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This school district formed at the consolidation of the Rhone, Star, Longfellow, Hunter, Loma, and Fruita districts in 1904. It was eventually absorbed into Mesa County School District 51.
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The Mesa County Valley School District 51 was formed on November 27, 1950 from sixteen smaller school districts in Mesa County. These smaller districts, in turn, had formed as the result of prior consolidations. With the exception of De Beque and Plateau Valley, which formed their own school districts, every geographical area in the county became part of District 51. The District elected its first school board and appointed its first superintendent,...
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A canning factory that was established in 1911 to process anticipated harvests in Loma, Colorado. But
the factory closed down a few years later not having reached its full capacity.
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The Loma Community Church was organized as the First Presbyterian Church in 1909. Reverend George F. McCleve, who had held services at the Loma School prior to the church's organization, served as the first minister. The congregation built a church in 1909-1910 (The Church That Stayed by Virginia Donoho).
According to oral history interviewee and Loma resident Hazel W. (Durham) Murphy, the Loma Presbyterian church was built and furnished with money...
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According to Grace and Ralph Inskeep, it was a church presided over by pastor Alvin Ricks in the early Twentieth century. Ralph Inskeep was appointed superintendent of the church by the state church’s overseer. Ricks had a parsonage built east of the church. Church attendance apparently declined when some members started working on Sundays.
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According to the book The Church that Stayed by Virginia Donoho, The Methodist Church in Loma was founded in 1909 with a church building being constructed in 1913. Longtime resident Gertrude Rader moved to Loma around 1920 and became an active member of the church and of the affiliated Ladies Aid Society. The Church seems to have met in the houses of members, at least for a time, and to have had guest ministers. A popular minister was James Baggs...
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According to Ida (Hempler) Jaenicke, a member, the Jolly 16 club was a local women’s organization that began prior to 1942, when she joined. Mildred M. (Smith) Downey and Alma Downey were charter members. The organization sold lunches and held bake sales, then used funds for worthy causes. At one point, they bought treats for the children of Loma. They also participated in local events. Betty Jean Evans was the queen of the Jolly 16 float, “Lily...
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A sugar company begun in Holly, Colorado in 1905. It processed sugar beets in order to extract sugar, and operated a sugar beet processing unit in Grand Junction, Colorado, which it took over from the Western Sugar and Land Company in 1916. They eventually moved their processing operations to Delta, in 1933.
During the 1960's the company employed many Navajo people as migrant workers, and would send buses to Arizona for their transportation to...
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According to Loma resident and potato farmer John Brach, the organization formed in 1927. It sold and marketed potatoes on behalf of local potato farmers. It accounted for about 70% of the volume of potatoes sold. The association replaced individual buyers that were monopolistic and at times unscrupulous in their practices.
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The Women's Christian Temperance Union began as a non-violent movement in 1874 against the dangers of alcohol. It had chapters in Colorado and throughout the United States. Loma, Colorado chapter member recalled that the group sponsored hayrides, singalongs, and other activities that promoted friendship while condemning drinking.
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According to Hilda Ann (Walther) Cary, who ran a dairy farm in Loma with her husband Joseph H. Cary, it was an organization composed of local dairy producers. It assisted farmers with the sale of milk to dairies in the 1950’s and possibly before.
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A large business in the early Twentieth century. It milled wheat that farmers produced locally. According to oral history interviewee John Brach, whose family farmed wheat near Loma, it operated during the same time period as the rival Juanita Flour Mill. It purchased wheat at the market rate, milled it, and sold back flour at the market rate.
According to oral history interviewee Gladys Gross, it was purchased by Colorado Milling and Elevator...
