People

: Vernon L. "Roy" McCoy; He was born to Thomas S. McCoy and Harriet E. (Brewin) McCoy in Brooklyn, Iowa, and moved with his parents and siblings to Mesa County, Colorado in 1911, when he was about 18 years old. They lived one mile east of Fruita, and he recalled the small ranches and close proximity to neighbors, very different from the large sprawling farms of Iowa. He worked as a locomotive engineer and machinist for the Uintah Railroad and the Rio Grande Southern Railroad from age 22 (1915) to age 70 (1963). He had a small stint as an engineer on a railroad engine in the Army over in France from 1918-1919. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Odd Fellows and the Masons. He also served on the school board.