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42) H.R. Ottman
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Father by adoption of Dorothy Ottman. Early Grand Junction apple farmer.
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Grand Junction, Colorado pioneer and aunt of Velma E. (Borschell) Budin.
45) Audry Strong
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He grew up and went to school in Grand Junction. As a teacher, he formed the first high school band in Western Colorado at Grand Junction High School.
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An attorney and pioneer in early Grand Junction, Colorado. He was appointed in the Fall of 1882 to act as a commissioner of real estate entered in trust by the corporate authorities of Grand Junction.
47) Danny Granum
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He was the President of the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce in 1982, when the Chamber dedicated its new building at 360 Grand Avenue in Grand Junction, Colorado.
48) Fred Bowman
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Early 20th century Grand Junction, CO resident. Son of Charles Bowman, a settler of Grand Junction. Brother of Helen Lane.
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He was the superintendent of Parks and Health in Grand Junction, Colorado. He then served as city manager of Grand Junction from 1939-1945. He resigned the post and went into business. Brownson’s Addition in the northwest part of Grand Junction is named after him.
50) Winifred C. Bull
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She was born in Grand Junction, Colorado to early town physician Heman R. Bull Sr. and Maude Winifred (Price) Bull. While in Grand Junction schools, she received Latin language lessons from Gertrude Wright and Julia Taylor. During her years at Grand Junction High School, she often assisted her father in his medical practice.
She went onto study Latin at Colorado College and to teach Latin at Grand Junction High School for many years. As a child,...
51) Sidney Otto
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A professor of mathematics at Grand Junction High School, who came to Grand Junction in 1896. He was the uncle of Jeanette LeBeau, and believed himself to be related to John Otto.
52) West Flagg
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West Flagg was a barber in early Grand Junction, Colorado and Delta, Colorado. He arrived in Grand Junction in 1883, riding on the first passenger train that came into the city from Salida, Colorado.
53) James E. Wysocki
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He served as Parks and Recreation Director of Grand Junction, Colorado. Later, he became the assistant city manager under Harvey Rose. He was the city manager of Grand Junction from May 1976 to at least 1982.
54) Karl Johnson
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He was a Grand Junction City Councilman from 1942 to at least 1982. He lectured on the history of Grand Junction's city managers during a presentation of the Mesa County Historical Society on May 24, 1982.
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Nora (McGinley) Flynn was an early school teacher in Mesa County. Her father, William McGinley, was one of the founders of Grand Junction. She was an early resident of both Fruita and Grand Junction.
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Sister Mary Balbina Farrell, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas, came to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1895 to establish a hospital. She had served previously at a Leadville elementary school operated by the sisters. She was 36 years old when she arrived in Grand Junction. She was the primarily person responsible for the planning of the project.
Today she is honored with a statue in Grand Junction's Legends of Grand Junction's...
57) Harry Kissinger
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He was a member of the Grand Junction Lions Club and organized the first Lions Club Carnival.
58) Catherine Stone
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A madam who ran a brothel called the Two-Forty at 240 Colorado Avenue in Grand Junction.
59) Jeanette Morriss
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She was a prostitute on Grand Junction's Colorado Avenue that worked for the madam Jenny Ward. She was killed by Cecil McHolland.
60) Ted Treece
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Grand Junction, Colorado resident who owned the Treece Furniture Store and bought out Crown Furniture.
