People

: Henry M. Phillips; An owner and operator of a 10-acre peach orchard in Palisade, Colorado. According to Oral History interviewee Kate Elizabeth (Phillips) Wills, Henry came to Oskaloosa, Iowa in a covered wagon as a baby. There he grew up, got an 8th grade education, married Sarah E. (Brewer) Phillips, and had seven children. Around 1909 the family moved to Palisade, Colorado to farm.

: Henry M. Teller; United States Senator between 1876-1882 and 1885-1909. Grand Junction's American Indian School, the Teller Institute, was named after him.

: Henry Monroe Livesay; He was a farmer who grew up in frontier towns in Kansas. With his wife and children, he moved to Delta County, Colorado in 1897. They were pioneers in the North Fork area near Hotchkiss. There, he worked as a helper in stores, and then in a sawmill on Black Mesa. He also helped put in the first telephone line between Hotchkiss and Delta. When indoor plumbing became common, he became a plumber. In 1922, the family traded their house in Hotchkiss for a ranch on Hanson Mesa.

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