Events
Showing
201 - 216
of 216
, query time: 0.01s
Format:
Event
Festivities held in 1957 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Grand Junction’s founding. It was organized by the Grand Junction Festival Company. Different events were held as part of the commemoration. In his oral history interview, radio broadcaster Robert “Bob” Collins recalls that he and three other men, including Paul Strout and Hank Vogt, dressed up like Doc Holiday and staged gunfights on Main Street against Audrey Thrailkill, Bill...
Format:
Event
58th annual celebration of the Cattlemen's Days Rodeo in Gunnison, Colorado.
204) Mesa County Fair
Format:
Event
Upon its founding and into the early Twentieth century, the Mesa County Fair was held first at the old Mesa County Fairgrounds north of Bookcliff Avenue and between 7th Street and Bookcliff Drive, and then in the area now known as Lincoln Park. According to Howard Shults, his father, auctioneer James Shults, was the last person to organize the Mesa County Fair in this location.
The Fair now takes place at the present Mesa County Fairgrounds on...
Format:
Event
In 1982, in Telluride, Colorado, the Ninth Annual Bluegrass & Country Music Festival took place on June 25th until June 27th. Musicians include: The Android Sisters, Norman Blake, Country Gazette, The Dillards, Pat Donahue & Mary Flower, The Larry Franklin Band, Steve Goodman, Gospel Set, Levon Helm/Russell Smith & the Muscle Shoals All-Stars, Hot Rize, Delbert McClinton, Willie Nelson, New Grass Revival, Rattlesnake Annie, Peter Rowan, Ricky Skaggs,...
207) Art on the Corner
Format:
Event
A standing exhibition started in 1984 by local artist Dave Davis in partnership with the Downtown Development Authority. The exhibition consists of both permanent pieces and a rotating collection of pieces by guest artists. It began with pieces displayed on Grand Junction’s Main Street and has since expanded to other areas downtown. Art on the Corner gained positive regional and national attention for Grand Junction, and has been an inspiration...
Format:
Event
A nationwide strike of shop workers, who mobilized to prevent wage cuts, for better working hours, and to prevent their replacement by non-union workers. Colorado railroad workers also took part. According to Frank Simonetti Sr., who began working in the Grand Junction, Colorado roundhouse in 1922, workers in the shop struck and the D&RG responded with a lockout of workers. Scabs were hired and given a place to sleep so that they would not have to...
Format:
Event
65th Annual celebration of Cattlemen's Days in Gunnison, Colorado.
211) Ski-Hi Stampede
Format:
Event
A professional rodeo that has taken place since 1919. Its website calls it the oldest professional rodeo in Colorado. It takes place at the Ski Hi Complex in Monte Vista.
212) Durango Fiesta Days
Format:
Event
It began in 1935 as Spanish Trails Fiesta days, with the main event being a rodeo. As of 2023, it takes place at the La Plata County Fairgrounds and still includes a rodeo, along with other competitions.
214) Nimon-Walker Award
Format:
Event
The Nimon-Walker Award was created in 2001 to honor those who have helped preserve Eagle County history. This annual, springtime event is a joint effort between Eagle Valley Library District and the Eagle County Historical Society.
Format:
Event
On September 24, 1934, a fire burnt down the first Fruita Union High School, which was located on South Maple Street in the Reed Park block. The fire began on the roof. All students and teachers escaped the building in time, and no one was hurt. Students were able to grab musical instruments and some athletic equipment, but had to leave the school’s new textbooks behind. Though it was worried that the fire, which came from unknown origins, would...
