Organizations

: Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Fruita, Colorado); Originally known as St. Malachy, which was the first Catholic Church in the Fruita community. Built in 1890 on land that was donated by the Kiefer brothers Val, Ben, and Frank. In 1919 a new site was purchased. Two years later, after construction was finished, the church was renamed Sacred Heart. By 2008, a third location was purchased with a brand-new church built on top of that.

: Safeway grocery stores (United States); Safeway is a chain of grocery stores that was founded in Idaho in 1915. Safeway had come to Western Colorado at least by 1928, when the Grand Junction City Directory shows that the company had two stores in town: one at 418 Main Street and one at 561 Main Street. According to Harvey Ball, who managed the Piggly Wiggly grocery store in town, Safeway bought out Piggly Wiggly in 1931. Ball continued to manage the store in town. Safeway had expanded to Rifle by at least 1944, when Ball managed there. Safeway continues to operate multiple stores in Grand Junction and around Western Colorado.

: Salida Granite Company (Salida, Colo.); The Salida Granite Company was located at 350 W. 5th Street in Salida, Colorado. Frank W. Gloyd, president; George H. Curfman, vice president; Charles F. Johnson, secretary-treasurer; Richard Davie, manager.

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