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- Bill Heicher
- William Heicher was born in Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Denver in 1948. He was raised in Littleton, Colorado and graduated from Arapahoe High School. In 1970, Bill Heicher graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in Wildlife Management. After spending three seasons working in a US Forest Service Hot Shot crew, Heicher was employed by the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW). He worked for CDOW from July 1971 to August 2003 and retired as District Wildlife Manager for the Eagle District. Between 2003 and 2011, Heicher worked for the Town of Eagle as the community's first Open Space Coordinator. Heicher served on the Eagle Town Council from 1994 to 2002, presiding as Mayor Pro-Tem between 1998 and 2002. Heicher also served on the Board of Directors for the Eagle River Watershed Council, Eagle County Planning Commission, Eagle County Open Space Advisory Committee, and Western Eagle County Metropolitan Recreation District. Bill Heicher is married to Kathy Lell Heicher, who is the retired editor of the Eagle Valley Enterprise. Kathy Heicher is currently the Board of Directors President of the Eagle County Historical Society; she also works as a freelance journalist and local history author. The Heichers have 2 sons.
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- Bill Kees
- From the Telluride Daily Planet: William “Bill” Kees Dec. 22, 1941 — Nov. 9, 2021 Born on Dec. 22, 1941 to Josephine (Albers) and Herbert Kees in Los Angeles, California, Bill spent his childhood and young adult years in the San Fernando Valley. As the youngest of three, Bill enjoyed the attention of his doting siblings. His brother Greg inspired a love of adventure, and his sister Joan cultivated his commitment to family. He attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calinfornia, and graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in geology, an apt foreshadowing of his many years spent up close and personal with rocks — especially granite. After college, Bill returned to Los Angeles, but his love for adventure soon pulled him away. In 1968, Bill spent a winter bussing tables and bartending in Aspen where he discovered his first love — the mountains. In the early 1970s, Bill met his second (true) love, Susan (Davis). After some cajoling, he convinced Susan to trade in her practical low heels for hiking boots and move where the air is cleaner. In 1972, they loaded Susan’s toddlers Scott and Lorraine up in the van and headed east toward Aspen. Along the way, they stopped in Telluride, where the ski area would open the following winter. They pitched a tent in the town park, did laundry at the Miner’s Union, and quickly realized there was no place they would rather be. Over the next 50 years, Bill wove himself into the fabric of the Telluride community. In 1973, Bill and Susan got married beside a waterfall at Dunton Hot Springs. Two years later, their son Blake was born in the small clinic in Norwood. After various odd jobs, Bill discovered a talent for carpentry. He worked as a general contractor for many years, but soon realized his gift of gab could be an asset in real estate sales as well. Bill rode Telluride’s real estate wave through the early 1990s, retiring at age 55 to get back to his passion for adventure and the outdoors. Throughout the 1970s, Bill dedicated himself to perfecting the art of mountain living. Known to many as “The Father of the Ophir Wall,” he was among the pioneer climbers in the area, with dozens of routes to his name. An avid backcountry skier, Bill and his friends got first tracks down nearly every face in the San Juans. In 1979, he co-founded the Telluride Mountain Film Festival to celebrate and share his love for climbing, mountaineering, river rafting, hiking and adventures of all sorts. Bill’s van became a fixture across the Southwest as he and Susan rafted nearly every river in the region. His rafting swansong took him from the headwaters of the Green River to the confluence with the Colorado, all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. This feat is catalogued in Susan’s recently published memoir “Tandem Rowing.” Above all else, Bill loved his family, which extended well beyond bloodlines to his countless cherished friends, the entire Telluride community, and his second home in Pescadero, Mexico. He is survived by his loving wife Susan, sons Scott (Mandie) and Blake (Deb), daughter Lorraine (Paul) and grandchildren Mira (22), Alex (21), Zach (19), Marius (19), Cricket (12) and Ozzy (11). Details about Bill’s celebration of life gathering will be shared when available. William “Bill” Kees passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 9 (2021) at his home in Telluride with his wife Susan by his side. He was 79 years old. --Taken 11/19/21 from: https://www.telluridenews.com/news/article_6eafc7b4-4406-11ec-8f36-53fb4f84491c.html
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- Bill Keith
- An artist who had artwork displayed in the Art on the Corner (AOTC) exhibit in Downtown Grand Junction.
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- Bill Liddle
- A road construction supervisor on the Colorado National Monument during the building of Rim Rock Drive. He witnessed the road-building disaster that killed several workers. He died in 1934 during a separate blasting accident on the road.
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- Bill Little
- He was a foreman under the command of National Park Service engineer Thomas Secrest during the construction of Rim Rock Drive over the Colorado National Monument in the 1930's. He worked with men who lived in Civilian Conservation Corps camps on the Monument and in Fruita (near the Monument entrance). According to oral history interviewee Elbert Miracle, Little was present when a tunnel building accident that killed nine men occurred. Miracle had stomach problems and had walked away from the worksite. There, Little was trying to help him when the accident took place nearby.