By People’s History of the Grand Valley Grand Junction has a rich feminist history. In 1893, when Colorado voted to give women the right to vote, Mesa County passed the amendment by the largest margins in the state. Photo of Suffragist rally on Main St. Circa 1910s. In 1895, Elizabeth Taylor and her husband started … Continue reading Some Grand Junction Women From History You Should Know
Seven Change Makers from Grand Valley History You Have Never Heard of But Should Have
by Jacob Richards Carl Gleeser Gleeser was Grand Valley’s first radical and was amongst the first couple dozen settlers in 1881. An anarchist, Gleeser advocated for collective ownership of the first irrigation ditch (he lost), he was an organizer with the Knights of Labor, taking part in Grand Junction’s first railroad strike in 1885, and … Continue reading Seven Change Makers from Grand Valley History You Have Never Heard of But Should Have
The Revolutionist 