Kremmling Colorado

Born January 31, 1872 Zane Grey practiced dentistry by day and wrote Western adventure stories in the evening with the support and editing skills of his wife Dolly. His best-selling “Riders of the Purple Sage” was published in 1912. Over a hundred of his books and stories were made into Western films or television episodes.
Submitted by Roger Keehner
Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US

Zane Grey spent time in Kremmling and wrote his bestselling novel "Riders of the Purple Sage" Hotel Eastin has a Zane Grey room. Steamboat Springs Royal Hotel was where Zane Gray wrote "The Mysterious Rider."

Bank of Kremmling 1938 Calendar : F.C. Jones President, C.L. Brown Vice President,

Carl G Breeze Cashier and Harry B Jones Asst Cashier

Kremmling 1942 Town Square

Fifty Years Ago
Aug. 24, 1944 — The annual Flower Show and Victory Garden display which was sponsored by the Kremmling Woman's Club was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 16.
Mrs. Fred Reynolds, president of the Kremmling Woman's Club welcomed those present and Mrs. Horace Brown presented the program which included singing and instrumental music by various people.
Many prizes and awards were given in flower and vegetable classes and there was a contest category called Better Yards and Gardens. The most attractive yard belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shepherd with honorable mention going to Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Payne and Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Esmiol winning for Most Improved Yard.

Fifty Years Ago
March 23, 1944 — Some time ago Fred Reynolds of Grand County Transportation, in talking of Kremmling's need for a fire truck, made the remark that he had a pretty fair 1936 truck that he would give to the town if they would go ahead and fix it up in good shape for a fire truck. This generous offer was promptly relayed to the village council, where it was accepted with deep appreciation and work started almost immediately to put it in shape for its new job.
Dan Hoare built the body and hose rack, Kremmling Motors replaced broken glass, etc. and Jameson Chevrolet gave the whole outfit a paint job, featuring the "reddest" red that a fire truck ever wore anywhere. Marshal C. H. Van Pelt was active in promoting the project all along, and now is rightfully proud of his "new red wagon." The community owes a great deal of thanks to Mr. Reynolds for his fine donation and to all those who have helped to put the outfit in shape for service as a fire truck. Why not go right ahead now and organize a volunteer fire department and get a reduction on our fire insurance rates?

1945 Panorama of Kremmling Colorado

 

 

 

 

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