Organizations

: American Legion Auxiliary (Grand Junction, Colorado); It began in 1959 as an organization of women who served in World War I in a support capacity, or who had male relatives that served. It followed the creation of an American Legion unit for World War I veterans in 1958.

: American Legion Post #44; Steamboat Springs World War I veterans organized Leo Hill Post #44 and were given a charter in August of 1920, making the Post one of the oldest continuing community organizations. The Post had 40 charter members and the first officers were: Dr. F.A. McDaniel, Commander; Lloyd Gregg, Vice Commander and Art Campbell as Adjutant. The Post was named after Leo Hill, the first Steamboat Springs soldier to be killed in World War I. Leo Hill was the son of C.F. and Mamie Hill. He joined the Army in 1917 and served with the 74th Company, 6th Regiment, 2nd Division as a corporal. He was killed at the battle of Chateau Thierry on July 19, 1918.

: American Legion Post #64; The charter date for the American Legion Post in Salida, Colorado was July 1, 1921. The American Legion Post was named for Henry Raymond Lines who was born on November 6, 1892. He was drafted into the Army on September 18, 1917. One year later - to the day - he was killed by a high explosive shell in the San Mihiel drive in France. He died just two months before the signing of the Armistice and was the only soldier from Salida who died in WWI.

: American Railway Union (1893); "The American Railway Union (ARU) was briefly among the largest labor unions of its time and one of the first industrial unions in the United States. The union was launched at a meeting held in Chicago in February 1893 and won an early victory in a strike on the Great Northern Railroad in the summer of 1893." -Wikipedia

: American Skiing Company; Owned the Steamboat Ski Area from 1997 - 2006.

: Ancient Order of Fools (Fruitvale, Colorado); An organization founded by Flora Eaton as a social outlet during the Depression. During the meetings, if anyone said anything gloomy or about hard times, they were fined. Their initiation included a Chinese prayer. Members held Halloween parties, at which they tried to eat donuts on strings and bobbed for apples. Mrs. Nisley, wife of the superintendent of Fruitvale’s schools, was also a charter member.

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