People

: George David Weaver; He was born in Aurora, Colorado to George Franklin Weaver and Susan Henderson Weaver. He was a farmer. He married Frieda Waver in 1941. They Farmed in Elk Springs. He had to quit farming due to his arthritis, and went to work as a janitor in a uranium mill, a job he kept for eight years. The family came to De Beque in 1960.

: George Day; An employee of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, the chairman of the Brotherhood of the Railroad Trainmen union, and the owner of a chain of Colorado laundries that included the Excelsior in Grand Junction, Colorado.

: George Disman; George was a student at H Street School in the late 19th century.

: George DuPayne; Highschool classmate of William Weiser. He once beat a teacher of his and his father bought him a one-way ticket to the Klondike as a result (the idea being to send him “so far away, he’d never get back by night time”). In fact, he was away from the Grand Valley for thirty years. He brought some souvenir gold nuggets with him. He bought a place on North Twelfth Street and ran a vineyard. He was also the state highway maintenance person for Western Colorado.

: George Duke; He owned several orchards in the Hotchkiss, Colorado area. He employed Emily Young as an orchard hand every harvest season. He had two brothers, Will and Ed.

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