People

: Thomas "Tom" Horn; Western scout, lawman, and hired gunman. He reputedly worked for cattle ranchers in the Routt County area, where he targeted and killed sheep ranchers.

: Thomas "Tom" Williams; He was born Douneika Amalias Eleias, and moved to Grand Junction, Colorado from Greece in 1914. Thomas worked as a waterboy for the railroad, a coal miner in Thompson, Utah, and ran an operation selling ice cream from a horse-drawn wagon. Then he went on to buy his cousin's grocery store, Eliopulos Grocery Store, in 1932. Later, Thomas owned grocery stores on Colorado Avenue at 801 N. First Street and other locations in town. He married Helen Williams in 1936.

: Thomas A. Nevens; Thomas Nevens was born in Garnett, Kansas in 1887. He served in World War I on the Western Front. When he returned home he became a prominent attorney in the state of Colorado. He loved history, particularly Chaffee County history, and was instrumental in recording and preserving pioneer interviews with some of Chaffee County's notables. He was Donna Nevens' father-in-law.

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