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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...
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A government entomology laboratory on North Seventh Street (later located off Twelfth Street), begun and administered by Wayland Arthur Shands. This laboratory researched a bug-spread viral infection of sugar beet plants. The infection was colloquially dubbed ‘curly top’. The viral infection was such a significant issue that the Department of Agriculture opened additional research centers in Twin Falls, Idaho; Riverside, California; and Las Cruces,...
