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
Yep Mow: GJ’s First Immigrant
by The People's History of the Grand Valley Yep Mow made news when he first arrived in Grand Junction in November of 1882, from Gunnison, via wagon. He opened a laundry, and invested in Grand Junction real estate seeing the potential of this ‘future metropolis.’ Just months before his arrival in Grand Junction, the Chinese … Continue reading Yep Mow: GJ’s First Immigrant
WWI and Repression
the organized mob risen from its grave to snoop and tyrannize once more. And it will come up again and again for ever and ever! If there isn’t a good cause like a war, then it will parade for a poor cause. It will always be a cause with ideals so high that no mere law can restrain the execution of its judgements. And it will always be based on hatred and fear. Tomorrow it may come again…. who knows?”
Carl Gleeser: GJ’s First Radical!
By People's History of the Grand Valley Meet Carl Gleeser: anarchist, labor organizer, publisher, radical feminist, writer, pacifist, and Grand Valley pioneer. Born 1856 in Germany, Gleeser immigrated to the United States in 1872. He was one of the very earliest settlers in the Grand Valley in 1881, Gleeser was here for a short time … Continue reading Carl Gleeser: GJ’s First Radical!
The Revolutionist 