People

: Sarah Jane (Holt) Livesay; A longtime resident of Hotchkiss, Colorado. She was born on Turkey Creek in Bourbon County, Kansas, during the Civil War, but grew up predominately on Lightening Creek near Oswego, Kansas. She was one of six children. Her mother died when she was 15, leaving her to care for her siblings. Her father, Jacob H. Holt, was a Civil War Veteran (born about 1830) who had both a “prairie farm” and a “timber farm.” He grew walnuts and hickory nuts. Miss Livesay married in 1881 in Cecil, Kansas, but continued living with her father and caring for her younger siblings. She and her husband then moved to what was then known as Indian Territory, where they farmed for a few years before returning to Kansas. They moved to Delta County, Colorado in 1897. They chartered a train car to Pueblo and took a narrow gauge to Delta. With her husband, Henry Monroe Livesay, she was an early day resident of the North Fork area of Delta County. They had seven children. They lived in a seven bedroom house in Hotchkiss until 1922, when they traded their house for ranch property on Hanson Mesa.

: Sarah Maolone; Student at Colorado Christian University, graduated May, 2015.

: Sarah Margueritte "Bobbie" (Alley) Wood; She was born in Waynesboro, Tennessee to Amos H. Alley and Mamie Eve (Neett) Alley. She grew up in Haskell, Texas, where she attended high school. She then went to speedwriting school. She later went to Mesa College. She married Robert Garland Wood on March 21, 1942. They had three children. They moved to Loma, Colorado in 1961. They lived in Fruita from 1968 to 1969, then in Grand Junction from 1969 to 1980. They settled in Clifton after that. Her husband worked for Blackline Asphalt (Husky Oil) for many years. Beginning in 1966, she worked as a volunteer in the Lower Valley Hospital in Fruita. When the hospital added a nursing home, she became the director of programming, a position she held for six years and four months, overseeing mental and physical therapy, arts and crafts. She managed twenty-two volunteers and worked seven days a week, leaving only when the Federal government began funding the program in 1973. In 1975, she was given the Ruth B. Wyper Award for outstanding volunteer service. She began work on a Master’s degree, but health problems prevented her from finishing.

: Sarah Melissa (Robinson) Gillespie; She was an early resident of the Aspen area, and considered a pioneer Christian Scientist on the Western Slope. With her husband Henry Gillespie, she owned the El Jebel Ranch near Basalt. "Melissa Gillespie was an educated and cultured woman, having attended an Eastern finishing school. She became Aspen's first school superintendent and set about rounding off the rough edges of the frontier settlement and introducing urban refinements. She formed the Aspen Literary Society and published a literary periodical while raising three children. She helped establish a church mission and the forerunner of the Aspen Community Church, plus a sabbath school. Melissa was known for creating elaborate meals from the meager supplies available. She organized musicals and dances, and served as vice-president of a local temperance union, which waged battle against demon rum."--Aspen Hall of Fame video

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