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Grand Junction is 247 miles (398 km) west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.The city has a council–manager form of government. [8] It is a major commercial and transportation hub within the large area between the Green River and the Continental Divide, and the largest city in Colorado outside of the Front Range Corridor.
Warren Barnes was a 69-year old homeless man living in the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. He was known around the downtown community to read books and sit on a chair most of his time near Monique's Bridal, a wedding shop in downtown Grand Junction. He was named "The Reading Man" by some of the storeowners due to his big interest in books.
The Grand Junction television market includes two counties in western Colorado, Mesa County and Montrose County. [22] In its Fall 2013 ranking of television markets by population, Arbitron ranked the Grand Junction market 185th in the United States.
City Market is a supermarket chain operating in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. City Market, Inc. has its headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado. It is a subsidiary of Kroger. [1] City Market was founded by the Prinster family in 1924, when four brothers—Paul, Frank, Leo and Clarence—moved to Grand Junction from La Junta ...
1894: "The official newspaper of the city of Grand Junction" 1923: "Official newspaper of the county of Mesa" and "Official newspaper of the city of Grand Junction" 1933: Instead of a slogan, the Sentinel ran above its banner, "Yesterday's press run" which was about 6,200 at mid-year. 1943: "Today's news today"
Grand Junction, Colorado in the 1880s. The town of Grand Junction was founded on September 26, 1881, by the Grand Junction Town Company. The founder of the town, George A. Crawford, was a Civil War veteran and President of the Grand Junction Town Company. He was accompanied by William McGinley, J. Clayton Nichols, and four unidentified companions.
Grand Junction High School a public high school in Grand Junction, Colorado; Grand Junction Junior College, a campus of Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado; Grand Junction milkvetch, the common name for Astragalus linifolius, a species of flowering plant in the legume family; Grand Junction Rockies, a Pioneer League baseball team
Grand Junction is located in southwestern Hardeman County at (35.048023, -89.190177 A small portion of the town extends west into Fayette County. Tennessee State Route 57 runs through the city, leading east 17 miles (27 km) to Middleton and west 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to La Grange.