.

Copies of it are available at the Mesa County Libraries, but I did not find any copies online.

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I retired as editorial page editor of The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colorado in 2014. Since then, I've continued to write a twice-a-month history column for the Sentinel, while seizing every opportunity I can, with my wife Judy or my horses, to enjoy the beautiful outdoors of the Colorado Plateau.

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