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A state senator who was elected from the Grand Junction area. He fell in with the Ku Klux Klan, and was elected as Lieutenant Governor on the coattails of Klansman Clarence Morely in 1925. When the Klan fell out of favor, it ended Lacey’s career.
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He was born in Ohio to an Irish immigrant father and German immigrant mother. Along with Mr. Lowe, he was the owner of the McConnell-Lowe shoe store in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was Glenn McFall’s boss, and a devout Catholic, which at the time caused him trouble from the Ku Klux Klan. Their discriminatory practices adversely affected his business.
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He was the publisher of The Daily Sentinel and a leading Democrat in Grand Junction, Colorado. He became the state Democratic Party chairman in the 1920's. He was behind the deal of William Moyer to build a community swimming pool in Lincoln Park, and the deal that brought in the Fruit Grower’s Association. He also backed the Goodwill and Salvation Army charities. He was an organizer of the campaign to build the Avalon Theater and brought acts...
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He was born in Saguache, Colorado and came to the Grand Valley area in 1906, where he worked for two of the early-day harness shops. He eventually started a harness shop of his own, but went bankrupt during the Great Depression. Clarence then attempted to open a second business, Grand Junction Canvas and Leather, but that went bankrupt as well. He owned the Star Car agency during the 1920's. He was an active member of the Ku Klux Klan during the...
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A doctor from Grand Junction, Colorado. He was born in Pennsylvania, the son of German immigrants. He was apparently very serious about his profession. In 1916, he traveled to Mesa through heavy snow in order to treat Willard Foster, the dying three-year-old son of Anna (Barker) Foster. He was considered one of the top surgeons in Grand Junction in the 1920's. According to oral history interviewee Glenn McFall, Sickenberger, on his way to help a...
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Glen McFall was born in Nebraska to Elmer McFall, a rancher, and Clara (Jordan) McFall, a school teacher and homemaker. He attended grade school in Nebraska and then moved to Clifton, Colorado at the age of six, after Clara McFall separated from Elmer. He attended eighth grade at the Clifton School, and then bicycled to school at Grand Junction High School until his family moved into town. In his youth, he worked in Clfiton's Hornbecker Store, measuring...
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He was born in Minnesota and grew up, in part, on California Mesa in Delta County. His father was Frank X. Goettelman of Iowa, the son of French and Canadian immigrants. He was a farmer. His mother was Lena Goettelman of Minnesota, the daughter of Canadian immigrants. She was a homemaker. The 1920 U.S. Census shows Clem working as a printer in Delta County at the age of 18. Clem worked for The Daily Sentinel from 1923 until 1946. He worked for...