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- Posey
- A Paiute Indian chief from Utah. He led Ute and Paiute Indians in what became known as the Paiute War, or the Last Indian Uprising, from March 20-23, 1923. The rebellion took place near Bluff, Utah.
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- Preston "Pres" Walker
- He was the son of Daily Sentinel publisher Walter Walker, and a colorful local character in Grand Junction. He was also the best friend of Gilbert Baylis. As a young man he was a newspaper delivery worker and had a high interest in the newspaper industry. He wrote for the school paper. He played football in high school, was class president, and was said to enjoy working with his hands and building things. He became the publisher of the Daily Sentinel and the owner after his father's death. As the paper's publisher, he was the main negotiator with union representatives during the Typographical Union strike. Clem Goettelman, boss of the composing room and Typographical Union member, described Walker as "hard-headed" and determined to undermine both him and the union. While his father was more removed from the staff, Preston took what employee Mary Giblin called a paternal or brotherly approach to management, and had real concern for his employees. Like his father, he used the Sentinel as a platform to help Mesa County and to get the word out about community projects, although Preston was less politically inclined than Walter Walker and less inclined to fundraise for such projects. He first married Mildred Hickman and they divorced shortly after. He married Beckie Walker after World War II, and they lived at first in a Quonset hut. He was described as strong-willed and “violently anti-church” in his later years. Preston was the first chairman of the Club 20, an organization of businesses in the Western Slope. He also enjoyed photography and took some photos for the Sentinel. He liked whitewater rafting, and often brought pets home as a child.
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- Preston Henry Dean
- He was born to Frank E. Dean and Lucy Mary (Buckey) Dean in Gunnison, Colorado. They moved to Grand Junction before he was five years old. His father, Frank, was an early professional photographer in Grand Junction. His mother was a homemaker. He had four older sisters. He attended local schools, including Grand Junction High School. He served in the military during World War I. He married Mildred M. Monheim in 1921. She worked for the lumber company and they were able to build a house on Ouray Avenue with free lumber. They had two daughters. Preston became a prominent local photographer with his own studio in town, Dean’s Camera Shop. US Census records show him with a photography studio in San Diego, California in 1950, though he later left the business. He was a member of the Grand Junction Lions Club.
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- Preston Sitton
- Member of 12th Street Jive in 2019.