People

: Daniel Isaac J. Thornson; Daniel I.J. Thornton served as the 33rd Governor of Colorado from 1951-1955. According to Cordelia (Hamilton) Files, Thornton and her husband Loyd Files were founders of the short-lived newspaper, The Morning Sun, which provided competition to the Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction during the 1940's.

: Daniel Medford Click; He was a farmer and early resident of the Appleton area of Mesa County, Colorado. He was born in Virginia, and was living in Fort Collins, Colorado with his wife and family by the 1890's. He moved to the Grand Valley in 1896, where he bought and cleared 40 acres for farming. He constructed a dugout where the family lived for some time, until he was able to build a 10 bedroom house. He was also a rural mail carrier in Appleton. According to Fred Joseph Simpson, who farmed nearby in Pomona, Click was the first person in the area to have a mailbox. Prior to that time, people went to the post office to get their mail. His mailbox was located on First Fruitridge.

: Daniel P. Rubenstein; The District Attorney in Mesa County, Colorado. He began working as a Deputy District Attorney in the 21st Judicial District in 1996. He then replaced DA Pete Hautzinger in 2015.

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