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- A.R. Craig
- Dr. A.R. Craig was president of the Mesa School District 25 in Mesa, Colorado in the early 1900's. According to the article "History rides tall on Lloyd ranch," Craig was a physician who operated a hospital from his home, a frame house on the "old Gasaway place" (Daily Sentinel, May 18, 1975). The Sentinel also states that Craig was the first physician in the Mesa Creek Valley. He hired Anna (Barker) Foster from Kansas for a teaching position in 1908. According to Foster, who lived with the Craigs, his home and office were both in the town of Mesa.
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- Abbott Eastman Fay
- Abbott Eastman Fay was born in Nebraska and attended college at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. He taught and served as a principal in Leadville public schools from 1952-54. He then moved to Mesa College in Grand Junction, where he taught until 1964. From 1964 to 1982, he taught history at Western State College in Gunnison, retiring as Associate Professor Emeritus. He was the author of several books about Colorado history. *Some information for this article was taken from the website of the Grand County Historical Society.