People

: Geronimo; Geronimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé [kòjàːɬɛ́] "the one who yawns"; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe. From 1850 to 1886 Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands—the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi—to carry out numerous raids as well as resistance to US and Mexican military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Geronimo's raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache–United States conflict, which started with American settlement in Apache lands following the end of the war with Mexico in 1848. [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo]

: Gerry White; Albert Gerhard "Gerry" White was a founding father of Vail. After earning a BA in American literature and history from Williams College in 1962, White married his high school sweetheart, Elaine Endres. Gerry and Elaine White subsequently moved to Vail in 1963. They worked various jobs and eventually built the Rams Horn Lodge. Both Whites had foundational roles in the community and several Eagle County organizations. After White incurred a traumatic brain injury, the couple divorced. Elaine White eventually married Art Kelton. The Whites were blessed with 3 daughters.

: Gertie Jones; Gertie was a student at H Street School in the late 19th century.

: Gertrude (Hopple) McKay; She was the first white child born in the De Beque, Colorado area, and raised on a farm in the Roan Creek area of Garfield County.

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