People

: William Benson "Ben" Male; Note: Referred to, in error, as Vinson Male in the oral interview for article, "Long Gone, But Not Forgotten...The Royal Hotel"

: William Bosley Foy; His family was one of the first families to settle in the Gateway area. In January of 1901, they migrated to Colorado on wagon and horseback by way of the Dolores River from Moab, Utah. Prior to this, he had engaged in farming and stock raising and established a freight train between Minersville, Utah and St. George, Utah. They raised all their own food and made sugarcane, molasses, and syrup. He passed in Grand Junction, Colorado. Grandfather of Nellie (Foy) Massey.

: William Bowie "Bill" May; The owner of Bar S Bar Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Bill's parents, Fred and Anna May, were both from Iowa. His father taught school in Iowa before homesteading in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, sometime between 1900 and 1910. He married Anna in 1917 and together had 5 children. Bill was their first son born in 1928. He grew up in Steamboat Springs on the ranch and later inherited it. He served as a corporal in the US Army during the Korean War. In addition to ranching, he had forty years of experience as a hunting guide and outfitter. He was a guitarist who sang songs that he made up, and who played folk music that had been passed onto him by his father and family. Bill apparently had a good knowledge of local history, including that of local schools. In the Country School Legacy on the Western Slope of Colorado project directed by Dr. Andrew Gulliford, Bill defended the integrity of country schools, stating, “I knew many of the people who received their education under such conditions and (as far as a ‘well-rounded’ education is concerned) most of them were among the best educated people I’ve ever known.” He blamed the end of local control over schools for the dilution of rural community. He died at the age of seventy-eight.

: William Broderson; He was born in Millard, Nebraska to Dahma Broderson (a German immigrant) and Julius Broderson (from Denmark). He worked as a farmer and rancher.

: William Burton "Burt" Rosenthal; He was born to Hyman and Kitty Rosenthal in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father was a tailor and his mother was a homemaker. They were both Russian Jews who had immigrated from England. The 1940 US Census shows Burt working as a printer for a printing company. He then enlisted as a private in the US Army during World War II. He attained the rank of captain before his discharge in 1946. He married Merian Sedalnick of Grand Junction in Salt Lake City on January 13, 1943. They lived together in Grand Junction. They owned and operated the L Cook Jewelry and Sporting Goods Company for many years. The L Cook was a store founded by Merian’s parents.

: William C. Dyer; He came with his wife and family to Colorado from Ohio in 1910, following his son, a photographer, who had settled in the town of Mesa, Colorado. He bought fourteen acres on land two miles west of the Methodist Church in town, and farmed.

: William Carl Osborne; According to George Cecil Harper, Carl Osborne was a homesteader near Loma in the 1910’s, along with Harper’s father, George W. Harper. He was involved in the mercantile business and the livestock business in early Fruita, Colorado. According to Cora (Brumbaugh) Henry, whose father owned the Brumbaugh Brothers grocery store, Osborne owned a hardware store that was located next door. He was also involved in business with his son, Max Osborne. He was the Fruita mayor for a time.

: William Carr; The Reverend William Carr was the pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Grand Junction, Colorado in the 1890’s and perhaps earlier. He made visits to Denver and met with the Sisters of Charity, who operated a hospital there. During those visits, he advocated for the establishment of a hospital in Grand Junction. In 1895, he went to Leavenworth, Kansas, the organizational home of the Sisters of Charity, and invited them to extend their health services to the Western Slope. They did so that same year.

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