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- Robert Eugene Grant
- He was born in Colorado and grew up in Clifton, Colorado. His father, James L. Grant, was the postmaster there. His mother was Katheryn Grant. He started working for The Daily Sentinel on August 14, 1941 as an apprentice printer, and shortly after as a Photo Engraver. He was also a photographer. Working at the Sentinel had been a dream of his since he was a kid. He was drafted into the armed forces during World War II but got his job back at the Sentinel after he returned from the Army. He also helped keep track of returns on tally board outside the Daily Sentinel building at 634 Main Street on election night in 1942.
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- Robert Evans
- He was born in Salt Lake City. His parents were immigrants who traveled with Brigham Young from Illinois to Utah. Being a blacksmith, Robert's father wanted him to follow in his footsteps, but his mother said it was an occupation belonging to the past. Instead, Robert wanted to become a baseball player but his father forbade it until he learned a trade. As a child, he played baseball with a ball that his mother made out of old stockings. Later, he became a machinist apprentice for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Although the apprenticeship was to last four years, Robert advanced more quickly into a machinist position due to World War I. Because the government needed machinists working on the country’s railroads, he was not allowed to fight in the war. Evans also played on a semipro baseball team sponsored by Shell Oil in Idaho, and for a D&RG-sponsored team in Grand Junction, Colorado. The D&RG team played against teams from Delta and other regional towns. He played against famous baseball players such as Grover Alexander. It was during this time that he met Dorothy (Hiskey) Evans. They were married in 1940.
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- Robert Fay "Bob" Rockwell
- A public servant from Delta County, Colorado. According to the University of Colorado archives, Rockwell was born in New York state. After attending Princeton, University, he moved to Paonia, Colorado in 1907, where he became a fruit farmer and cattle rancher. He served as Lieutenant Governor and State Senator in Colorado before being elected to the U.S. House or Representatives during a special election in 1941 (after the death of his predecessor, Ed Taylor). While serving in the Colorado State Senate, he served as the Republican minority leader. His Democrat political rival Wayne Aspinall served as the majority leader. He held the seat for the Fourth Congressional District until 1949, when he was defeated by Wayne Aspinall. Aspinall claimed he ran because his party wanted an opponent to challenge the incumbent Congressman Rockwell, though he never expected to pull of an upset victory. In an interview for the Mesa County Oral History Project, Aspinall later referred to Rockwell as a “close personal friend” and “a wonderful fellow,” but also suggested that he was not exactly trained to be a Member of Congress. He was the father of Wilson Rockwell, a well-known Western Slope historian. *Public domain photograph from the US House of Representatives collectiion
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- Robert Frederick "Bob" Mulford
- He was born in Whittier, California to Charles Mulford, a World War II veteran and worker for Union Carbide, and Shirley (Essig) Mulford, a homemaker. His family moved to Palisade, Colorado in 1957, when he was about eight years old. He graduated from Palisade High School in 1967. While at Palisade he was involved in the P Club, and played baseball and football. He began attending Colorado Mountain College in Leadville. Because the college was not yet certified, he was denied a college exemption at his draft physical. He joined the US Army on February 14, 1968 in Grand Junction. He attained the rank of E5, sergeant. He joined the jump school in the Army, serving at Fort Bliss, Fort Gordon, Fort Benning, Fort Lee, and in Vietnam. While in Vietnam he did reconnaissance, and manned observation stations and pacification missions. He returned to the United States via Seattle. His transition back to civilian life was very difficult. He married Yvonne Brownell on October 28, 1969 in Fruita. He was a father of four: Ami, Cari, Scott, and Doug. He started taking French at Colorado Mountain College, and later double majored in Psychology and History, though he did not quite obtain his degree. He worked as a grocery clerk, a plumber, and a field office manager for Norton Natural Gas. According to his obituary, he eventually “found his passion as a registered nurse.” He joined the Vietnam Veterans of America and the Disabled American Veterans. He died at the age of sixty-nine and is buried in the Grand Junction’s Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado. *Photograph from 1967 Palisade High School yearbook
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- Robert Frederick "Fred" Burford
- He was born to Roland "Tank" Burford and Caroline (Newton) Burford in Fresno, California. His father was an attorney and his mother was a homemaker. He became a Mesa County, Colorado pioneer. In the early 1880's, he arrived in Fruita, Colorado on the narrow gauge railroad. He took a job with the Thompson brothers, who had a cattle ranching outfit on Pinon Mesa. According to Lawrence Aubert, a longtime sheep rancher, the Burford family was also involved in sheep ranching. He later moved to Whitewater, where he ran his own ranching operation. He married Mary Dodgion on July 14, 1894 in Mesa County.
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- Robert G. Porter
- One of the five men who where instrumental in reviving the Cattlemen's Days celebration in 1935 (the other four were Mike Verzuh, John Rozman, Glen Berry and Richard Vader). Served as Vice President of the rodeo committee from 1935 - 1944. Cattlemen's Days Parade Marshall in 1970. (source: Cattlemen's Days 1970 Souvenir Program)