Delta was built as a trading post for the Ute people and early settlers.

Fort Uncompahgre was built in 1828, established as a fur trading post by Antoine Robidoux.

Tour guides dress in period attire and trap beavers, make buckskins, knap arrowheads, and work the forge.

[12] Parks: The principal newspaper is the Delta County Independent, which is published weekly on Wednesdays.

Local readers also enjoy The High Country Shopper, a free paper that distributes over 15,000 copies throughout the county.

In Grand Junction, which is 39 miles (63 km) to the north, there are also scheduled airline services, as well as an Amtrak train station with a daily California Zephyr departure in each direction.

[14] Delta County Memorial Hospital serves the city and the surrounding area.

[16] Delta is also home to Technical College of the Rockies, a small trade school serving roughly 300 students annually.