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Peoples History of the Grand Valley

Peoples History of the Grand Valley

The People of the Grand Valley's Struggles, Victories, and Movements for Change.

Month: April 2021

Environmental / April 26, 2021

Mill Tailings and the man who cleaned up Grand Junction

One of many western myths, has a lone man of action and integrity standing tall to clean up the town. This is one…

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BiPOC History / April 26, 2021

GJ Police Killings: The First 100 years

Grand Junction was just a couple years old when, in 1883, Town Marshal Tim Crowley shot and killed George Lewis, an African-American who…

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Labor Movement / April 18, 2021

Populism’s Poet

Jacob Huff was born 1853, in Pennsylvania. A populist, writer, poet, and satirist; Huff called the Grand Valley home for just four years,…

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Anti-War / April 17, 2021

Carl Gleeser: Grand Junction’s First Radical

Before Grand Junction was even a town, a radical and organizer called the Grand Valley home. Meet Carl Gleeser, anarchist, labor organizer, publisher,…

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BiPOC History / April 5, 2021

Marijuana and the Grand Valley

Tomorrow residents of Grand Junction have a chance of reversing over a century of wrong-headed and racist marijuana laws, locally. It was 10…

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Labor Movement / April 4, 2021

Grand Junction and the Hobo Coxeyite Armies of 1894

June 17th of 1894, Englishman, Fredrick Denning Smith arrived in Grand Junction ahead of his “army” of hobos and unemployed workers. “General” Smith’s…

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