People

: Wilma Lorene (Terrell) Brubaker; She was born in Grainfield, Kansas to Jessie E. Terrell and Mabel F. (Embree) Terrell. Her father was a farmer and trucker. Her mother was a homemaker who had attended Nebraska Wesleyan University. US Census records show that the family was living in Hugo, Colorado by 1930, when Lorene was 13 years old. She married Kermit C. Brubaker on April 1, 1936 in Pueblo. The 1940 and 1950 US Censuses show them living in El Paso County, where she was a homemaker. They came to Mesa County, Colorado in 1961, when Kermit was appointed pastor of what was then called the United Presbyterian Church in nearby Loma (now the Loma Community Church). They lived during this time at 422 Belford Avenue in Grand Junction. She gained employment at St. Mary’s Hospital in nearby Grand Junction, where she worked for fourteen years before retiring.

: Wilma Youmans; 2017 Cattlemen's Days Parade Marshal, originally from Oklahoma and Texas. Married Joe Youmans in 1966. Former member of the Cowbells and current member of Pine Home Club. (source: 2017 Cattlemen's Days Brochure)

: Wilmoth Everett; Born in 1913 in La Junta, Colorado. Father: Martin Webster McFarland. Mother: Addie Suzanna Kerschner. Migrated to Salida in 1920. Married to local pioneer and rancher George Everett.

: Wilson McCarthy; Wilson McCarthy administered the Rio Grande Railroad property as a trustee. He was a wealthy businessman connected with the Walker Brothers bank in Salt Lake City.

: Wilson Rockwell; Wilson Rockwell was the author of a book called Sunset Slope, a series of short histories about events in Western Colorado history during the late 1890s and early 1900s. He later created a series of radio plays based in part on his book, and they were broadcast in the Grand Junction area on KREX during the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. He also wrote other books on Western Colorado history, including The Utes: A Forgotten People and Uncompahgre.

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