People

: Austin Tindall; Born in Denver, Colorado. He worked as a licensed minister in the Assembly of God Church in Grand Junction, Colorado, did construction work, and was the owner and operator of the Gateway-Uravan Stage. He took over the Star postal route from Edward Martin in 1951 and operated it for just under 5 years. He married Dorothy Martin on June 13, 1943.

: Austin Wilbur Laycock; He was born in Georgetown, Ohio to Peter Laycock and Mary Belle (Evans) Laycock. His father was a tobacco farmer and his mother was a homemaker. Austin had moved with his wife Minnie May (Daizey) Laycock to Delta, Colorado by at least 1909, when he started an automotive garage there. According to his son, Lowell Laycock, Austin worked as a mechanic until 1917, when he partnered with a man named Keppler to open a Star and Durant Agency to sell Star and Durant Automobiles. However, Durant motors was not established until 1921, indicating that Laycock sold a different kind of automobile. Austin Laycock moved the agency, the Laycock Motor Company, to Grand Junction in 1924. After Star and Durant went out of business, he sold Hudson automobiles and Diamond T trucks, and eventually began selling Chrysler and Plymouth automobiles under the same company name. City directories list Wilbur Laycock as the owner and operator until 1957, with Lowell listed as a salesman at the dealership. According to his brother Earl Laycock, Austin became one of the first people in the country to haul cars from the dealer by tractor trailer in 1949.

: Avard Fairbanks; A renowned sculptor and native Utahan known in part for his art commissioned by the Church of Latter Day Saints. Much of his collection is housed at the Fairbanks Museum of History and Art in Fairbanks, Utah. *Public domain photo by Harold Goff of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (circa 1914)

: Avery Dobie; 2008 Cattlemen's Days Attendant, member of Gunnison High School Rodeo Team, Member of 4-H (from 2008 Cattlemen's Days Brochure) 2005 Cattlemen's Days Junior Miss, Member of 4-H, Member of Bad Girls Barrel Racing Club (From 2005 Cattlemen's Days Brochure)

: Avery Forsythe; Contributor to "Out of the Blue and Into the Sun," (source: Out of the Blue and Into the Sun: A Gunnison Valley Journal)

: Avery J Pulley; Contributor to "In Our Own Write," (source: In Our Own Write: A Gunnison Valley Journal)

: Avery Newton Burford; He was born to Roland "Tank" Burford and Caroline (Newton) Burford in Fresno, California. His father was an attorney and his mother was a homemaker. US Census records indicate that he had come to Mesa County, Colorado by at least 1900. In doing so he followed his older brother, Robert "Fred" Burford, who arrived in the 1880's and cattle ranched on Pinon Mesa before moving to Whitewater. Avery Burford is shown living in Whitewater and working on the railroad by the 1900 census. Colorado marriage records show that he married Ruby Dodgion on December 11, 1904. By 1910, he was living with his in-laws, the Dodgions, and working as a stockman in Whitewater. He continued to live in Whitewater and to work as a stockman. He seemed to have also maintained family ranch lands on Pinon Mesa. According to Don Rogers, Burford provided the tracking expertise that led to Rogers when he became lost in the wilderness as a six-year-old boy in 1918.

: Avis (Turner) Corcoran; She was born in Colorado and graduated from Fruita High School. Her husband was a rancher, and she spent the summers on the ranch above De Beque and the rest of the year with her children in Grand Junction, Colorado.

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