Grand Junction History

Here's another look at classic Robert Grant photos featuring people, events, and landmarks from Grand Junction, Fruita, and other communities around Western Colorado. With this gallery, the subject matter focuses on celebrations and awards ceremonies.

Scroll on to see the stores in Grand Junction we loved shopping at as a kid.

Well, I just found another box of classic Robert Grant photos featuring people, events, and landmarks from Grand Junction, Fruita, and other communities around Western Colorado. These were in a box labeled "People Unidentified."

Here's another round of classic images out of Western Colorado by the late Robert Grant. All images here feature Grand Junction area events prior to 1985.

Grand Junction quickly transitioned from a tiny frontier settlement in 1880 to a small city by 1900.

Many fun facts can get lost over time unless people remember to share and discuss them.

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was a dark time in U.S. history, and a devastating period for southeastern Colorado.

A 1963 ambulance was on display at Allen Unique Autos Museum in Grand Junction until 2015, and many claim that it was the very ambulance that drove President Kennedy’s body to have an autopsy performed.

How's your Monday going? Mine got off to a horrific start. It looks as though I'm not alone. Here's a short gallery of photos from Grand Junction, Colorado's past featuring people who probably wish they'd stayed in bed.

Take a trip back in time and learn about the sugar beet industry of Grand Junction’s past.