People

: Dave Erickson; Dave Erickson is a long-time resident of Telluride, Colorado. Dave is from Chicago, but moved to Detroit to sell IBM products for 10 years. In the 1980's, Dave and his wife, Joe Ann, purchased the Timberline Hardware store in Telluride. Dave also purchased a home in Ames, Colorado. Dave became active in the San Miguel County government by joining the Board of Adjustment and then the Planning and Zoning Committee. He also was the president of the Rotary Club in Telluride and worked on the Film Festival Fund Raising Committee. He has a daughter named Laura.

: Dave Fishell; A longtime local and Colorado historian who resides in Mesa County, Colorado. At one time, he was an employee of the Daily Sentinel.

: Dave Garton; David Garton, Jr. was born 29 April 1941 to David Sr. and Virginia Vollrath Garton in the community of Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. He was the eldest of six. Tim Garton, his brother and another long-time local, was the second eldest. Dave Garton graduated from Sheboygan Central High School in 1959 and lettered in football, basketball and track. Sheboygan is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan; thus, Garton learned to love water early on. He graduated from Amherst College and earned his MBA at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois. Garton was first in his class at Northwestern University. He worked for E. and J. Gallo Winery prior to his arrival in Vail. At the behest of his good friend from high school, Paul Testwuide, Dave Garton, Tim Garton, and cousin Rob Garton, all arrived in Vail in the 1960s. Dave Garton’s first jobs were with Vail Associates as a ski instructor and member of the ski patrol. He also worked in mountain operations and snow-making. In the early days of Vail, Garton partnered in the Cornuti Bar and owned Garton’s Saloon. Garton has also been involved in real estate development throughout Eagle County for many years. The Gartons are well-known for their excellent sense of humor. Dave Garton famously participated in many elaborate and creative antics with Packy Walker, Charlie McLaughlin, Paul Testwuide and others. Dave Garton married Sara Bartholomew in Sheboygan, Wisconsin where children Bart and Samantha were born. Later, Garton married Sande Holst; daughter Ashley was born to that union. The Gartons currently make their home in Buckhorn Valley near Gypsum, Colorado.

: Dave Goe; Staff member at MCL.

: Dave Harper

: Dave Joggerst

: Dave Knight; According to oral history interviewee Charles Burg, who broke horses with Knight and camped with him, Knight’s mother was a Cherokee Indian from Oklahoma, and he continued with many traditional ways, including use of the soap weed’s root as a dishrag, and the use of a “stockade” corral constructed from horizontal and vertical poles. He also used Mormon Tea to brew a kind of tea. Burg describes Knight as tall and dark with black hair. He probably came to Mesa County sometime around 1913, when he was riding in the Piceance Basin as a representative for a large ranching operation called the Lane Company. Early 20th century Palisade and DeBeque area rancher of both cattle and buffalo. Many of the wild horses currently living in the Book Cliffs are reputed to come from his stock.