People

: Bruce Claybaugh; A rancher near Kannah Creek in Mesa County, Colorado who owned the Cross-Bar-Cross Ranch. He made his money digging the grade for a Denver & Rio Grande rail line. The line was located near Mack, and never used. After digging the grade in the late 1910’s, he had enough money to purchase the Cross-Bar-Cross. He partnered with Charley Hollenbeck. They owned a “dredger” on the headwaters of the Arkansas River that was used to mine for gold. He also owned acreage in the Leadville area. He was a widower whose children predeceased him.

: Bruce Edward Jackson; He was born in Syracuse, Nebraska. He married Inez Alma Peterson in Minnesota in 1905. They moved with their children to Cheyenne County, Colorado by 1910, where they farmed. The family moved to Grand Valley, Colorado (now Parachute) in 1920. He also worked for the railroad.

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