Cross Orchards Historic Site
The site in 2013
Cross Orchards Historic Site is located in Colorado
Cross Orchards Historic Site
Location within Colorado
Former name
Cross Orchards Living History Site, Cross Orchards Living Museum
LocationGrand Junction, Colorado, US
TypeHistory museum
Websitemuseumofwesternco.com/cross-orchards/

Cross Orchards Historic Site is a living history museum located in Grand Junction, Colorado. It is part of the Museums of Western Colorado. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] The Orchards are known for showing how life was on an orchard at the turn of the twentieth century and is considered living history as it is still worked and cultivated regularly.[2][3] It features a workers' bunkhouse, blacksmith shop, an apple orchard, and a collection of vintage farming equipment. The site includes farm equipment, implements and tools, a period farmhouse, a recreated train depot and Uintah Railway exhibit with railroad cars, an engine and caboose, and historic horse-drawn road-building equipment.[4] It is also home to the largest collection of Uintah Railway cars on the Colorado western slope.[5]

At its peak the orchard produced 22,000 apple trees over a 243-acre (0.98 km2) orchard. It is considered the largest orchard for the time in western Colorado.[6] The only land left today is now a 24-acre (97,000 m2) site. The farm is also known to feature celebrations at harvest time where they show the public how apple cider was made.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register of Historical Places - COLORADO (CO), Mesa County".
  2. ↑ Sullivan, Sharon. "Grand Junction museum seeks docents, provides training". Grand Junction Free Press. Swift Communications. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Denver Post Online's Guide to Recreation".
  4. ↑ "Cross Orchards Living History Farm Review | Steamboat Springs and Northwest Colorado | Fodor's Travel Guides". Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Cross Orchards Living History Farm - Grand Junction, CO - 81504 Attractions, Tourist".
  6. ↑ "Things to do in Grand Junction | Frommer's".
  7. ↑ "Vacation and Hotel Reviews, Travel Photos and Pictures, Travel Deals - IgoUgo".

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