People

: Jake Egger; Early Mesa County resident and cattle rancher. Son of Michael and Josephine Egger. Brother of Joseph John Egger and Fred Egger.

: Jake Espinoza; Jake Espinoza was born in Walsenburg, Colorado. He came to Lafayette in 1934 and worked for the railroad.

: Jake Faverman Jr.; He was born in in Hobbs, New Mexico to Jake and Rachel Faverman. He moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1954, when he was about four years old. He attended Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School, the Lowell School, and Grand Junction High School. After being expelled from high school, he went to the Clearfield Job Corps Center in Utah. He then attended jockey school in Chino, California. He later worked for Rex Ellsworth, breaking and jockeying horses. He once broke a horse for Willy Shoemaker. He served in the Army from 1968-1970 as a medic for a reconnaissance unit, having enlisted on March 28, 1968 in Grand Junction. He attained the rank of “SP/5”. He was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Sam, Texas; Duc Pho, Vietnam; and Fitzsimmons Hospital, Colorado. He earned the Bronze Star (with device), the Combat Medic Badge, the Purple Heart, and five Army Commendation medals. He returned to Grand Junction after leaving the Army. He got a job at the Veterans Hospital in 1971. He also worked for City Market, the Colorado Well Service, Hobart Corporation, Capital Coffee, and Veco Drilling. He married Judy Wells on April 27, 1974 in Grand Junction. He had five children (one by a prior marriage). He was the secretary for the Vietnam Veterans of America.

: Jake Fleagle; A member of the Fleagle Gang. With his brother Ralph and, at times, Herbert Royston and George Abshier, they robbed several banks around the West, including the First National Bank of Lamar. After fatal shootings during that robbery, the whole gang was hunted down, with Jake being the last man found. During the manhunt, Jake reputedly spent some time in Grand Junction, Colorado, where he frequented the Biltmore gambling club operated by Big Kid Eames. Bea Holden, a waitress at The Beanery, was his girlfriend. After his companions were arrested, he left Grand Junction on the lam with Holden. Jake was never arrested. When the police caught up with him, he tried to make a fight of it and in the ensuing struggle was dealt a fatal gunshot.

: Jake Wallin; Contributor to "In Our Own Write," (source: In Our Own Write: A Gunnison Valley Journal)

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