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Rashleigh Regional
History Room
 
 

Rashleigh Regional History Room
    The Rashleigh Regional History Room is named in honor of Rosemary Rashleigh, long-time library supporter and former member of the Mesa County Libraries Board of Trustees.

    Available Regional History Resources:

    Grand Junction Polk City Directories
    Grand Junction residents and businesses are listed by name, street address, and phone number. Older directories sometimes list profession of individuals and names of adults in household.
    Library owns: 1904 to present.
    R 917.88 C751g

    Grand Junction Telephone Directories
    Directories also include smaller communities in Mesa County, and in some older directories, Montrose, Delta, and Ouray.
    Library owns: 1914, 1923, 1930-31, 1933-34, 1936 to present.

    Obituary File
    Obituary index card file covers years 1900-1992
    Obituary Database contains listings 1993 to present.
    Some obituaries are also included in the Daily Sentinel Index.

    Gravestone Inscriptions of Western Colorado

    Booklets list gravestone inscriptions for the following cemeteries:
    DeBeque, Glade Park, Battlement (Parachute), Bethlehem (Paonia), Cedar Crest (Collbran), Clover (Collbran), Eagalite (Plateau City), Elmwood (Fruita), Fairview (Mesa), Palisade, Sacred Heart (Fruita), Veterans Crownpoint (Appleton, Whitewater.
    R929.3

    Colorado and Western Slope History Books
    R 978.8

    The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
    R973.73 U58w

    Colorado Railroad Histories
    R 385.09788

 
 

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