Grand Junction History

Footage from 1969 describing the failed Project Rulison nuclear tests in Western Colorado serves as an eerie window into the state’s explosive past.

Everyone knows about Grand Junction, Colorado's historic Stranges Grocery at 226 Pitkin Avenue. A major renovation has been underway for some time. Take a look at the progress

If you found yourself within a 100-mile radius of Grand Junction in the 1980s and 90s, you probably found yourself at The Rose. I asked on Facebook, "How much time did you spend at Grand Junction's "The Rose" back in the day?"

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.

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.