People

: Mabel Jane (Purcell) Hart Johnson; She was born in Baggs, Wyoming. She grew up in Meeker, Colorado and in the Powell Park area of Rio Blanco County. As a child, she was diagnosed with St. Vitus’s Dance, but was cured of the illness. She worked as a dressmaker and held other jobs. Her first marriage was to Charles W. Hart on April 27, 1923. Together they homesteaded near the White River. She briefly worked as a traveling sales lady, and then married Murl Hazen Johnson on September 20, 1925. They moved together to Grand Junction, where they raised a family.