People

: William "Bill" McGinley; He was an Irish immigrant who homesteaded in Fruita, Colorado in the 1880's, and was one of the founders of Grand Junction, Colorado. With J. Clayton Nichols and O.D. Russell, he came into the Grand Valley directly after the Utes had been forcibly removed by the United States Army in 1881. He settled Fruita's Star District on 19 Road, next to the homestead of his brother John McGinley. He was a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad engineer in Gunnison, Colorado.

: William "Bill" Wallace Cunningham; He was born in Denver, Colorado during the time in which his family owned a ranch just over the state line in Nebraska. The family moved to Cisco, Utah in 1927, where his family had a long ranching history, and grew up there on the Cisco Ranch (which became the Cunningham Ranch). He twice accompanied his father to Kansas City on cattle-selling trips. He was a rancher.

: William "Bill" Whatley Jr.; A native of Mesa County, Colorado and the son of William Whatley, an early veterinarian in the area, and Ann Virginia (Woods) Whatley, an established horsewoman, journalist, and realtor. He attended Ft. Lewis College for archaeology, and became the archaeologist for the Pueblo of Jemez. He assisted with the return of Pueblo Indian remains from Harvard University to the Pueblo people.

: William "Billy" Fitzpatrick; He was a sheep rancher who owned a large outfit in the Montrose and Mesa Counties in the first half of the Twentieth century. He was the largest sheep operator in Western Colorado. He died in Leadville of pneumonia sometime in the mid-1900s. His estate, including 36,000 sheep and considerable debt, was administered by William Weiser, and took six years to clear up satisfactorily.

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