Montrose

HISTORY

Montrose officially became a town in 1882. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co. built its narrow gauge mainline railroad through Montrose (connecting Denver and Salt Lake City). Standard gauge was completed in 1906. The Gunnison Tunnel, constructed to provide irrigation water to the valley, opened in 1909. 
      

VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Montrose:

Appelhans
Aschenbrenner
Basgall
Bastron
Bohl
Distel
Eckhardt
Frick
Geier
Kindsvater
Kloberdanz
Lehl
Schmall
Schumann
Schäfer
Sinner
Sittner
Schneider