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: James Sidney Orr; A physician who lived and practiced in the Fruita area. With Doctor White, he took over the operation of the Fruita Community Hospital in 1900. He also had a private practice. According to Luisa (Durante) Landini, he delivered her two daughters. Eddie Hughes recounts that his daughter was the first child that Dr. Orr delivered by c-section.

: James Stewart Gray; Student at Colorado Christian University, graduated May, 2016.

: James Taylor "Jim" Rogers; He was born in South Park, Colorado to James Edgar “Ed” Rogers and Mary Katherine (Bender) Rogers. His father was a cattle rancher and his mother was a homemaker. Jim had three siblings, including two stepsisters from his mother’s previous marriage. The family moved to the town of Mesa, Colorado in 1903, when Jim was about two years old. There they found better pastureland at lower elevations. His father shipped the cattle by rail to De Beque. He grew up near the town of Mesa and went to Mesa schools, finishing the 8th grade. He grew up working on the ranch. He worked mostly as a rancher in his life, though he also sold real estate, taught school in Mesa, and briefly owned a bar in Collbran called the Western Past-time (1949-1950). The bar had pool tables and card tables. He served in a US Army as part of the 250th Coast Artillery unit on Kodiak Island, Alaska from July 1, 1942 to October 1943, during World War II. He married Eola Chinns on January 24, 1925. They had a child that died in childbirth. The marriage ended early in divorce He was a Mason belonging to the Collbran Masonic Lodge for many years. Born February 5, 1901.

: James W. Bucklin; He was born in Illinois To George Bucklin, a farmer, and Lydia M. Bucklin, a homemaker. According to researcher David Sundal, he was a lawyer for the Grand Junction Town Company who had graduated from law school at the University of Michigan. He served as the Mayor of Grand Junction from 1886-87. He spent a period of time in the Colorado State Senate, where he helped pass home rule legislation for municipalities. When he returned to Grand Junction, he was then free to help draft a local government along Progressive lines. According to professor Don Mackendrick, Bucklin believed that the local government was controlled by the “Saloon Machine,” a coalition of powerful business interests. He drafted the original Home Rule Charter for Grand Junction in 1910, which rid the city of the “weak mayor system” and established a commission form of government. His city charter established ranked or preferential voting for the first time in the United States. His charter also established mechanisms for ballot initiatives, referendums, and recalls. His wife, Mary, was a Canadian immigrant. *Photo courtesy of the Museums of Western Colorado

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