R.D. Mobley (unplaced), in front of Post Office in Grand Junction, CO 1882
Subjects: Sod buildings -- Colorado -- Grand Junction -- 1880-1890.
Grand Junction (Colo.) -- 1880-1890.
Notes: Title and date hand-lettered on original negative.
Hand-written on back of photoprint: Grand Junction, Colo.
Summary: View of Grand Junction Town & Development Company's
first office, on 2nd (Second) and Ute Streets, in Grand
Junction, Colorado, with R.D. Mobley and Mrs. Jackson posed
in front of the small one-room log cabin with sod roof.
A "dress making" sign is attached to the cabin and a pile of
firewood is between two posts supporting wire or string.
Outhouses in back of the cabin show. The cabin is thought to
be the first structure built in Grand Junction with R.D.
Mobley the first postmaster.
