CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

Grand Junction was selected, located, staked, and founded as a townsite under and by virtue of the laws of the United States September 26, 1881, by and in the names of George A. Crawford, Richard D. Mobley, M. Rush Warner, James W. Bucklin and their associates, Allison White and H. E. Rood, who, pursuant thereto on October 10, 1881, incorporated "The Grand Junction Town Company."June 22, 1882, a vote was taken to incorporate the municipality by the name of the "Town of Grand Junction." There were 63 votes cast in the election: 62 for the incorporation; 1 against incorporation. Incorporation was completed July 19, 1882.

 

TrusteesSeptember 14, 1882Charles F. ShanksPatrick G. WestmorlundGeorge W. ThurstonJohn M. RussellA. A. MillerW. F. Gerry

 

February 14, 1883, the town was made the county seat of the new County of Mesa.

 

TrusteesApril, 1886        1887James W. Bucklin      Joseph P. SweneyW. J. Carpenter      J. J. Lumsden  1889D. S. Dickie        S. J. Scoville    1889Edwin Price        H. H. Rea    1889J. T. Sharp        T. H. Hadcock  1889John Hynes1888          1889J. W. Bridges        Henry H. Rhone  Resigned 1-7-1890A. F. Paff        Orson Adams, Jr.  Appointed 1-7-1890W. B. Lawrence      Joseph Crosby  1891David Roberts      J. T. Sharp    Resigned 10-18891889

James S. Kent  Resigned 4-22-1889M. O. Whitehead  Appointed 5-1889C. P. Bliss    Resigned 7-1889W. W. Wolf    Appointed 9-1889John Hynes    Appointed 11-1889John Reeder    Appointed 1-18901890J. O. BradishBenton CannonSnyderMillerHammondDulmaine

March 10, 1891Under the provisions of Colorado General Statutes, Section 3363, Grand Junction was entitled to be advanced to the grade of a city of the second class. The Board of Trustees deemed the change of grade desirable and adopted an ordinance dividing the City into four wards with two aldermen being elected from each ward.AldermenGeorge Ryan    1891 – 1892L. W. Norris    1891 – 1893W. H. Lee    1891 – 1897; 1900-1902J. G. Hall    1891 – 1896D. G. Stetzelberger  1891 – 1893M. L. Allison    1891 – 1897E. W. Gannon  1891 – 1892; 1894 – 1896C. C. Bower    1891 – 1893

A. N. Anderson  1892 – 1893A. R. Wadsworth  1892 – 6-13-1893; 1896 – 1898M. L. Roberts    1892 – 2-17-1893A. J. McCune    1892 – 1894B. C. Smith    1892 – 1893J. F. Sharp    1892 – 1893William Campbell  1893 – 1894W. S. Wallace  1893 – 1895James H. Cosgrove  1893 – 1895M. T. Devereaux  1893 – 1895John J. McQuillan  1893 – 1895M. O. Delaplain  1894 – 7-1894C. E. Jenkins    7-1894 – 12-1894J. A. K. Crawford  12-1894 – 1895C. P. McCary    1894 – 1896; April – November, 1909J. L. Pratt    1894 – 1896Alvin T. Wharton  1895 – 1901William E. Dean  1895 – 1896S. W. Coleman  1895 – 1897George R. Barton  1895 – 1902J. R. Fallis    1896 – 1898A. S. McKinney  1896 – 1900R. E. Starr    1896 – 1900J. W. Weyer    1897 – 1899A. R. Wells    1897 – 4-26-1898Thomas Hadcock  1897 – 1899George Currie  5-16-1898 – 1899J. H.. Ramey    1898 – 1900John Dickerson  1898 – 1902F. R. Smith    1899 – 1901C. H. Covey    1899 – 1901J. G. Broesmer  1899 – 1901M. M. Shores    1900 – 1904Joe M. Sampliner  1901 – 1905Nelson Hards    1901 – 1904S. B. Hutchinson  1901 – 1903Fred Mantey    1901 – 1903S. A. Waldroup  1901 – 1905; April – November, 1909R. Brunnick    1902 – 1903Charles E. Buckins  1903 – 1905Walter H. Merrill  1903 – 1905Thomas Rader  1903 – 1905Timothy Ramey  1903 – 1905Newton M. Smith  1903 – 1905William E. Stockton  1903 – 1905Felix Alkire    1905 – 1907E. B. Lutes    1905 – 1907J. A. McCullock  1905 – 1907L. W. Norris    1905 – 1907John O'Boyle    1905 – 1907W. E. Platt    1905 – 1907W. D. Davies    1905 – 1909W. M. Smith    1905 – 1907A. P. Drew    1907 – 11-8-1909W. C. Boyer    1907 – 4-6-1909

Matt H. Flynn    1907 – 4-6-1909M. Hertz    1907 – 4-6-1909C. F. Hudson    1907 – 4-6-1909J. B. Matthews  1907 – 4-6-1909J. C. Plank    1907 – 4-6-1909Charles Gasho  4-6-1909 – 11-8-1909Charles Derryberry  4-6-1909 – 11-8-1909A. B. Campbell  4-6-1909 – 11-8-1909R. L. Magill    4-6-1909 – 11-8-1909W. H. Holman  4-6-1909 – 11-8-1909

 

April 6, 1909Grand Junction became a Charter City by vote pursuant to the State Constitution.

June 8, 1909Special Election - Twenty-one Charter delegates were elected who completed and filed the Charter on August 7, 1909.J. W. Bucklin, PresidentJames Woods, SecretaryGeorge R. Barton    Ernest M. Gilpatrick      Frank SawyerH. R. Bull      William C. Herman      Marcus M. ShoresAlfred R. Cullen    Shepherd H. Hutchinson    David T. StoneWilliam Campbell    William H. Lee      Thomas M. ToddWilliam E. Dudley    W. J. Moyer        B. W. VedderW. P. Ela      C. P. McCaryGeorge W. Fletcher    John MurphySeptember 14, 1909Election - City Charter Adopted.November 2, 1909First election after adoption of the City Charter.

 

Commissioners

Thomas M. Todd    1909 – 1913Bostwick W. Vedder    1909 – 1913; 1917 – 1918Herman F. Vorbeck    1909 – 1919Stephen J. Scoville    1909 – 1911Charles K. Holmburg  1909 – 9-1-1920James H. Rankin    1911 – 1915; Appointed 2-1-1916 – 1917Charles E. Cherrington  1913 – 1921Frank L. Carson    1913 – 2-1-1916L. E. Blackstone    1915 – 1921J. F. Whittaker    1919 – 26-1921Charles M. Garber    1919 – 2-31-1921Fred A. Peck      Appointed 1-11-1921 – 12-31-1921John B. Fonder    1921 – 12-31-1921November 8, 1921Election - The Charter was amended to adopt the Council-Manager form of government.

Council MembersW. G. Hirons      City at Large    1922 – 1925; 1929 – 1933L. O. Marshall    District A    1922 – 9-17-24H. O. Bear      District A    9-17-1924 – 1933Reed G. Miller    District B    1922 – 1925W. R. Dowrey    District C    1922 – 1925W. E. Meders      District D    1922 – 1929T. J. Hampson    District E    1922 – 1929William Murr      City at Large    1922 – 1925James E. Bell      City at Large    1925 – 1927F. W. Logsdon    District B    1925 – 1927D. B. Short      District C    1925 – 10-28-1925O. L. Fairley      District C    11-30-1925 – 1927O. H. Ellison      District E    1925 – 1929C. D. Moslander    City at Large    1925 – 1933Fred Rogers      District B    1927 – 1931Roland Penberthy    District C    1927 – 1931Frank R. Hall      City at Large    1927 – 1935George W. Sievert    District D    1929 – 1933J. G. Glassford    District E    1929 – 1933Dave Roberts      District B    1931 – 5-6-1936Allen L. Holcombe    District C    1931 – 10-4-1939O. E. Boston      District A    1933 – 7-16-1947Porter Carson    District D    1933 – 5-7-1952Charlie E. Ross    District E    1933 – 11-17-1943George W. Oates    City at Large    1933 – 1939C. K. Enstrom    City at Large    1935 – 1939V. P. Groves      District B    5-20-1936 – 1939Charles Luebert    District B    1939 – 9-11-1940T. J. Treece      District C    1939 – 2-12-1947T. S. Campbell    City at Large    1939 – 2-21-1946Frank O. Garrison    City at Large    10-4-1939 – 1941Glen Robb      District B    10-11-1940 – 8-13-1945Carl Fox      City at Large    1941 – 10-1-1941Frank A. Hoisington    City at Large    10-1-1941 – 1953Frank A. Harris    District E    12-15-1943 – 1949Robert O. O'Daniel    District B    8-29-1945 – 12-4-1946B. H. Day      City at Large    2-21-1946 – 1947Alva A. Brown    District B    1-16-1947 – 6-4-1947John C. Harper    District C    1947 – 1955John C. Harper    City at Large    1955 – 1959A. G. Martin      City at Large    1947 – 1951Milton Bagby      District B    7-2-1947 – 1949Harry O. Colescott    District A    8-6-1947 – 1977Phillip Dufford    District B    1949 – 7-19-1950Oscar Hanson, Jr.    District E    1949 – 1953C. A. Walt      District B    8-16-1950 – 1955C. A. Walt      District D    8-21-1968 – 1969W. D. Ela      City at Large    1951 – 1953J. D. Severson    City at Large    5-7-1952 – 1955C. E. McCormick    District D    1953 – 1955; 4-20-1960 – 8-1-1968

Warren D. Lowe    District E    1953 – 1957; 10-19-1960 – 1965Herbert M. Wright    City at Large    1953 – 1969Harold H. Shults    District B    1955 – 1959John S. Emerson    District C    1955 – 1959William W. Orr    District D    1955 – 4-6-1960Ed Strnad      District E    1957 – 6-21-1960Ray A. Meacham    District B    1959 – 1971Norman R. Dean    District C    1959 – 4-1-1960Ed Surface      District C    4-20-1960 – 1-4-1961Arthur S. Hadden    City at Large    1959 – 10-6-1963Charles H. Love    District C    2-1-1961 – 1967Robert B. Evans    City at Large    1-2-1964 – 1971Hurst F. Otto      District E    1965 – 9-21-1966Richard G. Youngerman  District E    10-19-1966 – 1973

Stanley R. Anderson    District C    1967 – 1975Theodore Naff    District D    1969 – 1973Raymond R. Paruch    City at Large    1969 – 1973Lawrence L. Kozisek    District B    1971 – 1979Silas Grantham*    City at Large    1971 – 1975Elvin Tufly      District D    1973 – 7-24-1978Robert Van Houten    District E    1973 – 1977Jane Quimby  *    City at Large    1973 – 1981Karl M. Johnson    District C    1975 – 1983Larry Brown      City at Large    1975 – 1979Robert W. Holmes*    District A    1977 – 12-31-1984William G. O'Dwyer    District E    1977 – 1981Frank Dunn*      District D    10-4-1978 – 1985Dale Hollingsworth*    District B    1979 – 11-4-1981Arline Harvey      District B    1-25-1982 – 9-1-1982Louis Brach      City at Large    1979 – 1983Gary Lucero      District E    1981 – 9-30-1986Elizabeth M. "Betsy" Clark  City at Large    1981 – 1985Christine Kreissler    District B    10-6-1982 – 3-1-1985J. P. Mike Pacheco    District C    1983 – 11-6-1985Raymond G. Phipps*  City at Large    1983 – 9-30-1986John W. Bennett*    District A    1-1-1985 – 5-3-1986John W. Bennett*    City at Large    10-1-1986 – 1993James Leland    District B    1985 – 9-30-1986Stephen C. Love    District D    1985 – 9-30-1986Timothy C. Mannion    City at Large    1985 – 9-30-1986Reford C. Theobold    District C    12-18-1985 – 2003Paul W. Nelson    District A    6-4-1986 – 5-2-93O. F. “Rags” Ragsdale*  District B    10-1-1986 – 31-1990William E. "Bill" McCurry*  District D    10-1-1986 – 5-2-93LeRoy Kirkhart    District E    10-1-1986 – 1989E. Loretta Harrison    City at Large    10-1-1986 – 1987R. T. Mantlo*      City at Large    1987 – 1991Conner W. Shepherd  District E    1989 – 5-2-93Earl F. Payne  *    District B    4-4-1990 – 5-1-1991James F. "Jim" Baughman  District B    1991 – January 1, 1997Bill Bessinger*    City at Large    1991 – 1995Linda Afman      District A    1993 – 1997Dan Rosenthal    District D    1993 – 6-20-94Ron Maupin      District E    1993 – 1997R.T. Mantlo*      City at Large    1993 – 1997John Tomlinson    District D    6-20-94 – 5-1-95

David Graham    District D    1995 – 1997Janet Terry      City at Large    1995 – 2003

Cindy Enos-Martinez  District A    1997 – 2005Mike Sutherland    District B    January 15, 1997 – 1999Jack Scott*      District D    1997 – 2001Earl Payne*      District E    1997 – 2001Gene Kinsey      City at Large    1997 – 2001James Spehar    District B    1999 – 2007William E. “Bill” McCurry*  District D    2001 – 2005Harry R. Butler*    District E    2001 – 2005

Dennis M. Kirtland    City at Large    2001 – 2005Bruce Hill      City at Large    2003 – 2011

Gregg Palmer    District C    2003 – 2011

Jim Doody      District A    2005 – 2009

Bonnie Beckstein    District D    2005 – April, 2011 resigned

Teresa Coons    District E    2005 – 2013

Doug Thomason    City At Large    2005 – 2009

Linda Romer Todd    District B    2007 – February, 2010 resigned

Bill Pitts*      City At Large    2009 – 2013

Tom Kenyon      District A    2009 – 2013

Sam Susuras      District B    Appointed Feb. 25, 2010 – 2015

Jim Doody      City At Large    2011 – 2015

Bennett Boeschenstein  District C    2011 – 2019

Laura L. Luke      District D    Appointed May 2, 2011 – 2013

Rick Brainard      City At Large    2013 – July 23, 2013 resigned

Harry Butler*      District E    2013 – June 2, 2013 passed away

Martin Chazen    District D    2013 – 2017

Phyllis Norris      District A    2013 – 2021

Duncan McArthur  District E  Appointed July 29, 2013 – June 15, 2019 resigned

Barbara Traylor Smith  City At Large    Appointed Sept. 5, 2013 – 2015

Barbara Traylor Smith  District B    2015 – 2019

Chris Kennedy    District At Large  2015 – 2019

Rick Taggart      District At Large  2015 – 2017 (Two Year Term)

Rick Taggart      District At Large  2017 – 2021

C.E. Duke Wortmann  District D    2017 – 2021

Phillip Pe’a      District B    2019 – 2023

Anna Stout      District C    2019 –

Chuck McDaniel    District At Large  2019 – 2023

Kraig Andrews    District E    Appointed July 22, 2019 – 2021

Rick Taggart  District A    2021 – December 16, 2022

(Resigned)

Dennis J. Simpson    District D    2021 –

Abe Herman      District E    2021 –

Randall Reitz      District At Large  2021 –

Cody Kennedy    District A    2023 –

Jason Nguyen    District B    2023 –

Scott Beilfuss    District At Large  2023 –