People

: William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey; He was the heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 1919 to 1926, and a cultural icon in the 1920's, when boxing was on par with baseball in popularity. He grew up in Manassa and Montrose, Colorado. According to Mesa County Oral History interviewee Grace Wade, Dempsey worked one summer for her father, Benjamin Felix Hill, in the Moffat Mine.

: William Henry Borschell; He moved with his parents to Grand Junction in 1895. He was the custodian of First United Methodist Church in Grand Junction, Colorado, and he was on the board that laid out the Grand Mesa Institute grounds for the Grand Mesa Christian Association. He was also a salesman in the shoe business. With his wife, Edith Jaynes, he purchased an orchard in Fruitridge, and later at 2878 Orchard Avenue in Fruitvale.

: William Henry Cox; He was a dry goods merchant in the general merchandise business. The 1912 Grand Junction City Directory shows that he owned a store called William H. Cox and Company in Mack, Colorado, a business that operated at least until 1927. The 1916 Grand Junction City Directory shows that he owned a store called the Regulator Stores Company on Pabor Avenue in Fruita. In 1922, he owned a store called the Cox and Brewer Merc and Cattle Company. He later became a farmer in the Redlands. He died and is buried in Riverside, California.

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