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A fruit grower’s cooperative run by Harry Younger. It may have been a division of the Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association. In his interview with the Mesa County Oral History Project, Thomas Charles refers to the organization as the Palisade Fruit Exchange.
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An organization begun in the mid-Twentieth century. According to oral history interviewee and club member Rena Nisbet, the organization had ninety-one members at one time. They organized and created a nativity scene in Palisade. They had other projects, including the sponsorship of local murals.
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An agricultural cooperative organized in 1937, with Harry Bridges of Palisade serving as the first manager. It helped farmers market and ship produce. They used the mountain lion brand associated with their predecessor, the Grand Junction Fruit Growers' Association. The Western Colorado Producers Cooperative became the Cooperative Producers Association, and then Mountain Lion Fruit, Inc. in 1961. In 1971, Mountain Lion Fruit was bought out by...
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Early Grand Junction social organization and literary society. According to Lucy (Ferril) Ela, The Reviewers Club rose from the ashes of the Twentieth Century Club, a women’s organization that was formed by Harriet (Dyke) Ottman around 1901, after her arrival from the Midwest. The Twentieth Century Club was short lived and Ottman left Grand Junction for two years. In another version of the Twentieth Century Club's history given at a "Women of...