HISTORY: Wilson‘s Store, by Marie Templeton and the Rimrocker Historical Society

Picture Credits: Historical Society and May Weimer.

The Alcun Hotel was built in 1914. Alcun is Nucla spelled backwards. The building housed the Nucla State Bank; its entrance was located on the corner. It burned in December 1932, along with the post office.

In 1934 William Ray built another store to replace the Alcun Hotel. Later he sold it to George Wilson, who sold groceries.

George G. Wilson was born in Montrose, Colorado on December 29, 1899. He died in Denver, Colorado on July 13, 1958. He attended the University of Colorado.

Upon completing his education there he became an executive in the advertising division of the Shell Oil Company in Martinez, California. He moved his family to Nucla in 1937. He ran a grocery store on the corner of 5th and Main in Nucla. That store is now Dick and Dales.

George elected to the Colorado State Senate in 1954 and served in that office until his death in 1958. He traveled throughout the United States. He was a founding father of the San Miguel Power Company and served as secretary/treasurer until his death. He was also president of the Colorado Rural Electrification Association.

Picture captions: May Van Arsdale Weimer and Loraine Stephens about 1940.

Rays store in the 1930s.