Organizations

: Colorado Trading and Transfer Company (Cripple Creek, Colorado); A company founded by brothers Albert “Bert” Carlton and Leslie Carlton sometime around 1889. It delivered coal and firewood for local mines. It also transported ore from the mines directly to the Midland Terminal Railroad. The company had large buildings in both Victor and Cripple Creek. Troy Wade, husband of oral history interviewee Grace Wade, ran the company during the 1930’s. After prohibition was lifted, the company also served as a beer distributor.

: Colorado Veterinary Medical Association; An organization representing Colorado's veterinarians, including those on the Western Slope, since 1888.

: Colorado Water Conservation Board (Colorado); "The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) represents each major water basin, Denver and other state agencies in our joint effort to use water wisely and protect our water for future generations." *Description from the CWCB website.

: Colorado West Senior Citizen Inc. (Grand Junction, Colorado); A nonprofit founded in 1960 to promote independence and a high standard of living for the elderly. The organization was founded by Loyd Files, Allen Lawson, Charlie Piccone, Art Gilbert, Tom Elber (a lawyer), and Robert Hightower (an architect). According to Files, Lawson was the main force behind the organization's mission. The first living units, the Monterey Park Apartments, were erected in 1965 at 999 Bookcliff Avenue in Grand Junction. By 1972, they boasted 186 apartments along with three recreational areas. In 1983, at the time of Mr. Files' oral history interview, all of the apartments were full, with a long wait list.

: Commercial National Bank (Salida, Colo.); Commerical National Bank was located at 200 F Street in the J.M. Collins Building in Salida, Colorado.

: Community Hospital (Grand Junction, Colorado); It was founded as Mesa General Memorial Hospital in 1946. Area doctors banded together to purchase and renovate an old restaurant on 12th Street into a hospital. Lacking building materials in the post-World War II scarcity, they reused doors from old buildings and took donated sheets and linens from residents. The hospital had twelve beds. The hospital had a few names over the years, including Lincoln Park Hospital and Grand Junction Osteopathic Hospital. The name Community Hospital was settled upon in 1983. The organization is a non-profit. It has been housed in three different buildings over the years, including a new building at 2021 N. 12th Street in 1965, and their current facility at G and 24 Roads. Community Hospital has also been a pioneer in local healthcare partnerships. *Information for this entry was taken from the Community Hospital website.

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