People

: James Fuoco; He was born in the Cosenco Province of Italy and came to the United States when he was 10. He was working in George Newberry’s Garage in Fruita, Colorado as a mechanic when he met his future wife Katherine (Schlegel) Fuoco around 1920. After marrying, they moved to Grand Junction, where he worked for Western Auto, the Ford garage, for several years. During the Great Depression, he bought a radiator shop that became the Fuoco Motor Company in 1934.

: James G. Moore; James has been working professionally in bronze for the last 22 years. After pursuing a 15 year career as a middle and high school art teacher, Jim decided to make the leap of faith and make his sideline passion for sculpting into his full time career. The last several years as a full time sculptor have been rewarding and full of adventure. His award winning work is now in public and private collections across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. Jim participates in many shows and is represented by several galleries across the western and mid west states. He lives in the rural town of Eaton Colorado, 25 miles east of Fort Collins. Jim spends much of his leisure time enjoying the outdoors and observing the animals and natural environment that are so inspirational to his work. Source: Artist's website

: James Graham; Jimmy was born in Coal Creek, Fremont County, Colorado. He worked as a coal miner in the Lafayette, CO area mines and he was an organizer for the American Federation of Labor. He also served as president of Local 1388 of the United Mine Workers union in Lafayette for many years and was vice president of the Colorado State Federation of Labor. Jimmy was part of City Council from 1928 to 1929 and he was elected to the House of Representatives from 1930 to 1937. After he sold his restaurant, "Jimmy's Lunch," he went back to the state as Deputy Secretary of State under George Baker. He then worked for the county in the Highway Department before retiring. Jimmy married Madge L (Waite) Graham on June 24, 1924. They had three children.

: James H. Gramps; He was born in New York State to Jacob Gramps and Mary (Coppernoll) Gramps. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. The 1870 Census shows the family living in Lysander, New York, when James was two years old. The census lists James as having five older siblings. The 1880 census also shows the family living in Lysander. The 1900 census states that he had been married to Abia Elizabeth Gramps for eleven years, which means they married around 1889. They lived with their two children in Summit, New York, where James was a preacher. By 1910, when James was forty-one, the family lived in Saratoga Springs, where he was a clergyman. He came to Delta, Colorado, most probably following his daughter Rena and her first husband, sometime before 1920. The 1920 census shows the Gramps family living on 113 4th Street in Delta. There, he was a reverend for the Presbyterian Church of Delta. Rena remarried in 1921 and James and Abia followed her to Palisade, where he became the reverend of the Palisade Presbyterian Church. He is buried in Grand Junction’s Orchard Mesa Cemetery.

: 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.

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