People

: Ernest Wagner; According to George Watts, who was born in Hayden, Colorado, Wagner was a harness shop owner in the early to mid-Twentieth century.

: Ernest Wayne Hicks; He was born on a farm north of Princeton, Missouri. When he was ten years old his family moved to Egypt, where his father was a missionary. They later returned to Missouri and farming. He came to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1937. He worked as a carpenter and helped build several Grand Valley buildings before retiring in 1964. He was also a gunsmith who specialized in making muzzle-loading guns. During World War II, he worked in the Remington Arms factory in Denver before returning to Grand Junction. He was a founding member of the Appleton Gun Club and the group’s first president. He knew the artist Harold Bryant and his wife Ruth Bryant, and worked on guns for him.