People

: Craig Bonnefield "Bonnie" Aupperle; He came to Grand Junction from Iowa in 1904 as a boy of 9 or 10, and attended grade school there. As a boy, he worked odd jobs: mowing lawns, landscaping, washing windows, shoveling walks, etc. He also went to vaudeville shows, snuck into carnivals and fairs, stole ice cream and pies off of porches and window sills, played games like Duck On a Rock, swam, and got in fights. After high school, he left to attend college. He finished college in 1916, and returned to Grand Junction. At that time, suffering from what he described as Nervous Prostration, he elected to take a series of jobs in trading and labor, rejecting the kind of office or intellectual job his parents wished for him. He sold dairy bulls, life insurance, fruit and vegetables, and firewood. He also traded horses. He knew John Otto and many other people in Mesa County, and had a wealth of knowledge about the county's history.

: Crandall Howard; Parents LaVerne & Clarence Howard. Grew up on Powderhorn family ranch and rode horse or drove a team and sleigh to school four miles away. Attended junior college on a rodeo scholarship (bull and bareback riding). Water Commissioner for 26 years, President of Cattlemen's Days Committee 1972-74, member of Gunnison County Stockgrowers. Resides in Olathe. (Source: Cattlemen's Days Brochure 2009 & "Silver World" (newspaper) obituary 09.18.1987, pg. 3 (housed in Gunnison County Library, Gunnison-Family Histories, Howard, William C.)

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