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- Phil Trimm
- Phil Trimm, born in Illinois and raised in Grand Junction, was introduced to fly fishing as a child. However, Phil didn’t take much interest in the sport until he was in his early 20s, when he discovered for himself how much he loved fly fishing. Not long after that, he began tying his own flies. In search of fly tying materials and “the other necessities,” Phil began making regular trips to the Western Anglers fishing shop in downtown Grand Junction, where he became immersed in the local fly fishing community. Phil jumped at the chance to work at Western Anglers, where he worked more than nine years, six of those as manager. Currently, Phil is a sales consultant for Whiting Farms, a national hackle producer and distributor based in Delta. His hobbies are fly fishing, fly tying, and more fly fishing.
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- Philip Arnold
- A prospector from Kentucky who, along with his partner Captain Jack, salted a field on Diamond Peak in Colorado giving it the appearance of a an area rich in diamonds and other precious stones. He enriched himself by selling the claim for an enormous sum in 1872, before his misdeed was discovered. However, he was never prosecuted.
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- Philip Eagle Turns
- Crow Indian cowboy in Montana during the early 20th century.
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- Philip Louis "Dutch" Griebel
- A longtime Fruita Monument High School teacher and coach. He was born to Louis Griebel and Annie (Reikauff) Griebel in Warrensburg, Missouri in 1889. Ships passenger lists show that his father arrived in New York from Germany on June 25, 1868, when he was 25 years old. His occupation was listed as shoemaker. His mother was an immigrant from Switzerland and a homemaker. The 1910 US Census shows the family living in Warrensburg, Missouri when Philip was 10 years old. During World War I, he served in a field artillery unit in the US Army. He was stationined in Montana and Louisville, Kentucky, and did not see battlefield action in Europe. Upon his return to Missouri, he joined the American Legion. The 1920 Census shows Philip as unemployed and living with his parents and older brothers Henry and Miller in Warrensburg. Around this time, he attended Central Missouri State Teachers College, where he received him A.B. He then went to the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where he got his M.A. He taught for seven years in several places before coming to Fruita, Colorado in 1924. He taught physics, algebra, trigonometry, and business math at Fruita High School for 28 years. He also coached basketball, football, and track, and won the league crown as coach of the track team. He retired in 1960. He was a member of the Congregational Church in Fruita, a founding member of the Fruita Rotary Club, and member of the Fruita Masonic Lodge. He enjoyed collecting rocks. He never married. He died at the age of 95 and is buried in Fruita’s Elmwood Cemetery. According to Bill Klapwyk, a one-time student of Griebel’s: “You could set your watch by Mr. Griebel.” Klapwyk goes on to say that Griebel lived in a room in a house in Fruita, ate in a café, and was punctual and no-nonsense in all that he did. According to longtime Loma resident Gertrude Rader, Griebel drove to Loma during his lunches so that he could coach the young children in sports. He did this for three years and never took payment. Some information for this biography came from the article “…Familiar Faces” (Fruita Times, 9 November 1977).
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- Philip Louis "Dutch" Griebel
- A longtime Fruita Monument High School teacher and coach. He was born to Louis Griebel and Annie (Reikauff) Griebel in Warrensburg, Missouri in 1889. Ships passenger lists show that his father arrived in New York from Germany on June 25, 1868, when he was 25 years old. His occupation was listed as shoemaker. His mother was an immigrant from Switzerland and a homemaker. The 1910 US Census shows the family living in Warrensburg, Missouri when Philip was 10 years old. During World War I, he served in a field artillery unit in the US Army. He was stationined in Montana and Louisville, Kentucky, and did not see battlefield action in Europe. Upon his return to Missouri, he joined the American Legion. The 1920 Census shows Philip as unemployed and living with his parents and older brothers Henry and Miller in Warrensburg. Around this time, he attended Central Missouri State Teachers College, where he received him A.B. He then went to the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where he got his M.A. He taught for seven years in several places before coming to Fruita, Colorado in 1924. He taught physics, algebra, trigonometry, and business math at Fruita High School for 28 years. He also coached basketball, football, and track, and won the league crown as coach of the track team. He retired in 1960. He also served as the school principal. He was a member of the Congregational Church in Fruita, a founding member of the Fruita Rotary Club, and member of the Fruita Masonic Lodge. He enjoyed collecting rocks. He never married. He died at the age of 95 and is buried in Fruita’s Elmwood Cemetery. According to Bill Klapwyk, a one-time student of Griebel’s: “You could set your watch by Mr. Griebel.” Klapwyk goes on to say that Griebel lived in a room in a house in Fruita, ate in a café, and was punctual and no-nonsense in all that he did. According to longtime Loma resident Gertrude Rader, Griebel drove to Loma during his lunches so that he could coach the young children in sports. He did this for three years and never took payment. Some information for this biography came from the article “…Familiar Faces,” Fruita Times, 9 November 1977.
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- Philip Maior
- An artist who had artwork displayed in the Art on the Corner (AOTC) exhibit in Downtown Grand Junction.
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- Phillip Guerrie
- An Italian immigrant who worked as a laborer in the steam railroad shop of the Denver and Rio Grande in Grand Junction, Colorado, and who also worked as a section foreman. He was born in Grimaldi, Italy. His first wife Felicia Forillo died in Italy in 1904. He seems to have remarried in Italy, and came with his children to the United States in 1907 along with his new wife, Raffaela Guerrie. He first came to the United States sometime between 1879 and 1887, and was a U.S. Citizen at the time of his return (U.S. Census records show him immigrating to the United States in 1887, but his children maintain that he came earlier). The family moved to Mesa County, Colorado, where he worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.