People

: Charles Silzell; His family settled the Whitewater area in the late Nineteenth century. Son of William Silzell, brother of William "Will" Silzell, and husband of Effie (Johnson) Silzell.

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

: Charles T. Yager; He was born to Joseph E. Yager and Sinia Yager. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. He married Mary Brinton in 1905. Following his parents, who had moved previously, Charles and Mary moved to Palisade, Colorado around 1919. There, they planted orchards and farmed fruit. He wrote glowing letters about the Grand Valley to encourage people from Iowa to move to the area.

: Charles Teed; In October 1980, he was a guest lecturer of the Museums of Western Colorado on the history of the Uintah Railway and the Grand Junction and Grand River Valley Railway Company (Interurban).

: Charles Traylor; He was the longtime campaign manager for US Representative Wayne Aspinall and served in that capacity for twenty years. According to Aspinall, Traylor was a dedicated member of the Democratic Party, and worked unpaid for all of his campaign work.

: Charles W. Reed; An early Twentieth century doctor in Grand Junction, Colorado, who commonly performed tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies in his office. He was born in Missouri and married Verna Callison there in 1909. US Census records show him in Grand Junction by 1910.

: Charles W. Yates; Charles Washington Yates was born on October 10, 1906 in Neleigh, Nebraska to his father, Charles W. Yates and mother Ella Naomi Bare Yates. In 1912, the family moved to Placerville, Colorado and then to Wilson Mesa (near Telluride, Colorado) in 1913. Charles grew-up on Wilson Mesa on his father’s cattle ranch and attended school there. After the eighth grade, Charles went to work on his father’s farm and also found work on the county roads. During the Great Depression, Charles worked as a miner at the Smuggler mine, but went back to work on his father’s ranch until it sold in 1943. Charles ultimately left the Telluride area once the ranch was sold. He then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he married Wilma Lea Watson (1907-1967). The couple had two children: Leslie Charles Yates (1949-2008) and Adele Wilma Yates (1951-2003). Charles worked for the Kennecott Copper Mine, near Salt Lake City. Charles passed away on March 10, 1996. Picture includes his wife, Wilma, son, Leslie, and daughter, Adele.

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