People

: Reverend Thompson; Minister of the Congregational Church in early day Whitewater, Colorado.

: Rex Halterman; Rex Halterman has a B.F.A. degree in Studio Art, and has been working as a professional craftsman for over thirty years. His work is collected world-wide, and can be found in several public art collections.

: Rex Howell; Founder of Grand Junction's first radio station, KFXJ (now KREX), in 1930. He also founded the town's first television station in 1954. He began a radio station in the Denver Area in 1926. After visiting Grand Junction and finding it had little radio reception, he and his wife decided to move to the Grand Valley, which they did in 1930. He founded radio station KFXJ, which later became KREX. He placed the station on top of a hill in the First Fruitridge area, and developed the rest of the area for residential use. He later created a KREX television station as well. With Al Look, he raised money for the March of Dimes at KREX. While teaching communications to Aviation Cadets during World War II, he decided to become a pilot. He became a squadron commander for the Civil Air Patrol. He also had an interest in ham radio, and cooperated with the United States Navy to bring radio programming to ships during the war. He was a Colorado State Legislator from 1956-58, and 1960-64. Howell was a good friend and employer of broadcaster Robert “Bob” Collins

: Rex Myers; Contributor to "The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal," (source: The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal)

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