The final award was a $30,000 grant to Museums of Western Colorado for an exhibit gallery. “Our traveling exhibit gallery is beautiful and amazing. Please come by and check it out.

"We were glad to have him along on trips because he kept everyone laughing," said David Bailey, curator of history at the Museum of Western Colorado, an entity Robinson supported. The last trip a ...

WesternSlopeNow sat down with native Grand Junction resident Christine Westermire, an educator at the Museum of Western Colorado, and the great-granddaughter of former southern slaves.