Redlands, Mesa County, Colorado 1881 39.07887 -108.63565 Mesa Colorado USA http://www.geonames.org/5436099/redlands.html Geonames link for Redlands, Mesa County, Colorado According to oral history interviewees such as Charles "Frank" Moore, the Redlands in the earliest days of Mesa County were largely unpopulated and comprised a winter grazing area for cattle and sheep. With the advent of the Redlands Water and Power Canal in 1905, farmers were able to irrigate and grow crops in the area. According to Harry Augustus Talbott in a lecture on the history of fruit growing in Mesa County, the Redlands became a major fruit growing region on par with Palisade. Talbott states that in 1946, the Redlands produced and shipped 25,000 bushels of peaches, the same amount as that shipped by Palisade. The Redlands is now largely a suburban residential community, although Redlands Fruit continues to grow produce in the area. Early access to the Redlands was provided by Gordon's Ferry across the Colorado River. In 1891, The Black Bridge was built, providing access to the Redlands from Orchard Mesa until it was torn down due to damage in 1983. In 1912, the Main Street Bridge opened. It connected Grand Junction to Broadway on the Redlands via Main Street. It was eventually replaced by the current bridge and overpass that connects the Redlands to Grand Junction via Broadway to Grand Avenue. Grand Junction's first hospital was built just across the Colorado River from town in 1881. It later became the town's pest house, which house people suffering from different communicable diseases. It became the poor farm during the Depression. The Grand Junction Country Club and Golf Course was built in the Redlands in 1921. It went bankrupt during the Great Depression. The Redlands Women's Club purchased the building for $5,000 after they fundraised through community events. They took over the building, hence known as the Redlands Community Center, in 1937. The Community Center has been a meeting place for the Redlands and all of Mesa County since that time. yes yes