People

: Frank A. Harris; He established the Harris Drug Store at 400 Main Street in Grand Junction in 1918, which was also known as the Mesa Drug Store. When Walgreens was rumored to be placing a new store in Grand Junction, Harris approached the Walgreens company and convinced them to instead make Mesa Drug a Walgreens Agency. He served as the president of the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce during the 1930's.

: Frank Arthur Hoisington; He was born in Kansas in 1887. U.S. Census Records would seem to indicate that he grew up primarily with his grandparents, Albert J. Hoisington and Elizabeth Hoisington. According to U.S. Census records, his highest level of schooling was the 8th Grade. He worked for The Daily Sentinel newspaper in a variety of positions, including Printer and Business Manager in the early to mid-Twentieth century. His wife was Pearl E. (Greenawalt) Hoisington.

: Frank B. Churcher; Part owner of the furniture and undertaking business, Haight & Churcher, which operated in Salida, Colorado in the 1890s into the early 20th century.

: Frank Benjamin Wright; He was born in Toronto, Kansas and was three years old when his family moved to Colorado. He grew up in Gunnison. At the age of 17, his parents signed a release that allowed him to work for the railroad. He worked for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in Gunnison, Colorado for fifty-one years. He worked as a coal boy, and then as an engine watcher, a fireman, and finally an engineer. He married Bertha (Scott) Wright in 1913. Frank had nine children. They moved to Grand Junction in 1931.

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