People

: Robert A. "Bob" Orr; Homesteader in the Pomona area of Mesa County, Colorado who was said to have planted the first fruit trees in the Grand Valley area. According to Craig Aupperle, Orr planted his apple orchard along Struthers Avenue, close to the Colorado River. The orchard stretched from near 5th Street to the old sugar factory on 9th Street, an area that now encompasses the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens. US Census records show him residing in Pomona by 1900.

: Robert A. "Bob" Ross; Robert Ross was born in Iowa and came to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1905, after receiving his degree from the University of Colorado. He taught in the Pomona School upon his arrival. He married Pearl S. Smith in 1908. They settled on a ten-acre farm in the Fruitvale area in 1912, on the east end of North Avenue, where they farmed fruit. He was the principal of the Fruitvale School in early Fruitvale, Colorado. He was elected to the Fruitvale School Board, and was later named the superintendent of schools for the Fruitvale district. He acquired interest in the Hoel Business College in 1916. It became the Ross Business College in 1927. He was also a columnist for The Daily Sentinel.

: Robert Allen; Robert Allen was a KOTO Radio general manager, from 1986 until 1988, in Telluride, Colorado. In addition to being a manager, Allen also served the radio station as a bookkeeper, a music director, and more recently, has been a KOTO board member.

: Robert Anthony Dal Porto; Rancher, engineer, and marine veteran from Contra Costa County, California who moved to Grand Junction in November 1981 to work as an engineer for Chevron. He moved back to California sometime after the 1982 Black Sunday oil shale bust. He passed away in Discovery Bay, California on January 8, 2015 at the age of 89.

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