People

: Doc Shores; Federal marshal and early Mesa County lawman. He was the sheriff of Gunnison County in the late 1800's, and at one time had Alfred "Alferd" Packer in jail. Before he worked as a sheriff, he was a railroad detective for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. After retiring, he moved to Mesa County and always wore a gun.

: Dominica Dalpaz Nardin; Dominica Dalpaz Nardin had a hard childhood and had to work herding cows, in the mountains of Piazze de Pine, in the Tyrol. She had many brothers and sisters and half-brothers and half-sisters. The family was poor and there often was not enough to eat. Dominica worked in a bakery and a coffee house before going to the United States. Dominica was 18 years old when she came to the United States. She came to work in the San Juan Hotel, in Telluride, Colorado, where her brother (Dominic Dalpaz) was the hotel owner. After Paul Nardin purchased the hotel, he married Dominica and the couple had three children: Emma, William, and Esther. Paul and Nardin operated the San Juan Hotel, until 1924, when they purchased another hotel in Telluride. During 1903 to 1942, Dominica worked hard raising the family, cooking, and cleaning at the San Juan Hotel, and later cooking and running the boarding house at the Nellie Mine (owned by her husband) for half dozen miners. IN 1957, Dominica and her husband moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, to be closer to their daughter, Emma Oberto. Dominica passed away at the age of 92, on November 14, 1975.

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