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- Harold Anderson
- He was the mess contractor for the Hoover Dam Project. He was broke, but received a suit of clothes and a train ticket to Salt Lake City from Ed Scott in Grand Junction, Colorado, from whence Mr. Anderson secured the mess hall contract for the Hoover Dam project, and became responsible for the feeding of some thousand men; morning, evening, and packed lunches.
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- Harold Baker Wood
- He was born to Grace Lydia (Baker) Wood and Herbert Wood in Fargo, North Dakota. His father was an inspector for the F&M Street Railroad Company. His mother was a homemaker. The 1930 US Census shows that his mother remarried to David R. Moe, and Harold and his brother Donald are shown living with them in Jamestown, North Dakota at the ages of 10 and 13. The boys moved with their mother to Grand Junction, Colorado around that time, where they finished grade school and attended Grand Junction High School. According to his mother, both boys liked sports, though they did not play football. After high school, Harold worked with his older brother in local Civilian Conservation Corps camps before enlisting in the US Navy in September 1937. He was a Boatswain’s Mate, First Class aboard the U.S.S. Arizona and stationed in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. He was killed at the age of twenty-two. He was subsequently awarded several medals: The American Campaign, American Defense, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, Military Merit and Purple Heart.
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- Harold Brewer
- Obituary taken from montrosepress.com: Feb. 10, 1902 - March 15, 2001 Greatest Enjoyment: Bowling MONTROSE - Harold Austin Brewer, age 99, of Montrose, died Thursday evening, March 15, 2001, in the Montrose Memorial Hospital. Harold Austin Brewer, the son of Austin Brewer and Emma (Bezner) Brewer, was born on Feb. 10, 1901, near Shenandoah, Iowa, where he spent his childhood years, attended country schools, and grew to adulthood. Harold graduated from Iowa State College in 1925. He farmed in Iowa until 1929, during the Depression, then moved to Fort Collins, Colo., to work as a painter and decorator. In1933, Harold moved to Telluride and helped reopen the Smuggler Union Mine and Mill. On Dec. 18, 1941, Harold was joined in marriage with Grace Warner in Telluride. She had a 3-year-old son, Francis, who became Harold's pride and joy from that day forward. He worked at the Smuggler Union as a power plant operator, tramway operator, warehouse and purchasing agent. Harold also worked two years as a bookkeeper for Four Corners Uranium and Liberty Bell Mines, as well as one year in the San Miguel County Assessor's office. Harold and Grace purchased Rose Food Mart in 1957, which they operated until 1975. The store was sold to Dave and Lael Fruen, and the Brewers retired and moved to Montrose. He was a member of Christ Church in Telluride and after moving to Montrose, joined the Montrose Christian Church. He was a member of the Telluride IOOF and Encampment, a lifetime member of Telluride Elks Lodge No. 692, and a past president of Telluride Rotary Club. Harold enjoyed flowers and yard work. His greatest enjoyment was found in bowling. He was an avid bowling participant until the age of 94. Harold was the greatest at horseshoe pitching. Memories of Harold as a loving husband, a caring Dad, and a loyal and steadfast friend will be cherished by all who knew and loved him. Surviving family members who had the privilege of sharing Harold's life include his wife of 59 years, Grace Brewer, of Montrose; three grandchildren: Stanley A., Glenda K., Howard L.; two step grandchildren: Ray Moureaux and Vonda Moureaux; and four great-grandchildren. Other family survivors include one brother, Clell Brewer, of Jacksonville,Ill.; three sisters-in-law: Jean Richards, of Montrose; Arlene Brewer, of Clarinda, Iowa; Laura Richards, of Denver; as well as several nieces and nephews. Harold was preceded in death by both of his parents; one brother, Orville; two sisters: Neatha Holland and Phyllis Christensen; and his beloved son, Francis H. Warner." Link accessed 8/24/22 from: https://www.montrosepress.com/obituaries/harold-austin-brewer/article_cd3cf30e-e246-5c6d-8457-d16bb9853a48.html
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- Harold Charles Hutchinson
- Son of Major Joseph Sykes Hutchinson and Anabel McPherson, pioneer family of Chaffee County.
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- Harold E. Bryant
- Harold Bryant was born in Pickrell, Nebraska to John Edward Bryant and Anna (Soule) Bryant. US Census records indicate that the family moved to the Appleton area of Mesa County, Colorado sometime between 1900 and 1910. There, they homesteaded. Harold Bryant, as the only boy of several children, did much of the farm's labor. His father was a Dunkard (Church of the Brethren) and, according to Al Look, “a tough old religionist.” Harold rejected the church and its restrictive ideas of morality. He attended the Chicago Art Institute, and was successful as an illustrator working for the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. When the mediums of radio and photography conspired to make illustration less popular, he returned to the Grand Valley, where he painted. Mesa County Oral History Project interviewee Ernest Hicks described Bryant, whom he met after the artist returned from New York, as an “odd, tern-like fellow” with a dry sense of humor and a keen intelligence. Though he did have a gallery showing in the Grand Central Art Gallery in New York City, his paintings were never received to great fanfare among the New York establishment. He was, however, recognized as an artist by other Western artists. At one time, he also owned a cabin, built by T.E. Wright, on twenty to thirty acres near the lake fork of East Creek on Pinon Mesa, Colorado. His wife Ruth Bryant, a business woman from New York, arranged for the sale of his paintings to a calendar company and furthered his career. According to oral history interviewee Jennie Dixon, Bryant and Ruth often invited Dixon and her husband over to his studio to socialize after he finished a painting. Though Bryant received what Dixon describes as good money for his paintings from a calendar company, his widow was unable to secure the rights to his paintings after he died. Bryant was a World War I veteran. He was an avid deer hunter and a member of the Appleton Gun Club. He loved horseback riding, and often accompanied his friend and brother-in-law John Duncan Hart on rides through Western Colorado and Eastern Utah while Duncan was on patrol as a federal officer. He spent some of his last years in a cabin on Pinon Mesa constructed by pioneer Phidelah Rice. * Some information taken from 125 People 125 Years: Grand Junction's Story by Laurena Mayne Davis, and from Harold Bryant: Colorado's Maverick with a Paint Brush by Al Look.