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TABLE O F CONTENT S
Montrose Prorile ...... .... 3 Membership Listing ... .. A-D
Relocation Facts...... 4, 5. 6 Membership Classilietl .. E-H
Economy 8 Reel Eelale g991s1anCe
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Eaucalion
avs~nev oerelovmenr Recreational Facilities .. . 72, 19
Conventions 8 Tourism ... 8 Downtown Montrose.. ... 75
Civic d Cuhunl Aclivion
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hbntrose I ategically located 260 miles southwest of
Denver in the center of the Uncompahgre Valley on the
Western Slope of the Continental Divide. MonVOSe country is
the kind of Colorado that people dream about The Colorado
Rockies lie directly east the spires of the Silver San Juan
Mountains sparkle just 25 miles south, Grand Mesa, the largest
flattop mountain in the world, looms 40 miles to the north,
while the wodd'renowned hunting grounds of the Uncom-
pahgre Plateau flame the western sunset MonVOSe is a
Vansportation crossroads with U.S. Highways 50 and 550
intersecting in the city and air service provided by two
commercial carriers at the regional jet airport
The distinguished professional community which MonVOSe
has attrackd and a pedecUy blended combination of quaint
canopied, downtown retail stores and modem department
stores have characterized MonVOSe as the Vade and service
center For the region.
CLIMATE
Ml. Snertels. m Ine San Juan range. elevation 1a, 15011
Montrose Profile
HISTORY
The town of Montrose was founded in 1882, a short time aker
the Ute Indians were removed from the Uncompahgre Valley.
The town was named by Joseph Selig, one of the founders,
after the Duke of Montrose, a character in one of Sir Walter
Scotts novels.
Farly Montrose was a typical frontier freighting and cow town.
Gun play, quarrelling and saloon brawls were common and
made history and legend. However, most of the citizens lived in
peace and harmony serving the needs of the mining camps of
the San Juans and the cattle and sheep empires. These
empires paralleled the development of the railroad which
furnished fast transportation to satisfy [he meat~hungry
demands of the eastern markets.
At the turn of the century, the settlers of [he highly fertile,
semiarid Uncompahgre Valley explored the formerly inacces-
sible regions of the Black Canyon of [he Gunnison River. The
result of this search for irrigation water was one of the first of
the Bureau of Reclamation projects and an astonishing
engineering feat -the sevemmile Gunnison Tunnel. The
tunnel, which brought water from the Gunnison River into the
Uncompahgre Valley, was of such significance that President
William Howard Taft came to Montrose for the dedication of
the project on September 17, 1909. The water enabled
Montrose to become a highly diversified agricultural area,
producing row crops, hay, sheep and cattle.
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MonVOSe is situated in the Uncompahgre (Uncom-payrey)
Valley vnth the 14,000-foot San Juan mountains to the south, the
IO,000~foot Uncompahgre Plateau to the west, Grand Mesa to the
north, and the Black Canyon National Park to the east. These
surrounding high mountain baniers afford the valley uniformity
of weather and lower wind velocity than other portions of
Colorado. Most winds occur during the months of April and early
May. Both summers and winters are mild and these is minimal
snow accumulation in the area of the city. The semiarid
environment maintains a low relative humidity, low average
precipitation, and a clear and pure air quality year round.
• Elevation' 5.820 (eet above sea level
• Prevailing IYnd • Southwest
• Average growing season (Number of days between killing
frosts) ~ 150 days May through October
• Average 227 to 274 days of sunshine each year
AVER. AVER AVER.
MEAH MEMI MA)t. avn. MO.
MOHTH pRECIp. SNOWFALL TFJMp. TFJAV. TEMP.
JAN .56 6.2 39.2 13.9 26.6
EEB .56 5.6 44.3 -18.7 31.5
MAR .56 2.4 51.4 24.3 37.9
APR .84 1.6 61.7 33.2 47.5
MAY .67 .1 72.6 42.5 57.6
JUN .54 0 83.0 49.8 66.4
JUL .85 0 89.1 56.1 72.6
AUG 1.33 0 85.8 53.7 69.8
SEPT 1.14 0 78.6 45.0 61.8
OCf 1.04 .4 66.7 3q.6 50.7
I10V .69 2.2 51.8 23.6 37.2
DEC .68 6.9 41.2 14.8 27.5
ANNL 9,5 25.0 63.6 34.2 48.9
(lnlarmarion ccunesy of Ine Weather Service Ollica of Ine National Oceanic
ana AlmpspneriG Assoc~alian, Walker Fielo. GrenO Junction.)
MILEAGE TO MO[YTROSE
MILES MII FG
Colorado Springs .. .... 231 Los Angeles...... ..... 950
Cortez ............ .... 145 Mesa Verde ...... ..... 165
Deltn ............. ..... 21 OlaUre........... ...... 10
Denver ........... .... 261 Ouray ........... ...... 37
Durango .......... ..... 99 Pueblo .......... ..... 226
Grand Junction .... ..... 65 Salt Lake Gry..... ..... 350
Gunnison ......... ..... 65 Silverton......... ...... 50
lake City ......... .... III Telluride ......... ...... 64