People

: Henry Herrick; He and his wife Maggie Herrick were settlers in the Kannah Creek, Colorado area. In 1883, she left her him during a domestic squabble, and went to her parents’ house in Albuquerque. She later returned, only to find Henry in a carriage with a woman named Margaret Thompson. Maggie shot and killed Margaret, whom Henry had employed as a housekeeper. Accompanied by Sheriff Martin Florida, Maggie went to retrieve livestock that belonged to her, but she rode on ahead of the sheriff, and was shot and killed by Henry. He escaped from jail. He was represented by Robert Cobb, who later represented her husband, and who also worked as the probate judge in charge of administering the estate.

: Henry Jens; He was a German immigrant who came to the United States in 1884, when he was about 9 years old. The 1900 US Census shows him living in Nebraska with siblings and parents Jurgen and Eva M. Jens. By 1910 he was living in Clifton, Colorado. With his wife Bessie (Kettle) Jens, he owned the Locust Ranch, a fruit farm at what is now the intersection of E and 32 Roads.

: Henry Kitchen; According to George Watts, who was born in Hayden, Colorado, Kitchen owned a livery stable in town in the early to mid-Twentieth century. He was known as a local character.

: Henry M. Phillips; An owner and operator of a 10-acre peach orchard in Palisade, Colorado. According to Oral History interviewee Kate Elizabeth (Phillips) Wills, Henry came to Oskaloosa, Iowa in a covered wagon as a baby. There he grew up, got an 8th grade education, married Sarah E. (Brewer) Phillips, and had seven children. Around 1909 the family moved to Palisade, Colorado to farm.

: Henry M. Teller; United States Senator between 1876-1882 and 1885-1909. Grand Junction's American Indian School, the Teller Institute, was named after him.

: Henry Monroe Livesay; He was a farmer who grew up in frontier towns in Kansas. With his wife and children, he moved to Delta County, Colorado in 1897. They were pioneers in the North Fork area near Hotchkiss. There, he worked as a helper in stores, and then in a sawmill on Black Mesa. He also helped put in the first telephone line between Hotchkiss and Delta. When indoor plumbing became common, he became a plumber. In 1922, the family traded their house in Hotchkiss for a ranch on Hanson Mesa.

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