People
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- Rueben Dove
- An early mountain hermit in the North Fork Valley of Delta County.
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- Rufus Hirons
- He came to Grand Junction, Colorado from Iowa at the age of three. When his family arrived in 1909, they moved to 1137 Rood Avenue. He graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1923, and began working for his grandfather, Rufus Tawney, in sheep and cattle ranching operations. In 1905, he was baptized in the Congregational Church and became a member in 1940. *Photograph from 1923 Grand Junction High School yearbook.
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- Rufus Tawney
- He came to Western Colorado in the early 1900’s, and established cattle and sheep ranching operations near Baxter Pass. This ranch land was later sold to Vail Associates and is now called the Vail Resorts Management Company. Also, he owned the Tawney Land and Livestock Company which consisted of ranches located in Mack and Minturn, Colorado.