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- Bill Elze
- Cattlemen's Days Parade Marshall 2008, former Cattlemen's Days participant, former Cattlemen's Days Committee member, Member of Gunnison Valley Stockgrowers, Masonic Lodge, Elks Club (from 2008 Cattlemen's Days Brochure)
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- Bill Fenstermaker
- Art has been an important part of Bill Fenstermaker’s life since he was a child, and when he was eight, his grandfather decided to challenge his creativity by introducing him to fly fishing and fly tying. These two pursuits ran side by side for several years, throughout the mid 80s, when Bill worked as a guide and commercial fly tyer for various shops in the Denver metro area. Bill moved to the Western Slope in 1995 and took the position of plant manager at Whiting Farms, a national hackle producer and distributor based in Delta. During his five-year tenure there, he helped institute the Whiting Farms Pro Team, of which he is still a proud member. Currently, Bill is self-employed as a wildlife artist and custom fly tyer and also serves as president of Grand Valley Anglers in Grand Junction.
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- Bill Flynn
- Husband of Nora McGinley Flynn. Time Keeper for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in Gunnison, Colorado. Early Grand Junction resident.
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- Bill Flynn Jr.
- An early Grand Junction resident and steel construction worker.
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- Bill Graham
- Bill Graham was a concert promoter, that brought many bands to Telluride, Colorado, including the Grateful Dead, in 1987. Graham lived part-time in Telluride, Colorado, until he died in a helicopter crash on 10/25/1991.
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- Bill Hanlon
- Wiliam Lawrence “Bill” Hanlon was born in September of 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts. During his early adult life, Bill worked for the Boston area Public Utilities. In 1962, Bill met his future wife, Sally, and their lifelong friend, Sally Cox, while skiing on Sugarloaf Mountain in the Carrabassett Valley of western Maine. In 1966, Bill and Sally Hanlon were married. Later in 1966 while Sally Hanlon continued to teach and work as a guidance counselor in Newton, Massachusetts, Bill set up their life in Crested Butte, Colorado. While in Crested Butte, the Hanlons established lifelong friendships with Dave and Renie Gorsuch, Paul Johnston, and Sally Cox, Renie Gorsuch’s sister. Circa 1967, the Hanlons, Gorsuches, Paul Johnston and Sally Cox (who married in 1970) relocated to Vail. In 1968, the Hanlons and Johnston opened the Nu Gnu nightclub. While operating the Nu Gnu, Bill also managed the Clock Tower Inn alongside John Kaemmer, in addition to finishing his degree from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. In 1970, the Hanlons established the Emporium which evolved into Wild Bill’s Emporium. In 1976, the Hanlons opened Vail Village Travel Agency (now Talbot Travel) and established Vail Boot & Shoe in 1982. All three of these businesses are still in operation. During the 1960s, Bill Hanlon was instrumental in establishing Vail Interfaith Chapel. As an outspoken advocate for pedestrian cores in Vail Village and Lionshead, Hanlon served as an early board member of the Vail Planning Commission and on the Design Review Board. In 1985, the Hanlons established the Vail Valley Medical Center Family Dinner Dance benefit in part as a way for local and guest children of high school and college-age to meet. The event continues to be the hospital’s largest fundraiser. Bill and Sally Hanlon also served on the board of Vail Mountain School for a combined twenty-two years. Bill and Sally Hanlon were the first recipients of the Vail Trailblazer Award. Read into the public record on 23 August 2016 by the Vail Town Council, The Vail Trailblazer Award documented the Hanlon’s “courage, leadership, vision, and commitment” in enhancing the community’s “social, recreational, cultural, educational and environmental values.” Bill and Sally Hanlon have two children: Margaret (Meg) and Joe.