People
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- Elmer Dunbar
- 2010 Cattlemen's Days Parade Marshall, married to Alva May Dunbar in 1949, third generation rancher in Gunnison Valley, served on Cattlemen's Days board from 1943-1990, member of Gunnison Valley Stockgrowers for 40 years, Member of Gunnison Elks Lodge for 40 years, (from 2010 Cattlemen's Days Brochure)
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- Elmer E. Moon
- Elmer E. Moon was born and raised in Lafayette, CO. He married Emily Bell on June 8, 1929. He worked in the mines for about 15 years and then after the war he went to work as a pipe layer. Elmer and Emily had three children.
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- Elmer Havelock Craven
- Early Appleton pioneer and founder of COPECO, a large fruit growing operation. The 1910 US Census lists him as the proprietor of a department store and he was the owner, along with William J. Moyer, of the Fair Store. The land on his farm was used as a picnic ground for the store's employees. He built a lavish house for his family on the property. He died in 1917. Census records show that by 1920 his widow, Lois Craven, had moved to Grand Junction. The barn on what had been his farm later became the Copeco Dance Hall. He was also owner of the Pritchard Ranch in Mesa County, Colorado.