People

: Orville Alternbern; He was born in Illinois and moved with his family to the Roan Creek area of Garfield County when he was sixteen. They settled on a ranch.

: Orville Ezra Jaynes; Mesa County assessor and banker. He also worked on Cross Orchards fruit farm, where he made wooden apple boxes. Uncle of Velma E. (Borschell) Budin. Brother of Edith Jaynes and son of Ezra Jaynes.

: Orvy E. Shewalter; O.E. Shewalter was born March 15, 1874 and died on March 24, 1962.

: Osa Nannette (Cox) Kettle; She was born in Missouri to Daniel and Permelia Cox, and grew up on a farm. She married John P. Kettle in Custer County, Nebraska on November 8, 1899. They moved with their family to the Pear Park area of Mesa County, Colorado in 1907. There, they raised peaches and apples. Their move was motivated in part by her respiratory health, and a belief that the drier air of the West would be more beneficial to her. She was a homemaker and a 4-H sewing leader.

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