Regional History Room

The Rashleigh Regional History Room is named in honor of Rosemary Rashleigh, long-time library supporter and former member of the Mesa County Libraries Board of Trustee.

Available Regional History Resources:

Grand Junction Polk City Directories
Grand Junction residents and businesses are listed by name, street address, and phone number. Older directories sometimes list profession of individuals and names of adults in household.
Library owns: 1904 to present.
R 917.88 C751g

Grand Junction Telephone Directories
Directories also include smaller communities in Mesa County, and in some older directories, Montrose, Delta, and Ouray.
Library owns: 1914, 1923, 1930-31, 1933-34, 1936 to present

Obituary File
Obituary index card file covers years 1900-1992
Obituary Database at Adult & Teen Services Center contains listings 1993 to present.
Some obituaries are also included in the Daily Sentinel Index

Gravestone Inscriptions of Western Colorado
Booklets list gravestone inscriptions for the following cemeteries:
DeBeque, Glade Park, Battlement (Parachute), Bethlehem (Paonia), Cedar Crest (Collbran), Clover (Collbran), Eagalite (Plateau City), Elmwood (Fruita), Fairview (Mesa), Palisade, Sacred Heart (Fruita), Veterans Crownpoint (Appleton, Whitewater.
R929.3

Colorado and Western Slope History Books
R 978.8

The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
R973.73 U58w

Colorado Railroad Histories
R 385.09788