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He was an early Grand Junction, Colorado photographer with an office located at 202 South 4th Street. He was born in Pennsylvania to Hiram F. Wheeler, a distiller, and Betsey Wheeler, a homemaker. The 1870 US Census shows him living with his parents in Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a carpenter. US Census records indicate that he lived in Grand Junction by at least 1900, where he was a photographer. The family lived at 112 Ouray Avenue....
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George Stranahan didn’t need to work a day in his life, being an heir to the Champion Spark Plug fortune.
But this plain-spoken millionaire with a rebel agenda rejected a life of leisure.
Instead, the colorful Stranahan became an unconventional businessman—a guy who jumps into a venture not so much to make a buck but to have a good time or to promote a social or political cause.
In his 75 years, he’s been an award-winning cattle rancher,...