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It was established in 1913 as The Redlands Realty Company by Albert J. Schwartz, W. C. Osborne, and R. J. Bardwell. It was preceded by the Redlands Water and Power Company, which was organized in 1905. The history of the two companies intertwines, with the Water and Power Company conceived of as a means to bring to fruition the broader development and sale of real estate on the Redlands. According to William Rump, whose father Charles Rump was involved...
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According to the website of the Redlands Community Church, it began in 1921 as a spiritual home for farmers who did not want to travel to Grand Junction or Fruita in order to go to church. It was, according to the site, the first church located in the Redlands. Kermit Brubaker served as the pastor there from 1965 to 1972. It is located at 2327 Broadway.
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Created by people of the Redlands, it began as a social club that met in the homes of people around the Redlands in 1921. Viola Rump and other women were the primary founders.
When the Grand Junction Country Club and Golf Course (now the Redlands Community Center) put its building and grounds up for sale during the Great Depression, the Women's Club held dinners and dances to raise money to purchase it. The Club held many luncheons, dinners and...
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Originally called the Redlands Irrigation and Power Company in 1905, it was created to run irrigation operations on the Redlands area and run a hydro-electric plant. Currently, it's called the Redlands Water and Power Company and is a non-profit organization.
The company was conceived as a way to provide the Redlands with the necessary utilities for growth as a community. It was organized in 1905 and incorporated in 1906 by F.C. Keifer, A.J. McCune,...
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A country club that owned and operated a club house and nine-hole golf course from August 1921-1937 on the Redlands at 2463 Broadway.
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A Lions Club, based in the Fruitvale area of Mesa County, which served the greater Grand Junction and Mesa County areas for several years. The Fruitvale Lions Club was founded in 1955, with the Clifton Lions Club sponsoring its incorporation. The Fruitvale Lions provided college scholarships and study abroad opportunities to youth, and helped needy citizens of Mesa County get eye glasses through their vision program. Charities they sponsored included:
• Student...
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A Lions Club, based in the Orchard Mesa area of Mesa County, which has served the population of Orchard Mesa and the county since its incorporation in 1971. Founding members include Mesa County Oral History interviewee Dale Luke.
In order to fund their charities, they worked the concession stand at the Mesa County Fairgrounds (then Uranium Downs) with the Fruitvale and Redlands Lions (collectively known as the Tri-Lions) during the 1980’s. They...
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According to David Sundal, whose father Olaf Sundal was one of the first clergymen at the church, the First Church of the Nazarene in Grand Junction dates from about 1920. Around 1920, two young preachers came to town and held a series of large, evangelical-style tent meetings at 6th and Main Streets. These meetings were very popular, and a number of Methodists left the Methodist Church in order to join what eventually became the First Church of the...
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While it is not known what became of Grand Junction’s first attempt to organize a public library (a meeting of the Grand Junction Library Association in January 1883), we do know that an effort in 1897 was successful. When Grand Junction was sixteen years old, members of two women’s clubs united as the Woman’s Library Association. The goal of the association was to establish a free public library. The first step toward this goal was taken in...
