Buildings of Montrose
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Spooky Montrose 1
Spooky Montrose 2
100

What year was the U.S. Post Office built? 

1932

100

What Indian Tribes were the original inhabitants of Montrose? 

Name two 

Paiute and Ute 

100

How much land was given to the Utes in Western Colorado in exchange for leaving the Front Range?


16 million acres 

100

Who disappeared in Montrose in 1978?


Benny Gray 

100

Who ran the brothel in Montrose's Red Light District?

Irish Annie 

200

Name one historic building in Montrose that was used for social clubs or events? 

Elks Lodge, House of Pythias, Masonic Temple 

200

Who was the first Spanish explorer in Montrose? 


Juan de Rivera 

200

What year did the Gunnison Tunnel open? 

1909

200

Where did the Soap Kettle Murders take place?

Olathe 

200

What happened to Irish Annie?

No one knows, she disappeared 

300

What building opened two days after the stock market crashed, on Halloween ?

Fox Movie Theatre 

300

What Explorers have two canyons in our area named after them?

Escalante and Domingues 

300

What isolated Montrose from the full effects of the great depression?

Mining

300

Where was the Montrose Ghost Adventures episode filmed?

Museum of the Mountain West?

300

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

400

What was the building of the Montrose History Museum originally?


The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot

400

What was Juan de Rivera searching for when he came to Montrose?

Silver 

400

How much revenue does Montrose generate in agricultue?

$103 million 

400

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. 

400

Where did they find Benny Gray's Wallet? 

Blue Mesa 

500

Who was brought to the Masonic Temple after their death in Utah? 

Chipeta, wife of Ute Indian Chief Ouray 

500

Who was the first white American in the Montrose area?

John Williams Gunnison 

500

Montrose is the second largest producer of what two things (agriculture)?


Eggs and poultry (chicken)

500

What happened in the Murder House?

Murder suicide

500

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