Site of Founding of Grand Junction - Grand Junction, CO
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Outspoken1
N 39° 04.032 W 108° 33.712
12S E 710935 N 4327063
Plaque designates the founding location of Grand Junction, CO, USA. Too bad for the Ute Peoples, though.
Waymark Code: WMDHF1
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2012
Views: 5
The plaque reads:
"On this site formerly stood the adobe building which was the original home of the Grand Junction Town Company. Through its organizer and President, George A. Crawford, this company filed on land left vacant by the removal of the Ute Reservation to Utah, September 1881, and thus founded the City of Grand Junction. This tablet was erected by Mt. Garfield Chapter DAR A.D. 1924."
Group or Groups Responsible for Placement:
Mt. Garfield Chapter DAR
County or City: Grand Junction
Date Dedicated: 1924
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