1911 Colorado Business Directory, Clifton, Mesa County http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/mesa/directories/1911-clifton.txt Transcribed by Joy Fisher November 20, 2004 1911 Business Directory listing for Clifton, Mesa Co. This file was extracted from: 37th Annual Volume The Colorado State Business Directory WITH A Complete Classified Directory of the Entire State, Including Mines, Reduction Works, Etc. 1911 DENVER, COLORADO THE GAZETTEER PUBLISHING CO. ESTABLISHED 1871 JAMES JR. IVES, MANAGER 1911 ================================================= CLIFTON. Growing town in Mesa county, seven miles east of Grand Junction on the D. & R. G. and Colo. Midland Rys. In the heart of the largest and richest fruit producing section in Colorado and will within two years be the largest fruit shipping point in the state. Shipped 200 cars of cantaloupes in 1910. Two churches, two banks, fine school system; newspaper; hotel and general merchandise firms. Altitude 4,713 feet. Population 400. Bank of Clifton, V B Caldwell pres, C A Seymour vice-pres, J A Rendle 2d vice-pres, W R Greene cash. Barr J M, station agent. BARRICK ARTHUR E, atty-at-law, real estate & notary public. Chamber of Commerce, G W Thompson pres, L Meyer sec. Christian Church, Rev Bower pastor. CLIFTON HOTEL, 0 B Coakley & Son props. CLIFTON LIVERY & TRANSFER CO, 0 B Coakley & Son props. CLIFTON MEAT MARKET, Miller & LaChambre props. CLIFTON RESTAURANT, W A Trott prop. Clifton Success (w), Louis Meyer editor. Clifton Townsite Co, A J DeLong sec. COAKLEY 0 B (0 B Coakley & Son), auctioneer. COAKLEY & SON O B, props Clifton Hotel and Clifton Livery & Transfer Co. Colorado Fruit & Com'l Co, A B Campbell mgr. Colo Tel Co, Bryant & Beary mgrs Cousins John, carpenter. DELONG A J, pres First National Bank. FARMERS MUTUAL LUMBER & MERC CO, G W Thompson pres and genl mgr, A J DeLong sec. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, A J DeLong pres, John F Fleming vice-pres, Geo W Thompson cash. FLEMING JOHN F, vice-pres First Nat Bank. Gibson Lumber & Merc Co, 0 W Foster mgr. Glendenning Mrs M E. boarding house. Glendenning R W, physician. GRAND JUNCTION FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, W A Miller mgr. Greene W R.cash Bank of Clifton, mgr J W Hugus & Co. Hall W R, carpenter. HORNBAKER J E, genl mdse & meats Hugus & Co J W, W R Greene mgr genl mdse. Independent Lumber Co, P W Cole mgr. Jobes J D. physician. Kiner Geo. cement & brick contr. Manley J 0. prin schools. Methodist Church, Rev A L Hartle pastor. Meyers F H, drugs, postmaster. MILLER & LA CHAMBRE, props Clifton Meat Market, Montgomery W H, blacksmith. Mt Garfield Church of the Brethren, W A Rose elder. Oyler B C, physician. Paxson Frank, real estate. Phelps H E, barber. Pond Geo, carpenter. Raine J W, pool hall. Saskatchewan Fruit Farm, Geo W Thompson owner. Shriver S A D, real estate and auctioneer. STEVENS CLEM, blacksmith and horseshoer. Success Printing Co. Louis Meyer mgr. Strain W C, pres Chamber of Commerce, real estate. THOMPSON GEO W, cash First Nat Bank, pres & mgr Farmers Mutual Lumber & Merc Co. TROTT W A, prop Clifton Restaurant. Ward A D, smudge pot mfr. Woods Co H, W L Palmer mgr cantaloupe shippers. ================================================================= All files are contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archives Project (http://www.usgwarchives.net/). USGenWeb Archives Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as the source and contributor name remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual without the express written permission from the author/contributor.