Trying to answer questions about GJ Indian School

Officials from History Colorado will be in Clifton April 21, seeking public assistance as they attempt to find more information about the cemetery at the old Grand Junction Indian School on D Road east of Grand Junction. But the location of the cemetery is just one of many questions regarding the school. Below is a link to my Daily Sentinel history column discussing those questions.

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Powerful new technology rocked the Southwest 1,500 years ago

When bows and arrows arrived in the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains and desert Southwest, they soon supplanted older weapons. When they were combined with horses centuries later, they transformed many Native groups into fierce hunters and warriors. My history column from The Daily Sentinel is linked below.

Mar 301 min read

Indian ponies and irrigation ditches

The Kiefer family was one of the earliest pioneer families in Mesa County, and were especially important in the development of the Lower Valley. My column about the family is linked below.

Mar 191 min read

Replacing Indian School was major effort in early 20th century

Attempts to find a new use for the property that had housed the Grand Junction Indian School The abandoned Indian School circa 1916 required efforts locally, in Denver and Washington, D.C. My article from The Daily Sentinel is linked below.

Mar 71 min read

Grand Canyon railroad was a dubious dream

In 1889, a Denver businessman convinced investors he could build a railroad from Grand Junction, Colorado, through the Grand Canyon and on to southern California. Even after three men died, including the businessman, the dream continued. The drawing here was from a news article about the project in Denver in October, 1889. My history column about the project is linked below.

Feb 191 min read

Gilman is a unique ghost town

For more than a century, mining took place on Battle Mountain, Gilman sat near top of Battle Mountain, while rail line and Eagle River below. and the town of Gilman developed near the mine entrance. First silver, then zinc made the mines profitable as they were carved out of Battle Mountain. My history column from The Daily Sentinel is linked below.

Feb 61 min read

This report, prepared by Alpine Archaeological Consultants of Montrose on behalf several agencies with the state of Colorado, provides an excellent synopsis of the history of the Grand Junction Indian School -- also known as the Teller Institute -- and some of the problems related to the school.

Those interested in reading the report can download a PDF of it simply by typing the title into the search area of you Internet search engine.

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I retired as editorial page editor of The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colorado in 2014. Since then, I've continued to write a twice-a-month history column for the Sentinel, while seizing every opportunity I can, with my wife Judy or my horses, to enjoy the beautiful outdoors of the Colorado Plateau.

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Replacing Indian School was major effort in early 20th century

Grand Canyon railroad was a dubious dream

Gilman is a unique ghost town

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Replacing Indian School was major effort in early 20th century

Grand Canyon railroad was a dubious dream

Gilman is a unique ghost town

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