People

: Fred Clyde Martin; He was a mortician who founded Martin Mortuary. He married his wife, Carrie Belle Griffin, in 1901. According to his son, Edward Martin, F.C. started out as a farmer. He sold his farm and graduated from Worsham Mortuary School in Chicago, Illinois. He and his family moved to Longmont, Colorado in 1913 due to his wife's poor health. They moved from Longmont to Mesa County in 1915. Oral history interviewee Ann (Reese) Stokes remembers that Martin lived in a home across from the Palisade Methodist Church, and that he had an undertaker business in Palisade prior to moving to Grand Junction. His son Edward came down with Typhoid at that time and Stokes's mother, a nurse, nursed him to health. The family later moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, where they founded Martin Mortuary in 1917. He also played on Grand Junction’s town baseball team.

: Fred Egger; Early Mesa County resident and railroad worker. Brother of Joseph John Egger. Son of Michael and Josephine Egger.

: Fred Field; Cattlemen's Days Parade Marshall 2006 Gunnison County Commissioner in 1982 (From Cattlemen's Days 1982 Souvenir Program) Started with first registered Hereford purchase for 4-H at age 9. Married Mary Esther McIlwee 1951 raised 3 sons. Earned trophies in cutting-horse competitions in the 1960's and carried professional rodeo card for 10 years (calf and team roping events) competing in Cattlemen's Days for 50 years (minus 2 Army years). Member of Gunnison Stockgrowers Association (50 years), directed Gunnison Bank & Trust, past president of the Cattlemen's Days Committee and former Gunnison County Commissioner (23 years). & Gunnison Area Foundation. Lifelong supporters of 4-H.

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