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- Brad Miller
- In the early Twentieth century, he had a contract to sell wild horses in Wyoming. He collected nearly 500 horses from the canyons near the Turner Ranch in Utah.
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- Brad Wright
- A professor of history specializing in the History of Mexico since 1960. He teaches at Colorado Mesa University.
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- Brady Moore
- Contributor to "Being Here: A Gunnison Valley Journal," Cowboy and cowboy poet. (source: Being Here: A Gunnison Valley Journal). Contributor to "The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal," (source: The where that tells us who we are: A Gunnison Valley Journal)
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- Braeden Gilmore
- Contributor to "In Our Own Write," (source: In Our Own Write: A Gunnison Valley Journal)
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- Brain Peters
- "Peters had a long history in the region and was known as an outstanding community activist. In the early part of this decade he served a term on the Ridgway Town Council and on the Ridgway Planning Commission. He has also served on numerous boards and committees locally, and was becoming known regionally and even statewide for his work on broader issues, including the Barack Obama campaign. “Brian was well read and extremely articulate, and often challenged those of us in town government to think and act more outside the box,” said Mayor Pat Willits. “Brian loved Ridgway, and he aspired for us to be the very best community we can be.” Peters was born in 1954 in the Valley Forge Army Hospital in Pennsylvania. With a father in the army, Peters grew up all over the world, from Landstuhl, Germany, to Hot Springs, Ark., finally coming to rest in Denver where Peters went to high school. Peters went to college at Colorado State University in Fort Collins where he studied music. Peters played the trumpet, and several people say that he was classically trained. Though he later dropped the instrument, he was always known as a great lover of music, with tastes ranging from Miles Davis to John Prine. Peters arrived in Telluride shortly after graduating college. “He rode down here on a motorcycle, and like most of us, it was love at first sight,” said close friend Randy Gregory. Peters lived on Wilson Mesa for years in rustic conditions, with no running water or electricity, skiing in and out in the winter. Peters became involved with KOTO radio station, where he was a long-time DJ and, in the early 1980s, served as program director. “Brian was always involved in the radio,” said long-time KOTO station manager Ben Kerr. “He was instrumental in getting it off the ground and into the new building here. He was just a great, super guy, a hard worker.” Peters’s love for music reportedly led to another great love of his life, his wife, Priscilla. According to one report, the two met while working the KOTO beer booth during the Bluegrass Festival one year. “Actually, I think they may have met at a party at my house,” Kerr recalled. Whatever the case, the two were married in a ceremony on Log Hill Mesa and Peters moved to Ridgway where he became a pillar of the Ouray County community. A carpenter and contractor, Peters left his mark as a craftsman throughout Ridgway and the region. An environmentally minded person, Peters was interested in and supportive of green building and was currently involved in the construction of a straw bale home on the other side of Dallas Divide. He was mostly vegetarian and made himself welcome in many kitchens as a good cook. Peters also loved playing golf, camping in the desert and being with children and animals. “He was a dear friend, generous at heart,” said long-time friend Terre Bucknam. “Brian was the type of person that if he heard of something going on, he’d offer to help long before you asked him,” said Joyce Bucknam. “We’ve lost somebody very large in our community,” said close friend Susan Baker. “He was a man with a huge heart. His rudder in life was justice.” “Brian Peters was a Renaissance man who left the world too young and too soon,” Willits said. “He was always a man with vision. And he will be well remembered as truly an engaged citizen of Ridgway. He is greatly missed.” A memorial service will be held at noon on Saturday, August 16 at Ridgway Town Park and Community Center. The event will be followed by a potluck meal and fundraiser; funds will be used to have the cottonwood stump in Town Park near the post office sculpted into a bench in memory of Peters." --From: The Watch, accessed 8/16/18, dated 08/04/08: https://www.telluridenews.com/the_watch/news/article_a16ff05b-66c6-5d39-a823-399fbb35c645.html
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- Brandon Cole
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