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14121) Willis "W.L." Blevins
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He came to Rifle, Colorado with his mother in 1912 and married Lotus Hocker in Glenwood Springs in 1918. In response to interest in a building project of the Redlands Water and Power Company, he and his wife came to Mesa County in 1920. They bought land for a farm in the Redlands area, with Willis growing potatoes, corn and fruit trees. With Ray Pierson, he pioneered the growing of fruit in the Redlands. For twenty years, he worked for Independent...
14122) William Charles "Bill" Rump
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He was born in Colorado to Charles Albert “Charlie” Rump and Viola Anna (Steinbach) Rump. His father was a civil engineer and farmer. His mother was a homemaker. The 1910 US Census shows Charles and Viola living in Denver, Colorado, prior to the birth of William. William was born in Denver and spent some of his childhood in Louisiana before moving with his parents to Mesa County in October of 1919, when he was seven years old.
The 1920 census...
14123) Donald Melvin "Don" Rogers
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He was born to John Wesley Rogers and Anna Rebecca (Bowman) Rogers in Mesa County, Colorado. His parents farmed in Appleton, where they had moved just before 1900. They moved to Fisher, on the Redlands just over the Black Bridge from Orchard Mesa, when Don was not yet six years old. They ranched cattle on the Redlands and on East Creek on Pinon Mesa.
Don grew up attending Grand Junction schools and graduated from Grand Junction High School, where...
14124) William Clarence Kurtz
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The millionaire and owner of lumber yards in Montrose and Grand Junction, Colorado, including the Independent Lumber Company, in the early to mid-Twentieth century. Along with Clyde Biggs, he purchased and first developed the land just east of 12th Street and south of Lincoln Park in what was known as the Lincoln Park Addition. He and his wife Edna located their home at 1259 Gunnison Avenue, across from the then Mesa County Fairgrounds (now Lincoln...
14125) Harvey Mills Tupper
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He was born in Illinois to Henry Tupper, a lawyer, and Clara M. Tupper, a homemaker. The US Census shows the family living in Grand Junction, Colorado by 1910, when Harvey was seven, and practicing medicine by 1930. He served as a doctor at Mrs. Comb’s nursery, delivering children. He was married to Barbara Grace Tupper.
According to William "Bill" Rump of the Redlands, Tupper was the Secretary of the Redlands Company, the organization primarily...
14126) Mason "Grandpa" Mowry
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He ran the Sunday school that held classes in the old Redlands School building in the Redlands area of Mesa County. According to information from Viola Rump, a longtime Redlands resident, he was one of the early settlers. He was also one of the first school bus drivers in the Redlands.
14127) Henry Clay Schneider
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An early schoolteacher in the Redlands area of Mesa County, Colorado. He had a talent, particularly, for winning respect from his young, male students. William Rump, who went to the Redlands School and had Schneider as a teacher, gave this description of him:
“Probably he was well liked by, particularly, the boys. He was a real athletic sort of a fella. In fact, he was the one that was involved in giving those kids all of the lickings. There...
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She was born in Crawford County, Missouri to David Eachus and Sarah Eachus. Her father was a farmer and Methodist minister and her mother was a homemaker. In 1895, when she was about 13 years old, the family moved to the Glade Park area of Mesa County, Colorado. There, David Eachus homesteaded and ministered.
She married John George Roehm, a German immigrant, in Grand Junction on September 17, 1906. The 1910 US Census shows them living in Orchard...
14129) Howard Delmar Brouse
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The one-time District Foreman of the Mesa County Road and Bridge Department (circa 1950). He was born to Elwood and Edith Brouse on a farm in Glade Park, Colorado.
14131) Walter August Flasche
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He was born in Stratton, Nebraska to Freidrich Wilhelm “William” Flasche and Marie Katherine “Mary” (Vatz) Flasche. Census records indicate that his father was an immigrant from Germany, and that his mother immigrated from a German settlement in Russia. They were farmers. According to Walter, his father had two wives and families, with one in Germany.
The 1900 US Census shows Walter living with his parents and siblings in Burntwood, Kansas...
14132) Michael B. Husband
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A one-time employee and lecturer of the Museum of Western Colorado. He has enjoyed a long career in historical research and museums. As of 2024, he is working for Heberling Associates.
14133) Warren John Kiefer
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He was born to Samuel Frederick Kiefer and Maude Marie (Hummel) Kiefer in Yakima, Washington and grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father was a saleman, broadcaster, and broadcast writer. His mother was a homemaker. Warren was working for the railroad by at least 1940, when the US Census lists him as a “wayo maintenance” worker in railroad construction. It also shows that he had attended a year of college.
He was hired as a fireman on the...
14135) Chester Fred "Chet" Crowley
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He was born to Chester F. Crowley Sr. and Gladys K. (Haynes) Crowley in Birmingham, Alabama. The family moved to Western Colorado in 1936, when he was about seven years old. The 1940 US Census shows Chet, his younger sister and brother living alone with their mother in De Beque. She later remarried. He attended the Palisade School and later obtained his US Army GED.
He served in the US Army from May 19th, 1948 until 1968. He enlisted in Denver,...
14136) Randall Fosburgh
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A participant in a discussion of Plateau Valley history during a panel discussion sponsored by the Mesa County Historical Society in Collbran, Colorado on July 24, 1983.
14137) Forrest L. "Frosty" Tilton
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Frosty Tilton was born in Des Moines, Iowa to E.L. Tilton, a farmer, and to Sarah L. (Gerard) Tilton, a homemaker. Because of a bad heart, he was unable to do farm work. His brother Archie Tilton, who had homesteaded in Eastern Colorado, contacted him regarding a position at a bank in Holyoke. So Frosty moved to Holyoke, Colorado in 1917 when he was 16 years old and began working in the bank as a janitor. On top of that, he did any other job that...
14138) Marion George Bowman
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He was born to George Wallace Bowman and Nancy “Nannie” (Cutter) Bowman in Palisade, Colorado. His dad was a fruit farmer, the inventor of the Fruit Gathering Bag (Bowman picking sack), founder of the Palisades National Bank, and founder of the United Fruit Growers Association. His mother was a homemaker. US Census records show the family living in west Palisade.
Marion married Helen Maher in Grand Junction on November 16, 1937. Like his parents,...
14139) Archie "Arch" Tilton
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He was born in Des Moines, Iowa to E.L. Tilton, a farmer, and to Sarah L. (Gerard) Tilton, a homemaker. He homesteaded near Holyoke, Colorado and then came to Palisade, Colorado sometime between 1917 and 1924. With George Bowman, he participated in the establishment of the Palisades National Bank and hired his brother, Forrest Tilton, as a cashier. He also had fruit orchards, ran a fruit association, and worked as a depot agent/station master for...
14140) Ruth Bereman (Zingg) Tilton
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She was born to Ottway C. Zingg and Bernice Kina Mowry in Holyoke, Colorado. Her father was from a Swiss-American family. He was a history professor and a band director. Her mother was a teacher and principal from Iowa. She grew up in Holyoke and in Las Vegas, New Mexico, where she attended high school. After graduating from high school around 1918, she became a teacher. She taught in country schools outside of Holyoke. She met Forrest L. “Frosty”...
