People

: Evelyn Lee Beatty; She went to the University of Colorado and graduated from nursing school. She also received a “crash course” in public nursing from the University of California at Berkeley. She became a public health nurse at a time when very few existed in Colorado. She later worked for Mesa County School District 51 and the Mesa County Health Department.

: Evelyn Lynn (Foster) Beatty; She was a school nurse who worked with the children of migrant workers living in La Colonia (the original housing settlement from which Las Colonias gets its name), helping them with conditions like lice and basic hygiene.