Kate Ruland Thorne: 2 books
Historic Tales of Colorado’s Grand Valley
Heroes, Heroines, Hucksters and Hooligans
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2016
Colorado's Grand Valley has an extensive geological and human history going back millennia. Franciscan priests worked in tandem with the native Ute people to plot passage through the territory, opening the valley to unprecedented settlement. The region became the playground of enterprising visionaries,...
by Anthony F. Prinster, Kate Ruland-Thorne
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
City Market's story begins with a penniless eighteen-year-old immigrant and closes with the business becoming part of the largest supermarket chain in the United States. In 1924, brothers Paul, Frank, Leo and Clarence Prinster bought a meat market in Grand Junction, Colorado, a business venture that...