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: Grover Bowman; He was born in Colorado, and was an early day homesteader in Rangely, Colorado. He bargained to sell out his land, but the sheep farmers wanted to ‘sheep him out’ instead. So he got sheep of his own and kept his land. He also made a living for several years by trapping predatory animals and collecting the bounty on them. Uncle of Merle Winters.

: Grover Saunders; An early forest service ranger who addressed overgrazing by enforcing grazing laws and curtailing cattle numbers in Plateau Valley.

: Guiseppi (Gio) Massimo Oberto; Gio Oberto was born December 10, 1872 in Aglie Canavese, Italy. His parents were Carlo and Marie Oberto. His brother were Peter, Joseph, and Francisco. Gio was anglicized to Joe when he came to the United States in 1892. He came to Telluride, Colorado, around 1900, where he opened a grocery store. He also acquired many interests in various mining properties and other businesses in Telluride. He also was involved with ranching and was the owner of the Nellie Mine, before Paul Nardin owned it. On March 5, 1901, Gio married Henrietta (Hattie) Josephine Gallon. The couple had two children: Leo and Silvio. In 1928, he purchased the Tomboy mine, after it closed, and sold off the mill and other mining machinery. Gio died at age 69 on February 10, 1942. His grandson, Don Oberto via email on July 29, 2019, added the following: "Gio was involved and owned the Tomboy Mine (after it was closed by the English company in 1928). He was also an owner of the Pastime with J.W. Eames (a soft drinks, ice cream parlor with gambling upstairs – this was located where the Floradora and galley are now). He had many interests and business with CD Waggoneer and the Bank of Telluride. Over the years besides acquiring many mining properties in Western Colorado he also acquired several farms and ranches (including the Valley Floor plus Norwood, Paradox and Montrose)."

: Gula (Jayne) Martin; She was born in Amazon, Nebraska. She married Edward Martin on October 3rd, 1901 in Toppenish, Washington. She was a teacher in an Indian school in Washington, did the bookkeeping for her husband’s business, managed the family farm, and served as homemaker. She advised her daughter, Dorothy (Martin) Tindall, not to become a teacher.

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