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- Hampton S. Henderson
- A Grand Junction physician in the mid-1890’s and perhaps before. He was a founding member of the Mesa County Medical Society and served as its first treasurer. He was recalled by friends as well-educated, witty, and as a peacemaker.
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- Hank Post Jr.
- He was born to Hank and Susan M. Post. His parents managed the S&M Motel in Grand Junction, Colorado. Hank Jr. took part in the Diamond Jubilee celebration of 1957. With Robert “Bob” Collins and others, he dressed up like Doc Holiday and had faux shootouts with lawmen on Main Street on a daily basis. According to Collins, one of these shootouts was photographed by the Daily Sentinel. Vogt did such a convincing job of getting shot in the photograph that, when a Disney scout saw it, he contacted Vogt and asked him to come work for Disneyland in California. John Francis Goulet, who took part in the Diamond Jubilee, reports that some people from Hollywood were in Grand Junction for the event, including Lillian Gish. It is possible that a talent scout may have seen Post’s performance in person, or that someone in attendance took a copy of the Sentinel with Post's photo back to Hollywood, where a talent scout saw it. Post later formed Stunt Stars and had a show called Hello America at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas in the early 1960’s. He then joined the Stage Hands Union and worked for different shows in Las Vegas, including MGM. He owned the MGM Lion in both Reno and Las Vegas. The Grand Junction City Directory shows that Post was the manager of the City Liquor Store in Grand Junction in 1957, before leaving town. His wife was Mildred Post.
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- Hank Smith
- "From the Telluride Times, Jan. 11, 1979: Hank Smith is Telluride’s new marshal. Hank Smith, 34, Town Marshal of Ward, Colorado, will be Telluride’s new Town Marshal, filling the vacancy left by Bill Masters. Smith was chosen and decided to accept because he said he liked the bigger community and better opportunities. [If you were around in the Hank Smith days, you know the difference. It was not often that one cited Telluride’s “bigger community” as a reason for employment in those years. Hank Smith was Telluride’s much beloved Marshal at a time when law enforcement was often “us” and “them.” He ultimately found himself more “us” then “them” and local law enforcement was pretty much changed for a very long time with his departure. Fortunately, there are still a few who get it.]"--from: https://www.telluridenews.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_81d8a54b-02ee-5a18-9507-56358293271e.html
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- Hanna "Ann" Langegger
- Hanna Pufal Langegger was born on March 1935 in Zyradow, Poland. Known to friends in the Vail community as Ann or Anya, she survived the Eastern European theatre of World War II. In its aftermath, Ann was resettled to the Bremerhaven, Germany. At age sixteen, she left for the U.S. on the USS General R.M. Batchford. After arriving in New Orleans on 21 March 1952, Ann migrated to Chicago and met Josef "Pepi" Langegger. They married and removed to Vail circa 1966. The Langeggers created Vail's award-winning wild game restaurant, The Tyrolean. The Tyrolean was a fixture on Blue Cow Chute for over thirty-three years. For over four decades, they were also active partners in other Vail landmark restaurants. In the 1980s, the Langeggers purchased a large ranch near Silt, Colorado to raise elk for their restaurants. Eventually, they spent their retirement years at Twin Creek Ranch near Silt, Red Sky Ranch near Wolcott, Colorado and in Scottsdale, Arizona. Active in the Happy Hikers group whose membership included several founding mothers of Vail, Ann enjoys the outdoors and gardening. She also loves handicrafts and contributed two heritage fabric art squares to the Vintage Vail Quilt. Ann's contributions depict the Blue Cow, originally opened by the Langeggers in 1969, and the Covered Bridge, one of Vail's iconic symbols. Anna and Pepi were blessed with two sons, Siegmund "Sig" and Peter. Josef "Pepi" Langegger passed away on 12 June 2020. Pepi and Ann were married 53 years at the time of his passing. Ann now resides in San Diego, California.