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- Thomas Gene "Tommy" Litton
- He was born in Grand Junction, Colorado to John Howard Litton and Jennie P. Litton. He grew up on a farm in Pomona and attended Grand Junction High School, where he belonged to several clubs and served in student government. He was drafted by the US Army in 1942, and was listed as working for the J.W. Milne Transfer company at that time. He later purchased Milne Transfer, and renamed it first Litton's Warheouse, and then Litton's Moving and Storage. The 1977 US City Directory for Grand Junction states that his company was the local agent for the Mayflower Transit Company. He also bought the Gateway-Uravan Stage Line and Star Postal Route from Dorothy Tindall in 1964. He married Aileen Marie Krebbs in Denver on June 18, 1945. They had two children. She passed away in 2008, preceding him in death by two years. He is buried in Grand Junction's Veterans cemetery.
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- Thomas Harrison Moore
- He was born in Columbus, Ohio to George Moore and Kathryn (Harrison) Moore. He attended Worthington High School, graduating in 1964. He then attended the University of Ohio at Columbus. He was drafted into the armed forces just before he could graduate in 1968. He served in the United States Army from January 1969 to September 1970. He was stationed in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Fort Ben Harrison, Indiana, and Chu Lai, Vietnam. He was selected from his company for a specialization in finance. He arrived in Vietnam on July 10, 1969. He was assigned to the Army’s 23rd Infantry Americal Division at Chu Lai, where he was posted to guard duty. He received the Arcom Medal for his service in the Vietnam War. He attained the rank of E4. After the war, he traveled for a couple years before moving to Western Colorado. He attended Western State College, finishing in 1972, before embarking on a career in counseling that same year. He was a counselor at the time of his oral history interview with the Mesa County Oral History Project in 1983. He married in 1976. He and his wife had two children. He was a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America. He is the author of the book, Driving to the Darkness: Splinter’s Journey Through the 1960’s.
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- Thomas Harrison Moore
- He was born in Columbus, Ohio to George Moore and Kathryn (Harrison) Moore. He attended Worthington High School, graduating in 1964. He then attended the University of Ohio at Columbus. He was drafted into the armed forces just before he could graduate in 1968. He served in the United States Army from January 1969 to September 1970. He was stationed in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Fort Ben Harrison, Indiana, and Chu Lai, Vietnam. He was selected from his company for a specialization in finance. He arrived in Vietnam on July 10, 1969. He was assigned to the Army’s 23rd Infantry Americal Division at Chu Lai, where he was posted to guard duty. He received the Arcom Medal for his service in the Vietnam War. He attained the rank of E4. After the war, he traveled for a couple years before moving to Western Colorado. He attended Western State College, finishing in 1972, before embarking on a career in counseling that same year. He was a counselor at the time of his oral history interview with the Mesa County Oral History Project in 1983. He married in 1976. He and his wife had two children. He was a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America. He is the author of the book, Driving to the Darkness: Splinter’s Journey Through the 1960’s.
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- Thomas J. "T.J." Flynn
- In 1932, at a cocktail party in LA, Aspen native TJ Flynn, with mining claims to sell, met Olympic gold medal bobsledder Billy Fiske, who, along with Ted Ryan of Aspen, wanted to see an American resort to rival Europe’s finest. They settled on the Castle Creek Valley near Aspen. The Highlands-Bavarian Lodge opened in 1936 and operated ski tours in the valley. Guests would climb the surrounding mountains and ski down, back to the lodge at the confluence of the Conundrum and the Castle Creeks. Flynn and Fiske—along with Ryan—proposed Colorado's first major ski area on the slopes of Hayden Peak with the grand ambition of an aerial tram that would reach all the way to the 13,000-foot saddle south of Hayden Peaks's summit—covering 3.2 miles of slope with a vertical rise of 4,000 feet. Andre Roch and Italian Gunther Langes surveyed the east slopes of Hayden Peak, and the following year Flynn's company obtained title to the ghost town of Ashcroft. A year later, the route of the aerial tram was surveyed. Ted successfully lobbied the Colorado Legislature to issue $650,000 in bonds for this valley-to-peak tramway, and a 1936 brochure, written by columnist Robert Benchly and entitled How to Aspen, sought endorsements and investors for the project. The Highland-Bavarian Corp. was about to get its first chairlift when the United States entered WWII and all steel orders were cancelled. Fiske was killed fighting with the R.A.F. in 1940, and with the inspirational heart of the plans gone, their plans came to an end. But, after the war, the focus would shift to the town of Aspen where an infrastructure already existed and the spirit of the dream of Fiske, Flynn and Ryan would be realized. —Photos: Aspen Historical Society