People
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- Allen Holcomb
- Manager of the Curry Canning Company. He was also on the board of directors for the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. As the manager for the Curry Canning Company, he attempted to get local farmers to grow asparagus for canning. This resulted in the wild asparagus that still grows today along ditches in the Grand Valley.
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- Allen Knox
- Walter Allen Knox was born 6 May 1941 in Oklahoma City to George Washington Knox, Sr. and Ella Mae McWhorter Knox. He spent his youth in Manitou Springs, Colorado and moved to Vail with his family in the 1965. On 5 December 1964, Allen Knox and Linda married in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. They had two children: Carolyn Knox (Keep) and Bob Knox. The Vail Trail was established on 15 October 1965 by George Knox, Sr. Initially, it was a one-man show. George Knox, who was known as “The Skipper,” sold ads, reported, wrote all the text, created the page layouts and did the bookkeeping. Ella Knox, who was a legendary cook and gardener, contributed by writing a column, “Green Thumb Ella.” Since Allen Knox was born into a newspaper family, it was no surprise when he began working for The Vail Trail in 1969. At this point, George Knox, Sr. was also President of the Knox Publishing Company, in addition to being the newspaper publisher and editor, while Allen Knox was Vice-President, in addition to being the newspaper advertising and business manager and photographer. Ella Knox was also the Secretary-Treasurer and circulation manager. In addition, both of Allen Knox’s children eventually worked for The Vail Trail. When George Knox, Sr. passed away in 1975, Allen Knox took over the helm of The Vail Trail. He continued in this capacity until the paper closed its doors in 2008. Allen Knox is a past board member of the Colorado Press Association. He is an avid golfer who also sports a fine sense of humor. Who can forget Allen Knox’s comedic dance with Luann Smith in the 1980s “Yes, We Have No Bananas Revue.” Knox currently lives in Edwards, Eagle County, Colorado.
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- Allen Wayne "Al" Brink
- He was born in Denver, Colorado to Edgar Brink and Anna Dorothy (Dragt) Brink. The 1950 US Census shows the family living in Arapahoe County, when Allen was five years old. The census lists his father as working in a rubber factory as a belt builder. His mother was a homemaker. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School, graduating in 1962. During high school he played football and wrestled. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps with two friends in 1962 and served until January 1968. He served in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, and achieved the rank of Sergeant E-5. He went to the University of Hawaii for two years as part of an officer training program, but cut classes and was placed in the infantry. He served briefly as a guard in a naval prison in New Hampshire, and then volunteered for service in Vietnam; one of the first to do so. He fought in several battles in the Vietnam War. He married Roberta Marley in 1962. They divorced that same year. He married Deborah Adams in 1965. They divorced in 1967. He married Lois Rutgers in 1967. They divorced in 1979. He then married Judy Daleen Greer and they had a daughter. He moved to Grand Junction in 1980, where he was a journeyman lineman. He also worked as a mail carrier during his life. *Photograph from the 1962 Abraham Lincoln High School yearbook.
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- Allie Edith (Burns) Strain
- A homemaker and a restaurant owner/operator in Clifton, Colorado. Her parents, William Oscar and Manora Burns, were farmers who moved to Colorado on the chance that it would improve her father’s respiratory health. They lived first in Towner, Colorado, on the Eastern Slope. In 1909, they joined her uncle, Frank Burns, who had moved to Mesa County prior to them. Edith was 18 years old at the time. Her mother passed away sometime between 1900 and 1910, and she appears to have been raised by her widower father and her aunt, Appaulina Silliman. They built a home at the north end of Main Street in Clifton. Her father planted peach and pear trees on the surrounding land, which they also owned. She attended the Allen School. She married Robert Louis Strain on May 22, 1913 in Clifton. They lived in Towner, Colorado before moving back to Clifton. Together they owned a Mobile Service Station and a lunch counter on F Road in Clifton from 1939 to 1961. She ran the restaurant for 13 years. Her husband operated the service station from 1939 to 1961. She was the last surviving member of the Clifton Methodist Church, the church that preceded the Crossroads United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Mount Garfield Rebekah Lodge, the Clifton Garden Club, and the Clifton Lioness Club. She died at the age of 93.