People

: William Aubery; Early resident of Crested Butte, Colorado. Died in the Jokerville Mine Explosion on January 24, 1884.

: William B. "Bill" Sayre; Referred to incorrectly as Bill Sare in the photo caption of the article "John Fetcher: an inspiration for our time.

: William Bannister; He was born in Ohio and was a Mesa County, Colorado pioneer. He owned Bannister’s furniture store, which was also the funeral parlor in Grand Junction, Colorado. He later opened the first cemetery in Grand Junction, on Orchard Mesa. It was known at first as Bannister Cemetery, and then as Orchard Mesa Cemetery.

: William Barrowman; Bill married Anna Barrowman on January 30, 1935. They lived on a farm that Bill's parents homesteaded. They had one child. The Barrowmans ran the farm until 1969 and then they moved to a house in town in Lafayette, CO.

: William Benson "Ben" Male; Note: Referred to, in error, as Vinson Male in the oral interview for article, "Long Gone, But Not Forgotten...The Royal Hotel"

: William Bosley Foy; His family was one of the first families to settle in the Gateway area. In January of 1901, they migrated to Colorado on wagon and horseback by way of the Dolores River from Moab, Utah. Prior to this, he had engaged in farming and stock raising and established a freight train between Minersville, Utah and St. George, Utah. They raised all their own food and made sugarcane, molasses, and syrup. He passed in Grand Junction, Colorado. Grandfather of Nellie (Foy) Massey.

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