Big John's Lumber in Cedaredge, CO.

Your Locally Owned Delta County Building Materials Supplier and ACE Hardware Store! From hardware to roofing, paint to OSB, call us first!
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Big John's Lumber is not only one of the Surface Creek Valley's oldest establishements, it's also one of the few remaining locally owned independent lumber yards in Delta, Montrose or Mesa counties.  Big John's Lumber Company has been located at 200 SW 2nd Street in Cedaredge for over 100 years.  The lumber yard has been owned by the Art Lindsey family for over 40 years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Big John's prides itself on its great selection, as well as the quality of its staff.  Here listed are key personnel, their titles and length of service with Big John's.  Susan Kunkel, General Manager, 30 years; John Kimberlin, Assistant Manager and Outside Sales, 7 years; Sharon Burnett, Store Manager, 15 years; Sue Koroshetz, Office Manager, 14 years; Steve Dolan, Inventory Control, 7 years; Chuck Hutchinson, Rental Manager, 5 years; Cindy White, Sales Associate, 6 years; Rennie Bowman, Sales Associate, 4 years; Pat Hoffman, Data Entry, 7 years; Scott Dickson, Outside Sales, 3 years; Robert Gash, Inside Sales, 2 years; and Greg Conner, Yard Foreman, 3 years.
 
Big John's Lumber is fully equipped to supply Delta County contractors and homeowners with everything they need to build or remodel a home.  The yard personnel maintain a clean, well organized yard for easy location of desired items.  Big John's ACE Rental Place has what you need from lawn and garden equipment to scaffold and construction power tools.  Delivery is aviailable for all products. With a rental shop, ACE paint shop and full line hardware store, Big John's is truly a "one stop shop".
 
In this present economy, Big John's is proud to say they are doing business as usual and maintaining a thriving business in the local area.  As an independent lumber yard, Big John's can adjust quickly to new trends and the staff can easily build a relationship with customers.
 
Big John's Lumber is open seven days a week - the only yard in all of Delta County open on Sunday.
Company history
A man named Pierre Settle seems to be the first owner in September 1885 of 160 acres where the present store is located.  The surface Creek Livestock Company was next in line for ownership also in 1885.  In 1905, the brothers Wilson B. and Albert H. Stockham and James Zaninetti became involved in ownership of several parcels of land in the area.  The Abstract book shows a Warranty Deed from Stockham Brothers to James C. Trine and Orlen Kitch on January 12, 1912.
 
If not the first, at least one of the first sawmills on Grand Mesa was opened in 1909 by Orlen Kitch.  He and his wife and children arrived in Cedaredge in 1905.  For eight years Kitch operated his sawmill, located just above Kiser Reservoir.  He and James Trine, of Ohio, were partners in the business.  After the sawmill was established, they opened the first lumber yard in Cedaredge.  In addition to these enterprises, Kitch also operated the first bus line from Cedardge to Grand Mesa.  Oldtimers will recall the wagon loads of lumber that were hauled from Grand Mesa to the lumber yard.
 
On January 22, 1913 a Warranty Deed was signed to Sheldon E. Hyde and another Warranty Deed was done on May 13, 1913 to The Cedaredge Lumber Company.  On April 12, 1930, the first Articles of Incorporation were recorded for The Cedaredge Lumber Company.  Bob James was associated with the business at that time, an employee since 1916, coming to Cedaredge in 1904.  Many of Cedaredge's buildings were built during the years 1918-33.  In 1916, James was president of the firm and served in that capacity  until he was appointed postmaster in 1933.