Organizations
Collection for organization entities.
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- Fruita Times (Fruita, Colorado)
- According to Agnes and Jerome Kiefer, the Fruita Times was founded in 1892 by their uncles Frank and Ben Kiefer, and was originally named the Mesa County Mail. They brought a printing press over from Denver for the purpose of starting this weekly newspaper. The Fruita Times was purchased by The Daily Sentinel and ceased publication sometime in the 2000's.
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- Fruita United Methodist Church (Fruita, Colorado)
- Built in 1908 on the main street of Fruita (Aspen), is a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church and supports various organizations including: Little Sprouts Preschool, Grand Mesa Christian Camps, Heifer Project International, Agape Food Basket, Boy Scout Troop 323 and Girl Scout Troop 24.
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- Fruita creamery (Fruita, Colorado)
- According to Luisa (Durante) Landini, who brought milk to be processed there from her dairy farm, the creamery was run by a man named Arbuckle in the 1920's and perhaps before.
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- Fruitvale Lions Club (Mesa County, Colorado)
- A Lions Club, based in the Fruitvale area of Mesa County, which served the greater Grand Junction and Mesa County areas for several years. The Fruitvale Lions Club was founded in 1955, with the Clifton Lions Club sponsoring its incorporation. The Fruitvale Lions provided college scholarships and study abroad opportunities to youth, and helped needy citizens of Mesa County get eye glasses through their vision program. Charities they sponsored included: • Student achievement awards • Student scholarships • Spirit Express • KidSight • Leader Dog/Hearing Dog • Grand Valley Lions Health Fair (9Health Fair) • Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank • Colorado Lions Foundation • Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF) • Boy Scouts In order to fund their charities, they worked the concession stand at the Mesa County Fairgrounds (then Uranium Downs) with the Orchard Mesa and Redlands Lions (collectively known as the Tri-Lions) during the 1980’s. After the Lincoln Park Sunrise Lions Club disbanded in the late 1980’s, members from that club joined the Fruitvale Lions. At that time, the Fruitvale club began working the ticket counter and gates at the Junior College World Series tournament (JUCO) at Suplizio Field, taking over this responsibility from the Lincoln Park club. The Fruitvale club held a pancake supper fundraiser at Central High School in October of each year. They later changed the date of this annual event to Father’s Day. After discontinuing the pancake supper, they held a St. Patrick’s Day corned beef and cabbage fundraiser. The club disbanded in 2016, with some members joining the Orchard Mesa and Redlands Lions Clubs.
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- Fruitvale Mothers Club (Fruitvale, Mesa County, Colorado)
- An organization of student mothers, organized in the 1920’s, who helped provide for the needs of Fruitvale High School. They met twice a month during the day.
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- Fruitvale School District 28 (Mesa County, Colorado)
- Fruitvale School District 28, originally part of Allen District 13, was founded in 1895. The District constructed a one-room school house in 1897, and a larger school house sometime between then and 1917. In 1911, the District added a high school curriculum, and then a junior high curriculum in 1915. It enlisted the help of the WPA to build a high school in 1936. In 1946, the Fruitvale District consolidated with Clifton District 43 and Pear Park District 18. At that time, Fruitvale High School became Central High School. The Fruitvale District was absorbed by Mesa County Valley School District 51 in 1951. *Information for this article was taken from "In the Beginning... A History of the Districts and Schools that became Mesa County Valley School District Number 51" by Albert and Terry LaSalle.
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- Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
- The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project is a multipurpose transmountain, transbasin water diversion and delivery project in Colorado. It makes possible an average annual diversion of 69,200 acre-feet of surplus water from the Fryingpan River and other tributaries of the Roaring Fork River, on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, to the Arkansas River basin on the eastern slope. Water diverted from the western slope, together with available water supplies in the Arkansas River Basin, provides an average annual water supply of 80,400 acre-feet for both municipal/domestic use and the supplemental irrigation of 280,600 acres in the Arkansas Valley. Total project supplies may be further increased through use and reuse of project water.
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- Fudd's Fritter Factory (Englewood, Colorado)
- This business sood in the SW corner of the upper parking lot co Cinderella City.
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- Fuoco Motor Company (Grand Junction, Colorado)
- A company founded by Jim Fuoco in 1934, at 711 N. 1st Street where the company still resides. Fuoco had been a mechanic at in both Fruita and Montrose prior to owning the car dealership.
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- Future Farmers of America
- Future Farmers of America (FFA) is an intracurricular student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. FFA is an organization made up of state associations; those state associations are made up of local chapters.