People

: Dwain Thompson Jackson; He was born to William Harrison Jackson and Hazel Edith (Thompson) Jackson in Blackfoot, Idaho. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. The family moved to Cedaredge, Colorado in 1925, when Dwain was one year old. They came to Delta County in order to be closer to Dwain’s grandfather, Tommy Thompson, who had settled in the area in 1893. He grew up on his grandfather’s land three miles north of Cedaredge, near Young’s Creek. His mother died in 1935, when Dwain was eleven. He attended the University of Colorado at Boulder 1944-46, and 1949-50. There, he studied music. He worked for the Mesa County Department of Public Welfare from 1947 to 1949. He went to Mesa College (now Colorado Mesa University) in 1955. He was a farmer, a railroader, and a title insurance representative. He married Donna Marie McNulty in 1961. They had three children. He was a member and commander of the Masons and Knights Templar. He was a singer. *Photograph from the 1946 University of Colorado at Boulder yearbook

: Dwight Blossom Bailey; He was born in Wisconsin to Dwight B. Bailey and Phidelia [Fidelia] (Spencer) Bailey. His father is listed as a merchant and his mother as a homemaker. He married Arrieta “Etta” Spicer in 1892. The family lived in Boulder, Colorado for a time, and US Census records show that he had moved with his wife and children to Grand Junction, Colorado by 1910. He owned the D.B. Bailey grocery store in Grand Junction, Colorado during the early Twentieth century.

: Dwight Clark; A broadcaster for KREX radio in the late 1950's and/or early 1960's.

: Dwight Shellman, Jr.; Dwight Shellman Dwight Shellman moved to Aspen as an attorney with Holland & Hart in 1968. His involvement in Aspen grew by leaps and bounds when he was elected a Pitkin County Commissioner in 1972. Along with commissioners Joe Edwards and, later, Michael Kinsley, Shellman became known for new policies in the county that resulted in decreasing the zoning of rural lands in the county and implementing a growth control system that extracted public benefits from developers of private lands. Many feel that his efforts act as the foundation of the county’s land use code today, in helping this area avoid the worst of modern America’s development patterns. Shellman also helped with the designation of sensitive agricultural and environmental areas, and helped to establish neighborhood caucuses to get the voices of more locals heard. After his time in office he continued to work with citizen groups to help form and strengthen the Woody Creek and Snowmass/Capitol Creek caucuses—classic examples of his favorite motto: “Act globally by acting locally.”--Aspen Hall of Fame bio.

: Dyson Eskridge; A member of the Stockton-Eskridge Gang, which was a criminal gang based in Durango, Colorado. They were cattle rustlers.

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