People

: Levi Allison Clark; Early 20th century Palisade fruit farmer. Son of James Allison Clark and Phoebe Jane Clark, Palisade homesteaders and fruit farmers who came to the Palisade area from southeastern Kansas when Levi was 11 years old. Sibling of Harry, James and Bertha Clark. *Photograph from the 1909 Palisade High School yearbook.

: Levi Parminter Morse; He first arrived in Grand Junction, Colorado in January 1905 when he was around ten years old. The family moved from Red Oaks, Iowa and briefly settled in town before moving to the Fruitvale area on what was then East Grand Avenue. He attended the Allen School in Fruitvale and then Grand Junction High School. He lived for a time on the Colorado plains, where he met his wife, Elizabeth June (Eaton) Morse, before returning to the Grand Valley in 1924. He was a farmer and helped build the Valley Creamery Association, where he worked for a number of years. He also became the chief chemist at the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company Factory.

: Lew Parcell; He was born in Centerville, Ohio to William and Nellie Parcell. He came to Telluride, Colorado in 1909, when he was 21 years old. There, he worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. He moved to Silverton in 1913 in order to work for the Western Colorado Power Company. He later ran a garage and a grocery store. He purchased the Grand Imperial Hotel in 1958 and ran it for five years. He married Elva Glanville of Silverton in 1914. He was the Democratic Party chairman for San Juan County for forty-four years.

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