People

: Orin H. Judson; He was born in Iowa to William A. Judson and Phoeby Judson. His father was a farmer and his mother a homemaker. William Judson died in a granite stone processing accident in 1922 Orin married Carrie Amelia Smith in Barre City, Vermont on June 24, 1896, when he was 26 years old. The US Census record shows them and their son Verle living there in 1900, with Orin working as a stone polisher. Due to Carrie’s poor health, the family moved to Mesa County, Colorado in 1904, settling first in the Pomona area, where they farmed. To obtain better farmland, they moved to Loma on March 1, 1919. They leased land from Loma Securities, owned by Verner Z. Reed, until they were able to purchase the 80 acres in 1923. With his brother in law, Orin also owned cattle that they ran near Collbran. He died in Collbran from tuberculosis in 1923. He is buried in Grand Junction, Colorado.

: Orlando R. Lindesmith; He was born in Minnesota and lived subsequently in North Dakota. He married Marian Dickinson in North Dakota in 1922. By 1929, they were living in Grand Junction, Colorado, where he taught physics and inorganic and organic chemistry at Mesa College (now Colorado Mesa University). Eventually, he retired to Henderson, Nevada. He was the father of twin boys. One son went on to become a nerve surgeon in California. Lindesmith suffered from diabetes for many years and eventually died from it.

: Orlin Corn; Early Twentieth century Mesa County resident and rancher. Brother of Esther, Betty, Edith, and Lelia Corn.

: Orlo David "O.D." Williams; He was born in New York to Rachel (Hotaling) Williams and David Williams. His father was a farmer and his mother a homemaker. He grew up in Guthrie Center, Iowa. He attended High Park College and later worked in a bank in Guthrie Center. He married Edna Bonebreak in 1905. They moved to Grand Junction, Colorado at the behest of the Guthrie Center bank’s owner, who wanted him to look after people from Guthrie Center who had moved to the Western Slope. They bought a home at 1148 Ouray Avenue, which was the house located farthest east in the city at that point. He purchased the Independent Abstract Company, which he ran for many years until his son took over the company in 1936. He was a charter member of the Grand Junction Lions Club and its one-time president. With his good friend Bert Benge, he was instrumental in organizing the Grand Junction Lions Club Carnival. He served on the board of trustees of the Methodist Church. He also served as a board member for the YMCA and the Chamber of Commerce. He was the part owner of COPECO after its sale by the Craven family and William Moyer. He moved to California in 1947 and moved back to Grand Junction in 1953. He did some umpiring for the Grand Junction General Electric Company’s baseball games. He also did fund drives for Goodwill and Salvation Army in California. He was a charter member of the Forum Club. He was a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Finance company.

: Orpha Shugar Hall; Early newcomer to Mesa County. As a child, she came to Grand Junction in a covered wagon and camped for a year there. Her family also lived for a time in Unaweep Canyon. She lived with her husband, James Edward Hall, in Whitewater, Colorado for many years.

: Orson Adams; Orson Adams was a Utah rancher in the early 1880's, and an early resident of Grand Junction. He was the head cashier at the Mesa County State Bank, and eventually became the bank president. He was instrumental in establishing the Interurban line from Grand Junction to Fruita. He was convicted of embezzlement in [1913?] and sentenced to prison. D.A. Brockett. Wicked Western Slope: Mayhem, Mischief & Murder in Colorado. Charleston: The History Press, 2012.

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