People

: Charles W. Yates; Charles Washington Yates was born on October 10, 1906 in Neleigh, Nebraska to his father, Charles W. Yates and mother Ella Naomi Bare Yates. In 1912, the family moved to Placerville, Colorado and then to Wilson Mesa (near Telluride, Colorado) in 1913. Charles grew-up on Wilson Mesa on his father’s cattle ranch and attended school there. After the eighth grade, Charles went to work on his father’s farm and also found work on the county roads. During the Great Depression, Charles worked as a miner at the Smuggler mine, but went back to work on his father’s ranch until it sold in 1943. Charles ultimately left the Telluride area once the ranch was sold. He then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he married Wilma Lea Watson (1907-1967). The couple had two children: Leslie Charles Yates (1949-2008) and Adele Wilma Yates (1951-2003). Charles worked for the Kennecott Copper Mine, near Salt Lake City. Charles passed away on March 10, 1996. Picture includes his wife, Wilma, son, Leslie, and daughter, Adele.

: Charles Zimmerman; He was born in Illinois and moved with his wife and family from Kansas to Mesa County, Colorado in 1907. They settled first in Appleton and then in Clifton, where he farmed. During the 1880's he worked as a surveyor. He first came to Colorado for the survey of a canal, and then took a job on a cattle ranch near the La Sal Mountains for a time. After marriage, he returned to the Grand Valley with the intent to farm apples. He did grow apples until frost and the coddling moth made it impossible to turn a profit. He also grew sugar beets. Father of Harold V. Zimmerman.

: Charley Chittenden; He was a horse trainer who worked with his half-brother, Dave Knight, capturing and breaking wild horses. They were both born in Oklahoma to a Cherokee mother. Charles Burg, who worked breaking horses with both brothers, recalls Charley as tall and dark with black hair and blue eyes. He had lots of gold teeth, and was, according to Burg, more used to sleeping in “modern hotels” than he was sleeping on the ground “with the snakes.” According to William Whatley, he was also fairly educated and was known for ordering in French at restaurants. Burg says of Chittenden, “to put it mildly, he was crazy.”

: Charley Holmes; He was a good friend and legal partner of Silmon L. Smith. The two of them prospected for uranium together, invested in oil shale leases, and had a good time together.

: Charley Marlow; A former outlaw who worked as a rancher in the Kannah Creek area in the early Twentieth century.

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