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- Arthur J. Tufly
- He was born in Iowa in 1888. When he was thirteen years old, his father traded their farm in Iowa for a farm in the Appleton area of Mesa County, Colorado. Tufly attended the Lobeck school and commuted via the Interurban to Grand Junction for high school, which he did not finish. He wanted to become a cowboy, but his father told him that he would be disowned if he did so. Instead, he began working on Hollis Tyler’s farm at the age of 17. He married Tyler’s daughter, Salome (Tyler) Tufly, in 1908. He farmed sugar beets, oats, alfalfa and other crops. He worked odd jobs in the Winter, including hauling hay to people’s homes.