1898 Strawberry Days

1908 Glenwood Sanatorium

1912 Lincoln Hwy

1926 Tom Mix

1896 Glenwood Health Spa opened west of Glenwood Springs.
1898 First Strawberry Day celebration to share strawberry crops with neighboring towns.
1900 Colorado Telephone Company started linking Glenwood Springs to Aspen and installed wall telephones within the city.
1903 Glenwood Racing and Polo Club won a World Championship and horse trainer, Rich Thompson, was awarded "The World's Champion Bronco Buster".
Walter Devereux organized the Board of Trade, the predecessor of the present Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. W. F. Berry established hospital and Glenwood Nurses Training School.

1904 The Polo Club won its' second World Championship.
April 15, 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt began his bear hunt on the Flat Tops.
1908 Dr. Berry built the Glenwood Sanatorium at 11th and Bennett.
State Senator Edward T. Taylor elected to U. S. House of Representatives.

1912 Gambling banned by state law and Glenwood's slot machines were removed.
Lincoln Transcontinental Highway, including Taylor State Road through the Glenwood Canyon was named.
Colorado Telephone Company was merged with Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph.
1914 Grand (Colorado) River Canyon officially renamed Glenwood Canyon by Garfield County.
1917 The United States became involved in World War I and many local men joined the 89th Division.

Glenwood Fire Department got its' first motor-driven fire engine.
1918 Polo Field was converted into Glenwood Springs' first golf course.
The first Federal Building was built in Glenwood Springs to house the
U. S. Post Office and the U. S. Land Office. Representative Taylor, a member of the House Appropriations
Committee was influential in securing funds for this project.
The Colorado Midland was forced into receivership and discontinued operations.
1919 U. S. Government erected a building for the U.S. Post Office and Land Office.
June 1919 The first Flying Circus came to town, which included four U.S. De Haviland biplanes with a compliment of eight men.

January, 1920 Prohibition came to Glenwood Springs with the Volstead Act and the 18th Amendment. The many saloons and houses of prostitution were closed and the ensuing "Roaring Twenties" brought gangsters such as "Diamond Jack" Alterie to town.
1923 The Glenwood Oil Company was formed, to drill for oil near Craig and Meeker.
1924 Glenwood Springs purchased Hanging Lake and the surrounding 700 acres of White River National Forest for use as a city park.
Glenwood Springs purchased Rosebud Cemetery from the Bailer family.
Colorado Power Company was sold to Public Service Company of Colorado.
Sept. 17, 1925 The first radio broadcast from Glenwood Springs to Denver via telephone. The Hotel Colorado Trio, directed by Robert Quick, presented a full concert over KOA.

1926 Tom Mix, cast, and film crew arrive in Glenwood Springs to film "The Great K & A Train Robbery".
The first motor courts were built in Glenwood Springs.
1928 The U. S. Land Office was closed in Glenwood, with all land records transferred to Denver. Rooms vacated by the land office were filled with personnel from the White River National Forrest.