People

: Louis Eliopulos; He owned the Eliopulos Grocery Store in Grand Junction, Colorado until his death in 1932, when his cousin of Thomas "Tom" Williams took over the store.

: Louis Farmer; A resident of Kannah Creek in Mesa County, Colorado, and member of the Mesa County Historical Society panel who discussed the history of the area on July 24, 1978.

: Louis Felix Balliger; He was born and raised in Telluride, Colorado. He worked as an auto mechanic, and in the Smuggler Mine near Aspen after shuttering his garage in 1941. He was a machinist by trade, and moved his wife and family to Grand Junction in 1943 in order to work for United States Vanadium. The mill closed in 1945, and he went on to work for the Grand Junction Machine Shop and then for Minerals Engineering.

: Louis Frank "Lou" Guccini; He was born to Catullo Guccini and Maggie (Zucca) Guccini, Italian immigrants, in Illinois. The 1920 US Census shows the family living in the town of Hall, where Lou’s father worked as a coal miner and his mother was a homemaker. His family left Illinois and came to Mesa County, Colorado in 1921, when Lou was about five years old. They lived in Loma, where his father ran sheep of his own and as part of the Fitzpatrick outfit. Due to broken limbs suffered while horseback riding, Lou was unable to attend school until he was seven years old. He did not speak English when he first went to school. Lou attended Fruita Union High School. He played on town baseball teams with his brothers and often used taped baseballs to avoid buying new ones, which cost fifty cents. His military draft card from 1940 indicates that he was employed by a company called RFDI. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He achieved the rank of Master Sergeant while stationed in England and Berlin. He married Margaret Beede in the Fruita Methodist Church on January 15, 1947. They had three children. The family farmed sugar beets in Loma. The 1950 US Census shows them living northeast of the intersection of US 50 and Colorado Highway 139. At the time of his interview in 1983, he was farming on 400 acres with his son Wayne. According to Leola Wiswell, Lou's parents were involved in dances held at the Loma Community Hall, and may have been musicians themselves. Lou later played the banjo in bands at town dances, which were held at the Sunset School, Valley View School, or in barns. He died at the age of 85 and is buried with his wife in Fruita’s Elmwood Cemetery.