People

: Frank Freeland Cable; He worked in a factory manufacturing lockers in Connecticut before moving his family to Meeker, Colorado in 1915. In Meeker, he worked on a ranch, while he also prepared a homestead that he had taken out with his two brothers.

: Frank G. Mancuso; He was born in Cosenza, Italy and came to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1909, when he was five years old. His father was Giovanni "John" Mancuso, a railroad worker. His mother was Mary Mancuso, a homemaker. He grew up in the Riverside neighborhood and went to the Bryant School, then to Lowell and Emerson. He worked in the ice house and then in the round house of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, cleaning windows on the engines. He became a long-time employee of the railroad. He also cut lawns for School District 51.

: Frank Gimlett; In 1879, Frank Gimlett and his parents moved from Illinois and settled in Garfield, Colorado. In the early 20th century, Frank Gimlett, otherwise known as ‘The Hermit of Arbor Villa’ owned two businesses in Salida: Colorado Wholesale Mercantile and Gimlett Lumber & Supply Co. In the 1940s, his Salida warehouse burned down and he subsequently lost interest in the business, abandoned his wife Gertrude, and moved above Maysville, Colorado, where he bought a small parcel of land, named it Arbor Villa (located between Maysville & Garfield), and became a hermit. Most of his time was spent panning for gold in the surrounding gorges but he also sold post cards to tourists on the summit of Monarch Pass to make his ‘foldin’ money’. He was an advocate for the reinstatement of the gold standard and frequently traveled to the east visiting with congress to promote his agenda. The Hermit published a 9 volume history of Colorado entitled ‘Over Trails of Yesterday’.

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