People

: Nellie (Edwards) Robbins; She was born to George T. Edwards and Alice "Allie" Susanna (Ambrose) Edwards in Missouri and grew up on a homestead in New Mexico. Her parents were both immigrants from England. On the homestead she did the milking, made butter, and sold cream. She also helped her father with other farm chores. She was married at 17 years to James Standard. Together they were migrant workers following the harvests with their children. They arrived in Grand Junction in 1931. They were very poor and first lived in a tent off 9th avenue and the railroad tracks, and eventually had to ask the Salvation Army in Grand Junction for assistance. Nellie soon after began ringing the bell for the Christmas Kettle. She was paid $1.00 a day to stand at the kettle which allowed her to feed her children. Nellie ended up working for the Salvation Army and being a member for over 50 years, and recieved local news coverage celebrating her efforts. She also did "a man's job" in the Rose Cliff Packing Company plant, and supported her family as a single mother for ten years after divorcing Standard. She married Charles Robbins in June of 1952.

: Nellie (Guthridge) Linn; She was an early resident of Plateau Valley who moved from Denver.

: Nellie (Snyder) Sewell; Early 20th century resident of Thompson Creek area. Wife of sheep and cattle rancher Robert Sewell.

: Nellie Howard; She and her husband, William Howard, moved from Kansas to Fruita, Colorado in 1936. At that time, it had not rained in their part of Kansas for seven years, and the drought had caused most of their crops to die. They settled on Mesa Street in the south part of Fruita where they farmed several acres. She helped her husband with work hanging wallpaper.

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