People

: Charles E. "Charlie" Wallace; He was born in Ohio to John Franklin Wallace and Harriet M. Wallace. He was a beekeeper in the Third Fruitridge area of Mesa County. In addition, he kept horses, cows, ducks, geese, and chickens. He was married to Theodosia Wallace. They had a son who died very young. He is buried in Crown Point Cemetery.

: Charles E. Cherington; Charles Cherington was the Mayor of Grand Junction [1910-1920?].

: Charles E. Thomas; The grandson and oral history interviewer of Sarah Jane Livesay, early resident of the North Fork area of Delta County, Colorado. He lived on Little Park Road in Mesa County.

: Charles Edward "Chuck" Thomas; He was born in Oregon to Charles and Beulah Thomas and grew up in Cedaredge, Colorado. His father was a butcher and his mother was a homemaker. As a young boy he skied, trapped muskrats, and hunted. As a 10 or 11 year old boy, he was known for hunting rabbits on horseback. He went to medicine shows in Cedaredge as a child, and became enthralled with Houdini. When he was 15, he became a tightrope walker for a high wire act in the Happy Day Rides carnival, and would practice for his act by walking on top of barbed wire fences on the way to and from Cedaredge High School. While with the Happy Days, he also became the carnival’s youngest licensed Ferris wheel operator. He then became a member of Brunk’s comedians, a traveling tent show and vaudeville act. He later joined Harvey's Comedians, followed by the Harry Evans Show (Harry Evans and His Galaxy of Western Stars - based in Kansas City), where he played the base fiddle and sang for the show’s advertisements. The troupe would play music before a vaudeville act, then play for a dance after the act. Thomas became adept at hypnotism, and at one point hypnotized a woman who slept in a store window for three days

: Charles Edward "Ed" McCormick; He was a mayor of Grand Junction, a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, and a recipient of the Medal of Freedom for his work as an operations analyst for the armed forces. He was born in Trampealeau, Wisconsin to Charles James McCormick and Martha Olive (Churchill) McCormick. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. They moved to Grand Junction in 1910, when Charles Edward was six. He attended Grand Junction High School and Colorado State University, where he studied electrical engineering. While in college he was a member of the Pi Delta Epsilon, A.I.E.E., the Collegian staff, and the Silver Spruce staff. He graduated in 1928. According to Richard “Dick” Williams, McCormick was the owner of the McCormick Sound and Equipment Company. He had great ability with cameras, sounds systems, and other electronic equipment, and developed a portable public address system that was used for tennis matches, rodeos, and other events. He also installed the first commercial address system in the area when the Lincoln Park football stadium was built in the early 1930’s. *Some of this information comes from the obituary of Charles McCormick (Daily Sentinel, April 20, 1997, p. 3C) **Photograph from the 1928 CSU yearbook

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