Buildings of Montrose
What year was the U.S. Post Office built?
1932
What Indian Tribes were the original inhabitants of Montrose?
Name two
Paiute and Ute
How much land was given to the Utes in Western Colorado in exchange for leaving the Front Range?
16 million acres
Who disappeared in Montrose in 1978?
Benny Gray
Who ran the brothel in Montrose's Red Light District?
Irish Annie
Name one historic building in Montrose that was used for social clubs or events?
Elks Lodge, House of Pythias, Masonic Temple
Who was the first Spanish explorer in Montrose?
Juan de Rivera
What year did the Gunnison Tunnel open?
1909
Where did the Soap Kettle Murders take place?
Olathe
What happened to Irish Annie?
No one knows, she disappeared
What building opened two days after the stock market crashed, on Halloween ?
Fox Movie Theatre
What Explorers have two canyons in our area named after them?
Escalante and Domingues
What isolated Montrose from the full effects of the great depression?
Mining
Where was the Montrose Ghost Adventures episode filmed?
Museum of the Mountain West?
What was the name of the building that was shown in the Ghost Adventures episode that we also had a follow up lesson on (jigsaw reading)?
Carriage Works
What was the building of the Montrose History Museum originally?
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot
What was Juan de Rivera searching for when he came to Montrose?
Silver
How much revenue does Montrose generate in agricultue?
$103 million
Where did the Murder House (from Ghost Adventures episode) use to be before it was moved to the museum?
across from MHS, where Coffee trader and Papa Johns is now.
Where did they find Benny Gray's Wallet?
Blue Mesa
Who was brought to the Masonic Temple after their death in Utah?
Chipeta, wife of Ute Indian Chief Ouray
Who was the first white American in the Montrose area?
John Williams Gunnison
Montrose is the second largest producer of what two things (agriculture)?
Eggs and poultry (chicken)
What happened in the Murder House?
Murder suicide
Name one of the stories we reviewed from the book The Ghost of Montrose
A visit from Chief Ouray
Montrose's infamous Madame
A Dangerous omen
The Ghost of the Gunnison Tunnel