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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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Land surveys funded by Captain Worthington and conducted by civil engineer E.L. Morse in 1905. They sought to discern the suitability of the Redlands area for settlement.
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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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Willis Blevins and his wife Lotus discuss their life as farmers in the Redlands, the history of the Redlands Community Center and the Redlands Women’s Club, and Willis’s career as a lumberyard worker and owner. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
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He ran the Sunday school that held classes in the old Redlands School building in the Redlands area of Mesa County. According to information from Viola Rump, a longtime Redlands resident, he was one of the early settlers. He was also one of the first school bus drivers in the Redlands.
15) Ray Pierson
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With Willis "W. L." Blevins, he pioneered the growing of fruit on the Redlands.
16) Grant Squires
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He owned land where the Panorama Subdivision now sits in the Redlands.
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They owned a peach orchard in the Redlands during the early and mid-Twentieth century.
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Bill Rump talks about his father Charlie Rump and his roll in developing the Redlands in Mesa County, Colorado as a member of the Redlands Company and the Redlands Water and Power Company. He recounts the efforts of those companies in creating orchards and other agricultural enterprises on the Redlands. He speaks about the Redlands School, roads, sports, youth activities, and other aspects of life on the Redlands and in Grand Junction. He remembers...
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She married Willis "W. L." Blevins in 1918, and moved with him to Mesa County in 1920, due to interest in a building project of the Redlands Water and Power Company. They bought land for a farm in the Redlands area. She was a founding member of the Redlands Women's Club, a social club that met in the homes of Redlands residents and later at what is now the Redlands Community Center.
20) Eileen O'Toole
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Early Twentieth century resident of the Redlands in Mesa County. Her parents and family moved from Indiana in 1909. She grew up in a home that served as the first schoolhouse in the Redlands. Later served as a bookkeeper for the Colorado Producer's Coop, which her family's farm business belonged to.
