People

: William Albion Lynch; He was a Canadian and Grand Junction pioneer who moved to the area in 1882, shortly after the town's founding. United States Census records list him working in multiple occupations, including: cigar merchant, miner, and contractor. His daughter Nevada Burford's oral history recounts his involvement in some important early town enterprises. For instance, he contracted with the Denver and Rio Grande to build fills for railroad lines, moved fertilizer to stockyards and Palisade fruit growers, and reinforced piers that were once located on the Colorado River near the Grand Avenue bridge. Also, he homesteaded in Kannah Creek.

: William Alexander; Developer of the Alexander Lakes, beginning in 1896. He allowed the public (mostly residents of Surface Creek and Cedaredge) to continue fishing the lakes despite his ownership.