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- Lotus (Hocker) Blevins
- She married Willis "W. L." Blevins in 1918, and moved with him to Mesa County in 1920, due to interest in a building project of the Redlands Water and Power Company. They bought land for a farm in the Redlands area. She was a founding member of the Redlands Women's Club, a social club that met in the homes of Redlands residents and later at what is now the Redlands Community Center.
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- Lou Meskimen - alias the "Masked Man"
- Lewis “Lou” Meskimen, Jr. was born 20 February 1942 in Iowa City, IA to Lois Marguerite Allen and Lewis Meskimen, Sr. Meskimen grew up in Iowa, Illinois and Michigan as the son of a community-minded Presbyterian minister. His great grandfather, also named Lewis Meskimen, served in the 5th Regiment, Iowa Infantry during the Civil War. Lou Meskimen was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War era and served as a medic in Germany. After being discharged, Meskimen remained in Germany 5 years where he fostered his love of mountains and also learned to ski. Upon returning to the U.S., Meskimen attended the University of California – Santa Barbara and earned a teaching credential. A resident of Vail and Eagle County for over 35 years, Meskimen was locally known as “the Masked Man.” Meskimen operated Thank You Masked Man Services, a trifold business that incorporated snow plowing, janitorial services and landscaping. The civic-minded Masked Man also served on the Vail Recreation District board of directors, the Town of Vail’s Design Review Board, the homeowner’s association board for the East Vail Pitkin Creek Condominiums, and was a member of the Eagle County Planning Commission. Lou Meskimen played on the Town of Vail rugby team in the 1980s and volunteered at the Eagle County Fair & Rodeo livestock auction. Well known for his artistic eye in holiday decorating and tree lighting, Meskimen also enjoyed creating historical costumes for the annual Vail 4th of July parade and channeling Santa Claus for children at Christmas. Meskimen was renowned for his fun-loving spirit and boundless generosity. Meskimen passed away on 2 July 2017; he is survived by his sister, Dawn Meskimen McGrew and nephew Mike McGrew.
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- Lou Stuart
- According to oral history interviewee James "Buzz" Brouse, Stuart was the owner of a sheepherding outfit who lived up near Pinon Mesa. Lou got upset about Jim Blue, a moonshiner, selling alcohol to his sheep herders and went to run him out of town. Lou ended up shooting and killing Jim during a heated argument. Lou was shot five times but survived. According to oral history interviewee George "Vern" Wood, Stuart was the "mover" for a sheep rancher named Fred Burford, and it was Burford who told Stuart to run Jim Blue off.
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- Loudene "Miss Loudene" Humeston
- She was born in Collbran, Colorado to Albert and Ida Humeston and was schooled there for 12 years. The school board of Collbran offered her a job as a teacher (at $75 a month), which she took. She taught second and third graders for 3 years, on a teacher's certificate, before going to Western State College for a year of further education. Then she taught for some years while taking summer school to round out her education. In addition to more traditional education, she taught music to her students. She played piano in the Collbran Town Orchestra for fortnightly box socials. She served two years as postmistress (1940-1941) as her father's health was failing. As of 1980, she was still teaching the Collbran Congregational Church's Sunday School, even though she retired from the formal school. She was awarded the Plateau Valley Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year Award in 1979. She never married.