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- Peter Aristide "Pete" Landini
- He was born in Massa Carrara, Italy to father Sante Landini and an unknown mother. He came to the United States in on June 10, 1913 with his older brother. They worked in the CF&I iron foundry in Pueblo, Colorado. When his sister-in-law got sick, Peter had to return to Italy. The Italian Army drafted him at this time, and he served for two years. He returned to Pueblo and was drafted into the US Army and fought during World War I, serving in England and France. After the war he went to Utah, where his brother had purchased a homestead. There, he worked in the Latura coal mine. He contacted his brother in Italy, asking him to find him a bride. He asked his acquiantance Luisa Durante to marry him. She came from Italy and they married on May 14, 1921, shortly after her arrival. They had two girls and one boy. He worked in a coal mine in Utah during the Winter and then farmed on their homestead in the summer. They lived with Pete’s brother and near her friend Carolina, then briefly in a home built by Pete and his brothers, before moving onto an 80 acre homestead. They grew beans, corn, and other crops. They sold some of the beans. They later raised milk cows, alfalfa for their animals, and wheat. As of 1983, the family still owned all 80 acres. His son Carlo and grandson Tom carried on the dairy operation. According to his wife, he was a very patient, loquacious, and funny man. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Fruita, the DAV and Last Squad clubs. He died at the age of 91 and is buried in Fruita’s Elmwood Cemetery. *Photograph of Luisa and Pete Landini
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- Peter Baker
- Early resident of Crested Butte, Colorado. Died in the Jokerville Mine Explosion on January 24, 1884.
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- Peter Becker
- He grew up in Germany. When he was 14, he left home to work in the coal mines. After several years of mine labor, he went to South Africa to work in a gold mine with an English firm. He came to the United States, worked in the blast furnace of a steel mill in Pennsylvania, and saved enough money to come to Colorado. He made it to Central City, Colorado just as he ran out of money. There, he encountered a mine foreman who spoke German and hired him on the spot, and found financial success in Central City. He also spent time as a miner in Cripple Creek and Victor. After working at the mine, he bought and operated a brewery in Westcliffe, Colorado. He later became a fruit farmer in Mesa County, Colorado. Though he liked a property in Fruita, he refused to buy there because it was a dry town. With his new earnings Pete bought farmland in Orchard Mesa, near the old Whitewater Road and farmed it. However according to his daughter, Marie Young, he did eventually end up on a farm in Fruita. Pete enjoyed making wine out of his grape crops and also made moonshine.
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- Peter Bridges
- Contributor to "The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal," Retired American Foreign Service career officer. (source: The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal)
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- Peter Fox
- An early mountain hermit in the North Fork Valley of Delta County.
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- Peter Guy
- The Steak Pit restaurant, that much-beloved former Aspen institution, is what most people will associate with Barbara and Peter Guy. The couple helped open the restaurant in 1960, after arriving in Aspen in June of that year. They finally sold the Steak Pit in 2002. From the beginning of their Aspen tenure, both became well immersed in volunteer work in the community. Peter Guy served multiple terms on the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning commission and was involved in drafting Pitkin County’s original master plan. Peter was a member of the Aspen School Board for more than 20 years. He was also involved in the start of the Aspen Chamber of Commerce visitor’s bureau and the Aspen Restaurant Association. The parents of two children, Charlie and Cary, the couple became active volunteers with the Aspen Ski Club, especially on race days. In the late 1960s, Barbara and Peter were involved in the Aspen Community Church, including serving on its board. For 15 years, Barbara Guy worked with her close friend and fellow AHOF member Gretl Uhl in her Aspen Mountain restaurant; Guy for the next three years became instrumental in helping Bonnie Brucker Rayburn with the transition from Gretl’s to Bonnie’s. --Aspen Hall of Fame bio.