Organizations

: Radium Company of Colorado; A company active in mining near the Gateway area in the early Twentieth century. It was created by two university professors who formed the Schlesinger Radium Company in Denver in 1914. This company processed and produced more radium than anywhere other, and eventually changed its name to the Radium Company of Colorado in 1918. After creating a subsidiary called the Cold Light Manufacturing Company and absorbing several other companies, it ceased operation by 1924.* *Information taken from "Colorado's 'Lost' Radium Boom: Early 20th Century Mining and Processing Landscapes on the Colorado Plateau and in Denver" by Stephen S. Hart and Eric Twitty

: Radium Vapor Health Institute; The Radium Vapor Health Institute of Ouray, Colorado.

: Rainbow Valley Boys (United States); The Rainbow Valley Boys was a bluegrass band formed by singer and guitarist Paul E. Scott, bass and fiddle player John Rhinehart of Maryland, guitar and mandolin player Paul Bass of Wisconsin, and fiddler Duane Knopp of Pennsylvania. The band formed in 1975. The Scott, Rhinehart, Bass, and Knopp version of the Rainbow Valley Boys may be related to the bluegrass band formed by Buddy Jones, Louis Arsenault and Bob French in 1961, which first performed under the name Rainbow Valley Boys and Sweetheart, and included the wife of Bob French, a musician. The band had its roots in the Northeast and gained a certain amount of notoriety there. During the 1960’s and 70’s, they released albums on three different labels, including Vermont Records. They also toured the United States and became known to a wider audience. *Information for this description was taken from the Wikipedia article “Buddy Jones (Bluegrass musician)” and from The Daily Sentinel article “’Fiddling, plucking, stomping’ part of museum music program” (Tuesday, February 12, 1980).

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