CommunityFind places in the our community: Churches | Education | Healthcare History of MontroseOriginally, Montrose County was home to the Ute Indians, who hunted, fished and lived off the earth. Chief Ouray and his wife, Chipeta, are two of the best known Indians from that era. They are now familiar places in the Uncompahgre (Un-com-pa-gray) Valley, which is also a Ute name meaning ‘warm red waters standing’, referring to the Hot Springs in Ouray. The Ute Indians were removed from Montrose County to a reservation in Utah in 1881. The town of Montrose was founded in 1882, with the county officially established in 1883. Joseph Selig, one of the founders, named the town after the Duke of Montrose, a character from one of Sir Walter Scott’s novels. Early Montrose was a typical frontier freighting and cow town. Gun play, quarrelling and saloon brawls were common and made history and legend. However, most of the citizens lived in peace and harmony serving the needs of the mining camps of the San Juans and the cattle and sheep empires. These empires were paralleling the development of the railroad, which furnished fast transportation to satisfy the meat-hungry demands of the eastern markets. At the turn of the century, the settlers of the highly fertile, semi-arid Uncompahgre Valley explored the formerly inaccessible regions of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River. The result of the search for irrigation water was one of the first of the Bureau of Reclamation projects and an astonishing engineering feat: the seven-mile Gunnison Tunnel. The tunnel, which brought water from the Gunnison River into the Uncompahgre Valley, enabled Montrose to become a highly diversified agricultural area, producing fruit orchards, row crops, hay, sheep, and cattle. Ranchers wintered their stock in the mild Uncompahgre Valley and grazed them in the lush high mountain country throughout the summer. The mining camp freighting business faded over the next few decades with the advance of the narrow gauge railroad. After growing only slightly in population and experiencing slow economic growth through much of the 1980s, Montrose experienced strong growth in the 90s, a trend that has continued into the millennium. Continued diversification of the Montrose economy through economic development efforts is one of the highest local priorities. Churches
EducationThe District Office of the Montrose & Olathe Schools officially known as Montrose County School District RE-1J [www.mcsd.org] is located at 930 Colorado Avenue, PO Box 10,000, Montrose, CO 81402 and can be reached by phone at (970) 249-7726. The Montrose County School District RE-1J consists of six elementary, four secondary, and eight adult or continuing education facilities: · Cottonwood Elementary · Johnson Elementary · Northside Elementary · Oak Grove Elementary · Olathe Elementary · Pomona Elementary · Centennial Middle · Columbine Middle · Montrose High · Olathe Middle/High · 21st Century After School Program, 249-7726 · Adult Basic Education · Career Tech Education · Early Childhood, 240-6433 · Exceptional Student Services · Quest Gifted & Talented · Passage Charter · Vista Adult Charter High · Head Start & Special Needs, 249-5858
Additionally, Montrose is home to several independent and private schools, including some that are faith-based: Independent & Private Schools · Colorado West Christian School (K-12), 249-1094 · Kids at Heart Preschool, 249-7606 · Montrose Community Christian School, 249-9213 · Olathe Daycare Preschol, 323-5772 · Rocky Mtn International Academy, (6-12) 249-0194 · Sonshine Patch Christian Preschool, 249-5152 · Spring Creek Christian School (Pre-8), 249-5500 · Sunnyview Christian School (K-12), 249-3126 · Tiny Tots Preschool, 249-7831, ext.10 · The Country School (Ages 5-12), 240-0167 · Tree of Life Preschool, 249-3758
Montrose also is home to a satellite branch of Mesa State College as well as vocational and technical institutions: Higher Education · Colorado Christian University, 242-1811 · Delta Academy of Applied Learning, 874-0835 · Delta Montrose Technical College, 874-7671 · Mesa State College – Montrose Center, 249-7009 HealthcareMontrose Memorial Hospital
A physician/hospital services directory is available for those persons interested in finding out more about the hospital and care providers.
In 1998, the hospital remodeled and expanded to include 55,000 square feet for outpatient services including an outpatient surgery area. This expansion makes it much easier for patients and their families to access special procedures, same day surgery, and respiratory care services.
Services offered by Montrose Memorial Hospital include:
Emergency Department staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with emergency trained physicians and staff.
Montrose Memorial Hospital manages clinics in Naturita and Olathe. The Olathe Medical Clinic (970) 323-6141 and Basin Medical Clinic in Naturita (970) 856-2666) provide all levels of family medicine and can be reached at the phone numbers listed for their hours and more information. For more information on services offered at Montrose Memorial Hospital, call (970) 249-2211. For more information on the physicians in our community, call (970) 240-7374. Black Canyon Surgical Center
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