People

: Helen (Andros) Williams; She was a Greek American who was born in Idaho and grew up in Grand Junction in the early Twentieth century. She was a grocery store clerk in the Eliopulos Grocery Store, operated with her husband Thomas "Tom" Williams.

: Helen (Booker) Taylor; Early 20th century African-American resident of Grand Junction, Colorado. She was raised in a Catholic orphanage in Denver and was a cook in Cimarron before relocating to Grand Junction. She married William Wesley Taylor III. With her husband, she was involved in the care and operations of the Handy Chapel, Grand Junction's historically Black church. They had a son, Wesley, and four daughters, Dorothy, Mary, Marjory, and Josephine.

: Helen (Bowman) Lane; Early 20th century Grand Junction resident. Daughter of Charles Bowman, a settler of Grand Junction. Sister of Fred Bowman.

: Helen (Bradburg) Wright; She was a native of Mesa County, Colorado. She taught in schools in Collbran, Salt Creek, Rhone, Purdy Mesa, Whitewater, and finished her teaching career at Columbus Elementary School.

: Helen (Chadwick) Altenbern; She was born in De Beque. She married Orville Altenbern in Palisade in 1925, and they lived together on a ranch in the Roan Creek area of Garfield County.

: Helen (Hawxhurst) Young; Daughter of George Hawxhurst. Collbran musician and early Plateau Valley resident. She supported plays that were put on by Mesa County teachers and literary societies in the 1930's. She was born in Plateau Valley, Colorado to Alexander Percy Hawxhurst and Margaret “Maggie” (Koch) Hawxhurst. Her father was born in South Park, Colorado and her mother was a German immigrant. Margaret had been married and divorced previously to Theodore Pfeiffer prior to marrying Alexander. Alexander’s father, George Hawxhurst, was an early settler of Plateau Valley. Helen grew up on a cattle ranch. The 1910 US Census shows the family living on Kansas Mesa, when Helen was eight years old. She married Don Young on August 24, 1920. They lived in Collbran, where the 1930 census shows Helen managing a dance hall. She also played in bands that played big band music and toured the Western Slope. Don was a sheep rancher and store owner. They had two children. She died at the age of 83 and is buried in Collbran’s Clover Cemetery.

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