People

: James H. Madsen Jr.; Dr. James Madsen Jr. was the State Paleontologist of Utah at the time of a lecture given for the Museums of Western Colorado in 1982. He grew up in Salt Lake City and attended the University of Utah. He pursued a career in paleontology. A species of allosaurus, Allosaurus jimmadseni, discovered in Dinosaur National Monument, was named for him. In 1979, he discovered the initial fossils of a Late Jurassic predator that he named Marshosaurus bicentismus. *Some information taken from “The Mysterious Marshosaurus”, Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, November 16, 2011. “New Species of Allosaurus Discovered in Utah”, UNews, University of Utah, January 22, 2020. **Photograph from the 1955 University of Utah yearbook.

: James Henry Clark; Early 20th century Palisade resident. His parents, James Allison and Phoebe Jane Clark, moved from southeastern Kansas to homestead the Palisade area in 1900. Sibling of Levi, Harry, and Bertha Clark.

: James L. Grant; He was a longtime employee of the U.S. Postal Service in Clifton, Colorado. In 1938, Walter Walker provided him with the recommendation and influence needed to secure the postmaster job there.

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