Hello and welcome to Garfield County! I'm Vikki Gray, the new Garfield County Coordinator. I wanted to extend a big thank you to the previous Garfield County Coordinators, Judy Crook and Bruce O'Dell, whose hard work and dedication made this site possible!
Bibliography | suggested reading list for Garfield County | |
Casualty List Vulcan Mine | 1896-1918, New Castle | |
Cemeteries & Funeral Homes | includes some transcriptions | |
Census
- Garfield County 1920 (It isn't for all of Garfield County, just Precincts 17 and 22 surrounding (then) Grand Valley) |
Surnames A-C, D-J, K-R, S-Z , courtesy of Carol McManus | |
Cities, Towns and Places | a list of ghost towns and populated places | |
Churches - | Garfield County churches and their addresses | |
Garfield
County Divorce Record 1906-1916 |
At the Colorado State Archives | |
Garfield County Inheritance Tax 1909-1919, 1926-1942 | At the Colorado State Archives | |
GenConnect Message Boards | These have been updated and combined with the Ancestry.com boards. Post/view queries, obits and other vitals here. These are a great resource and you need to learn to use them! | |
Ghostseekers | This site has an awesome collection of transcribed Colorado records and continues to grow. | |
History of Garfield County | by Judy Crook | |
Lest
We Forget Index Surnames A-B Surnames C-D Surnames E-F Surnames G-H Surnames I-K Surnames L-M Surnames N-R Surnames S-T Surnames U-Z |
Lest
We Forget: A Short History of Early Grand Valley, Colorado, originally
called Parachute, Colorado, by Erlene Durrant Murray, Grand Junction,
Colo.: 1973. This great local history book has been indexed courtesy of Judy Crook. |
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Lookups and Volunteers | We really, really, really need help. Check here to see how you can contribute! | |
Maps | Contains some historical maps | |
Mining Deaths | Colorado required mining deaths be reported long before other death records were required. | |
Mines | a list of Garfield County mines from the USGS database | |
Mortuary Records | Burdge and Schwarz Mortuaries in Glenwood Spgs, and the Crawford Mortuary in New Castle | |
Photos - Garfield Co Places | If you have any Garfield County photos, please send them in! | |
Photos - Garfield Co People | If you have any Garfield County photos, please send them in! | |
Progressive Men of Western Colorado | Index from "Progressive Men of Western Colorado", Published 1905, transcribed courtesy of Judy Crook. | |
Resources | where to write for vital records | |
Surnames | email me with your Garfield County surnames | |
Train Wreck at New Castle | Denver Post newspaper account of two trains that collided at New Castle on Sept. 10, 1897. Contains partial list of dead and injured. Courtesy of Leona Gustafson and Rita Timm. | |
Vanadium Haul | Details of the U.S. Vanadium Corporation office at Rifle, CO in 1943, courtesy of Lisa Perry |
Please send any corrections, updates or questions to Vikki Gray
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