People

: Helen (Hawxhurst) Young; Daughter of George Hawxhurst. Collbran musician and early Plateau Valley resident. She supported plays that were put on by Mesa County teachers and literary societies in the 1930's. She was born in Plateau Valley, Colorado to Alexander Percy Hawxhurst and Margaret “Maggie” (Koch) Hawxhurst. Her father was born in South Park, Colorado and her mother was a German immigrant. Margaret had been married and divorced previously to Theodore Pfeiffer prior to marrying Alexander. Alexander’s father, George Hawxhurst, was an early settler of Plateau Valley. Helen grew up on a cattle ranch. The 1910 US Census shows the family living on Kansas Mesa, when Helen was eight years old. She married Don Young on August 24, 1920. They lived in Collbran, where the 1930 census shows Helen managing a dance hall. She also played in bands that played big band music and toured the Western Slope. Don was a sheep rancher and store owner. They had two children. She died at the age of 83 and is buried in Collbran’s Clover Cemetery.

: Helen (Maharg) Martin; She was born in Iowa. She graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 1929 and married fellow graduate Edward Martin. With Edward Martin, she co-owned Martin Mortuary in Grand Junction, Colorado, beginning in 1937. She was a mortician there. She was a member of the Sunshine Chapter No.53, Order of the Eastern Star. She was included in Who’s Who in the West, Who’s Who in American Women, and Who’s Who in Art and Antiquities. She was an artist, and a founder of the Western Colorado Center for the Arts. She was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church in Grand Junction. * Some information for this biography comes from a notice about Martin's 50th wedding anniversary published in the June 14, 1979 edition of the Daily Sentinel.

: Helen (Page) Swanson; Early 20th century Fruita, Colorado resident. Daughter of early Fruita settler and Colorado state representative Martin Van Buren Page.

: Helen A. Sealey; A first grade teacher at the first Lowell School in Grand Junction, Colorado. She was also the principal.

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