People

: Benjamin "Ben" Griffith; An attorney who, along with Henry Tupper, helped write the bill that organized a new drainage district in the Grand Valley, passed into law by the Colorado State Congress in 1923.

: Benjamin "Ben" Tillman Wright; He was born to Ben T. Wright and Meriam F. (Sharp) Wright in Colorado and grew up in the Whitewater area of Mesa County. His parents owned and operated the Whitewater Hotel. He was drafted into the armed forces during World War I and served in 1917-18 before being discharged. The 1920 US Census indicates that he returned to Whitewater where he was employed as a rural mail carrier, a job he kept for at least twenty years. He married Agnes Marie Peugh in May 1918. Census records show that they had moved from Whitewater to Grand Junction by 1930.

: Benjamin Curtis Maynard; He met his wife Addie (Russell) Maynard while attending school in Missouri to get their medical degrees, and got married in Kirksville, Missouri in December of 1927. They were both osteopathic doctors who practiced in the Grand Valley for many years. According to Cordelia (Hamilton) Files, he was also a family doctor who practiced in Glade Park during the Depression.

: Benjamin Felix Wade; A mining engineer and geologist living in Cripple Creek, Colorado. He was one of the first students to graduate with a Geology degree from the University of Texas according to his daughter, oral history interviewee Grace (Hill) Wade.

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