John A. Fitzpatrick, of Collbran, Mesa county, is a pioneer of 1878 in Colorado and of 1880 in the portion of the state wherein he now lives; and from the time of his advent among its people he has been active and zealous in the development of the section and the promotion of the general …
For nearly twenty years the interesting subject of this brief review has been a resident of Colorado and has been a potent factor in the progress and development of the portion of the state in which he has resided. He is now one of the prosperous and successful farmers of Mesa county, living on a …
Robert Eaton, one of the leading businessmen of Debeque, Mesa county, began life with the shadow of a double bereavement, losing both his parents when he was but four years old, and has had a varied and interesting career, worked out mainly by his own efforts and capacity. He was born in the city of …
For the whole period of a generation of human life James L. Duckett, living four miles and a half northwest of Grand Junction, has been a resident of Colorado, and during the whole of that time has been engaged in aiding to develop the resources and push forward the progress of the state. He was …
A. J. Dodgion, a prosperous and enterprising ranchman and stock-grower of western Colorado, and a resident of the state since 1869 or 1870, and living now about twelve miles south of Grand Junction, near Whitewater post-office, Mesa county, is a native of North Carolina, where he was born in 1835, the place of his nativity …
William Ditman William Ditman, of near Mesa, Mesa county, one of the commissioners of the county who is rendering to the people valuable and appreciated service in the office to which they chose him, and whose past life has been a succession of trials and triumphs in which he has made his way by his …
Our discreet and discriminating philosopher-poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes, has said that the most important act of a man’s life is the selection of his grandfather. In this respect Hon. Horace Tool DeLong, state senator for the sixteenth district of this state, seems to have been unusually wise before his day and generation, for he chose …
The offspring of Quaker parents, and bred in the lessons impressively inculcated by the members of that faith, Rev. Harvey D. Crumly, of Mesa county, living on a good ranch six miles northwest of Grand Junction, has exemplified in his life the principles of peaceful industry, fair dealing and considerate interest in the welfare of …
The strong, true men of a people are ever its most priceless possession. They are potent for good not only in what they accomplish by their own immediate work, but by the forces they inspire and vitalize in others through their influence, and by the example they give, which acts as a stimulus while they …
James W. Cox, who after a long and eventful career wherein the element of danger was almost ever present and the condition of contest was the regular order, is now, in the evening of his life, making his home with George W. Masters, a prosperous ranchman with a fine farm near Snipes, Mesa county, a …