People

: Charley Holmes; He was a good friend and legal partner of Silmon L. Smith. The two of them prospected for uranium together, invested in oil shale leases, and had a good time together.

: Charley Marlow; A former outlaw who worked as a rancher in the Kannah Creek area in the early Twentieth century.

: Charley Redd; Owner of La Sal Livestock in the La Sal, Utah. He bought the Pittsburgh Cattle Company from J. M. Cunningham and Carpenter in 1914. Redd worked in the livestock trade from at least 1936-1973. According to livestock auctioneer Howard Shults, Redd owned 1,200 commercial cattle, ran sheep, and had 65 employees in 1970, when he was in his early seventies. He based his operations in La Sal, but also had a ranch in Snowmass, Colorado, with 200 head of cattle there. He acquired land around Aspen, DeBeque, Dolores, La Sal, Norwood, Paradox, and Snowmass (partly through buying out his siblings and half-siblings). He owned the Buick and Chevrolet agencies in Moab and La Sal, respectively and was, according to auctioneer Howard Shults, who had many business dealings with Redd, a good business man. Shults states that Redd "owned" the town of La Sal. Redd also had “one of the best group of quarter horses there was in this country,” according to Shults. He was a Mormon whose father had two wives. It was their family’s custom to refer to half-siblings as ‘cousins’. He was a financial supporter of Ft. Lewis College in Durango.

: Charlie; Navajo Indian who worked for as a surveyor for the U.S. General Land Office under the direction of Charles "Frank" Moore.

: Charlie "Brophy" McHugh; A clerk in the yardmaster's office for the D&RG Railroad. He had been a soldier in World War I and was injured in military camp. Dudley Mitchell used to visit him at St. Mary's Hospital and they would discuss books together.

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