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- Ray Marsh
- Cattlemen's Days Parade Marshall 1989.
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- Ray Peck
- He was born and raised in Routt County, Colorado where he was a supervisor for the Forest Service in the Routt National Forest. He later worked for 25 years as a forest supervisor in the Grand Mesa National Forest, before retiring in 1946. According to Al Look, Peck hired John Otto to break trails on the Grand Mesa during the summers, when it was too hot to work on the Colorado National Monument. He built the Wild Rose Trail and helped with Land's End Road, among other endeavors. Peck tried establishing a ski run on the south slope of the Grand Mesa, along Land's End Road. However, due to the sun, the area did not keep snow on it long enough to be maintained as a proper ski run. He built a ski jump out of dirt near the bottom of the road.
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- Ray Pierson
- With Willis "W. L." Blevins, he pioneered the growing of fruit on the Redlands.
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- Ray Wah Ngep Quan
- Founder and owner of the Far East Restaurant. He was born Quan Wah Ngep in Canton, China (now known as Guangdong) and came to the United States in 1934, when he was thirteen years old. He moved to Amarillo, Texas, where he helped in his family’s restaurant. His World War II draft notice shows that he attended Amarillo High School. In the early 1940’s, the family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and established a restaurant. Ray Quan married Joyce Toy Sue Mah in 1952. They had five children, whom they raised to speak Chinese and to value Chinese customs. After looking for a smaller community, the extended family relocated to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1954. They bought land at 1530 North Avenue, where Quan’s father and uncle established the Far East Restaurant. The restaurant opened in 1955. Quan valued quality facilities and service in his restaurant. He also valued his family and brought his children into the business. When he oversaw the building’s renovation in the 1980’s, he added architectural details that reflected his Chinese ancestry, as well as cultural aspects from other Asian nations. The new restaurant also had large meeting rooms, making it an important community meeting place. He remained the owner and manager until his death in 2003. He enjoyed visiting China towns in Los Angeles and elsewhere, where he could sample the cuisine and get ideas for his restaurant’s improvement. He died at the age of eighty-one and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Orange County, California.