People

: Asa "A." Philp Randolph; A prominent, well-educated African American labor rights advocate who was head of the Pullman Porter's Union.

: Ashley Montague; A news staffer and NPR director of KOTO Radio, in the 1980s, Ashley Montague also worked for the Telluride Times.

: Aspen McNulty; 2017 Cattlemen's Days Jr. Miss, 11 years old (in 2017), daughter of Ivy and Seth McNulty, sister of Timber McNulty. (source: 2017 Cattlemen's Days Brochure)

: Asunta Violeta "Susie" (Lanza) Mendicelli; She was born in Pueblo, Colorado to Italian immigrants. Her father, Domenico Lanza, was a farmhand. Her mother Carmella Lanza was a homemaker. She learned a great deal about farming and homemaking from her parents. At the age of 16, she was married to Eugene Mendicelli, an Italian immigrant, in an arranged marriage. She moved to Grand Junction, Colorado when she was seventeen, on April 29, 1917. At home, she made sausage, bacon, ham, cheese, and many other foods by hand. She also worked nights in the canning factory. Later, she and her daughters ran the Mendicelli Bakery, where they made bread, donuts and baked goods by hand. They supplied Pantuso’s restaurant and Mr. Longo’s store. Her children attended the Whitman School and Emerson School.

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