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- George Carpenter
- George currently resides in Salida, Colorado. His family is originally from Gunnison, Colorado.
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- George Caulkins III
- George Peck Caulkins III was born 24 November 1964 in Denver, Colorado to George Peck Caulkins, Jr. and Eleanor “Ellie” Newman Caulkins. He attended Graland Country Day School in Denver and currently serves as president of its board of directors. He earned a B.A. from Yale University. George Caulkins is married to Christina Radichel Caulkins and they have three children: Will, Henry and Sarah. George Peck Caulkins III served in the US Marine Corps during Desert Storm. He is a decorated combat pilot who flew thirty-six combat missions. Caulkins advocates for fellow servicemen as post commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post (VFW) #1, the nation’s oldest VFW post. He has also served on the board of the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Like his parents, Caulkins is both entrepreneurial and community-oriented in spirit. In a surprise for his mother that was coordinated by himself, his father, and Denver mayor, John Hickenlooper, Caulkins facilitated the family’s philanthropic gift to the city of Denver, The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. George Caulkins III fondly recalls the close-knit community his parents helped to create. The Vail LaCrosse Shootout is a perennial favorite summer event held at Ford Park in Vail. Caulkins, his brother, Max (who played and coached), and daughter, Sarah, have all played in the Shootout. The Caulkins family continues to reside in both Vail and Denver.
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- George Caulkins, Jr.
- George Peck Caulkins, Jr. was born on 25 March 1921 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. His attendance at Yale University was interrupted by naval service during World War II. Lieutenant Caulkins served as a navigator aboard the Sims-class destroyer USS Wainwright; he saw action in both the Northern Atlantic and Pacific theatres. Postwar, Caulkins graduated from Yale University and earned his MBA at Harvard University. During a European ski trip, George Caulkins met and married Eleanor “Ellie” Newman on 3 March 1962 in Zermatt, Switzerland … ten days after their meeting. George Caulkins, Jr. was one Vail’s six original founders and a member of Vail Corporation’s original board of directors. In the 1950s, Caulkins met Pete Seibert in Aspen. In 1960, Caulkins formed Caulkins Securities Corporation for the purpose of underwriting their brainchild, the Vail ski area. After a series of legendary fund-raising and promotional trips, Caulkins formed Gas Facilities, Inc. in 1962. Its purpose was to provide fuel and power to the Vail ski area infrastructure. (Gas Facilities was managed by Minturn miner and local historian, Pete Burnett.) As evidenced by their induction into the 2016 Colorado Business Hall of Fame, the Caulkins couple had many business successes, as well as many noteworthy community and philanthropic endeavors. In a 2004 surprise coordinated by son George Peck Caulkins III and Denver mayor, John Hickenlooper, George Caulkins, Jr. pledged his love to his wife, Ellie, as well as a significant gift to the city of Denver, in the form of The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. In 2013, George Caulkins, Jr. was inducted into the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame. George and Ellie Caulkins were married forty-three years at the time of his passing on 24 March 2005 in Denver. In addition to son George Peck Caulkins III, four other children were born to their union: sons John N., David I. and Max O.B. Caulkins, and daughter Mary I. Caulkins.
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- George Corey
- The Denver and Rio Grande train conductor who brought in a train, loaded with ammunition, that exploded during the Grand Junction Train Depot fire.
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- George Currie
- Grand Junction real estate developer. Builder of Curry Building. Co-founder of Curry Canning Company.