In a hand-written history of her family, written in approximately 1983, Agnes Ruth Kiefer, talks about the arrival of her pioneering uncles Frank and Joseph Kiefer in Mesa County, Colorado in 1882, and of her Uncle Ben Kiefer in 1883. She discusses their accomplishments in building water infrastructure, including: The Kiefer Extension Ditch, which brought irrigation water to the western end of the Grand Valley; The Redlands Water and Power Company, which brought irrigation water and hydroelectric power to the Redlands; and the Fruita pipeline project, which brought drinking water to Fruita from Pinon Mesa. She also talks about her father Charles Kiefer and his life in the Grand Valley, and her great-grandmother Caroline Kiefer, an early Fruita pioneer for whom Caroline Avenue is named. She discusses the founding of Cleveland, a rival town eventually absorbed by Fruita, by her uncles Ben and Frank Kiefer in the 1880's.
