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DAR Historic Markers
To see photos of these markers, click on the name of the
historic marker.
Whitman Park
Located in Grand Junction’s Whitman Park just a few blocks from the
Colorado River is a large granite rock bearing the bronze tablet. The
marker was placed July 4, 1917 by the Mount Garfield Chapter DAR and the
Grand Junction Chapter SAR. The inscription reads, “Whitman Park in
honor of Marcus Whitman, Patriot-Missionary who swam the Grand (now
Colorado) River near this point on his heroic trans-continental ride,
mid-winter 1842-43, which saved the great Northwest to the United
States.”
Flag Pole Memorial to World War I Soldiers in Mesa
County
Located in Grand Junction’s Lincoln Park, this 60 foot high flag pole
was dedicated by the Mount Garfield Chapter June 21, 1928. The
inscription reads, “Lest We Forget, in honor of eight hundred Mesa
County men who gave their loyal service in the World War, 1914-18, and
in memory of those among them who gave the most that man can give, life
itself. This tribute is placed in loving appreciation by the Daughters
of the American Revolution, Mount Garfield Chapter 1928.”
Grand Junction Town Company
A bronze plaque, on what is now the Avalon Theater in the 600 block of
Main St, marks the site where the original Grand Junction Town Company
stood. The inscription: “On this site formerly stood the adobe building
which was the original home of the Grand Junction Town Company. Through
its organizer and president, Governor George A. Crawford, this company
filed on land left vacant by the removal of the Ute Reservation to Utah,
September 1881, and thus founded the city of Grand Junction. This tablet
was erected by Mount Garfield Chapter DAR, A.D. 1924.”
Grand Junction News
A marker on a building in the 400 block of Main St in Grand Junction
commemorates the location of the first newspaper published in the town.
The inscription: “Upon this site in October 1882 a vital cultural
influence in the town of Grand Junction was established by the printing
of the first newspaper – The Grand Junction News, Edwin Price, Editor.
This tablet placed by Mount Garfield Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, 1957."
Park Opera House
The DAR marker for the Park Opera House is located just inside the South
entrance to the Museum of the West, 5th & Ute, in Grand Junction,
Colorado. The inscription: “Upon this site in 1891 was built the
Park Opera House & modern theater, which was for many years the center
of the cultural and social life of Grand Junction. This mark
placed by Mount Garfield Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
1957."
The Meeker Tree
Though not accessible at the present time, the Mount Garfield Chapter
DAR placed a marker at the site where the captives taken after the
“Meeker Massacre” were released. The marker is located about a mile from
Mesa, CO.
Spirit of Pioneer Women
Through the Historical Marker Coalition, the Mount Garfield Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution raised the funds, commissioned the
work and erected a bronze eight-foot statue to recognize the
contributions of pioneer women. The figure honors the strength,
character, and contributions of the many women who helped settle Mesa
County and build our community.
In 1999, world renowned sculptor Lincoln Fox created the statue which
stands in Grand Junction’s Eagle Rim Park on Orchard Mesa, overlooking
the Colorado River, the North Branch of the Old Spanish Trail, the
Riverfront Trail system and much of the Grand Valley.
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