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GARFIELD
COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT
This is a collection of
historical pictures in and around Rifle Colorado.
Photos are used from Edwin Thompson, Steve Fox, Paul
Bernklau and others.
1914 Rifle
Elmer Graham driving. 1914. Live bear. (Claude Graham
collection)
1916 Rifle Fire Department
Top Row - Ross Harp, Hube McLearn, Leo Welch Middle Row - Glenn Helm, C.O.
Austin, Ed Eakins, V.M. Pugh, L. Hoffmeister, K.D. Hutchings, C.W. Hickman -
Front Row - G.H. Ennis, Fred Sayre, Lester Soule, Thad S. Harp
Information gathered by Edwin Thompson
Ruby Thomas owned and operated the Thomas Maternity home in
Rifle for many years. About 1950, while living in south
Rifle, she divorced Everett Thomas. Then in 1952 at age 50
she married.Roscoe Beldon of Rifle. I knew Ruby and Roscoe
from visiting them when I was a child, he was our only local
relative. We visited many times to the house in the picture,
I believe she had retired and closed the business there.
Roscoe too was divorced, had been the husband of my 2nd
great aunt. That is, was married to the sister of my great
grandfather Benjamin Thompson. We moved to Rifle from Grand
Junction in 1950 when I was one year old. Interesting to
discover a tie to Ruby, thanks to Alethea
Stephens.
Ruby Beldon Obituary
Roscoe Beldon
Obituary
Rifle Baseball Team 1920
Peach Valley School 1921
Rifle Creek School
Class of 1933
Original School - was torn down and no longer exists
This is the Rifle Union High School built in 1926 and still existing.. Was the
Junior High after a new high school opened beside it. The class of 1948 was the
final graduating class in this building. The new high school had its final
graduating class in 1980.The previous high school was at 9th and East Avenue,
built in 1911 and used into the 1980's.
1959 Whiskers Club Contest in Rifle
(Note this
has an early photo of Coach Gordon Cooper as he moved to.Rifle in 1956.)
Names L-R:
Front row: Bill Arnold, unknown, Al Hafner, Fred Sly, Okey Squires
Sr., Phil Holmes, Jim VanTeylingen
Middle row: Dr. A. A. Blakely, Carl Wood,
Roy Christensen, Lloyd Wilson, Dick Dorrell, Paul Fields, Gordon Cooper
Back
Row: W. H. Hallett, Claude Dorrell, Clifford Harlow, Leonard Hall, Will Gilman,
Otto Blecha, Art Dague, Bob Squires, Howard Husted
Photo credit is Rifle
Heritage Center
Demetrio Cotrupe, Bud Graham, David LeMoine, Joe Crook. 1960 Barbershop Quartet
Competition
Rifle Cross Country Team 1965-1966
Coach Virgil Cooper fron the 1965-66 school year at
Rifle High School, top right. This is the District champion
cross country team.
Top row L to R: Max Doak, Andy Julius, Reid
Stephens, and Coach Cooper. Bottom row L to R: Bill Clancy,
Ted Shearer, Nolan Booth.
1969 Fair Royalty
1971 Sheep Advisory Board
L-R - Standing - Dave Vesterby, Dick Jolley, Tom Evans, Le Grande Bair, Bill
Nottingham, Rex Robinson, Perry Olsen & Gordon Whittaker. Kneeling - Herb
Jolley, Bert Rosenlund, Jack Smith, Irving Beard & Chris Jouflas
1972 Sheep Advisory Board
August 1972, Sheep Advisory Board, L-R
Standing: Gordon
Whittaker, Tom Evans, Rex Robinson, Dick Jolley, Lee Watson, Jim Free
Kneeling: Don Bielefield, Dale Williams, Herb Jolley, Bill Blunt, Dale Harthan
Rifle Baseball Team 1976
Provided by Steve Fox
1976 - Rifle High Baseball (L-R) Rick Diaz, Chris
Christiansen (sitting back), Steve Rippy, Rory Lopaz, Shawn
Cooper, Wes Fogale, Scott Williams and Danny Moss.
Rifle Ladies Basketball Team 1977
1981 Rifle Football Team
1988 Esma Lewis School Staff
Coal Ridge High School Cheerleading
Team
2019-2020
First row from left to right, Kat Boyd, Madison
Balizan, Tori Tilley, Hartleigh Porter, Cipriana Dacuma,
Leila Green, Pilar Pagni, Nathan Tomasello, and Brayden
Kammers. Back row from left to right, Lindsey Smith, Morgan
Bilodeau, Haven Prodinski, Andrea Jurado, Christian Vasquez,
Tana Couey, Kalicia MacGregor, and Paige Stecklein.
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