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- James Franklin "Jim" Shults
- He was born in Salem, Missouri to Francis Marion Shults and Levina (Wempler) Shults. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. He grew up in Salem and Springfield, where he attended a teacher's college. He took a teaching position at the Loma School in Mesa County, Colorado in 1902. He worked as a schoolteacher in Pear Park from 1903-1904. He married fellow Pear Park teacher Daisy De Genira Hosey, also from Missouri, on February 25, 1904. They moved to Fruita and taught in a school house two miles west of town, before moving north of Loma, where they had their twin boys Howard and Harold in 1905. There, he worked as a road supervisor from 1905-1908. The family moved to Grand Junction and he worked in the county assessor’s office for a time. In 1909, they moved to Cottonwood Creek, south of Molina, and then to Collbran. He taught at the Eaglite School and later became an auctioneer in Plateau Valley. Shults taught in what Howard Shults called "trouble schools". He also farmed. He was the auctioneer who sold off much of Cross Orchards and also the holdings of land baron Verner Z. Reed. He continued to farm on the side and when the family returned to Grand Junction in 1919, they lived on a farm on F ½ Road. From 1926-1931, Shults was the owner of the Golden Hills Ranch in Loma, a large apple growing operation. He later became an auctioneer. He was the last person to organize the Mesa County Fair when the Fairgrounds were still in what is now Lincoln Park (in 1923 or 1924). He was elected county assessor in 1938 and served in that capacity until 1938. He was a member of the Congregational Church. He served on the Grand Junction Irrigation Board. His wife passed away in 1947. He died a year later at the age of 73 and is buried in Fruita’s Elmwood Cemetery.
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- James Fuoco
- He was born in the Cosenco Province of Italy and came to the United States when he was 10. He was working in George Newberry’s Garage in Fruita, Colorado as a mechanic when he met his future wife Katherine (Schlegel) Fuoco around 1920. After marrying, they moved to Grand Junction, where he worked for Western Auto, the Ford garage, for several years. During the Great Depression, he bought a radiator shop that became the Fuoco Motor Company in 1934.
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- James G. Moore
- James has been working professionally in bronze for the last 22 years. After pursuing a 15 year career as a middle and high school art teacher, Jim decided to make the leap of faith and make his sideline passion for sculpting into his full time career. The last several years as a full time sculptor have been rewarding and full of adventure. His award winning work is now in public and private collections across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. Jim participates in many shows and is represented by several galleries across the western and mid west states. He lives in the rural town of Eaton Colorado, 25 miles east of Fort Collins. Jim spends much of his leisure time enjoying the outdoors and observing the animals and natural environment that are so inspirational to his work. Source: Artist's website
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- James Graham
- Jimmy was born in Coal Creek, Fremont County, Colorado. He worked as a coal miner in the Lafayette, CO area mines and he was an organizer for the American Federation of Labor. He also served as president of Local 1388 of the United Mine Workers union in Lafayette for many years and was vice president of the Colorado State Federation of Labor. Jimmy was part of City Council from 1928 to 1929 and he was elected to the House of Representatives from 1930 to 1937. After he sold his restaurant, "Jimmy's Lunch," he went back to the state as Deputy Secretary of State under George Baker. He then worked for the county in the Highway Department before retiring. Jimmy married Madge L (Waite) Graham on June 24, 1924. They had three children.
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- James H. Gramps
- He was born in New York State to Jacob Gramps and Mary (Coppernoll) Gramps. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. The 1870 Census shows the family living in Lysander, New York, when James was two years old. The census lists James as having five older siblings. The 1880 census also shows the family living in Lysander. The 1900 census states that he had been married to Abia Elizabeth Gramps for eleven years, which means they married around 1889. They lived with their two children in Summit, New York, where James was a preacher. By 1910, when James was forty-one, the family lived in Saratoga Springs, where he was a clergyman. He came to Delta, Colorado, most probably following his daughter Rena and her first husband, sometime before 1920. The 1920 census shows the Gramps family living on 113 4th Street in Delta. There, he was a reverend for the Presbyterian Church of Delta. Rena remarried in 1921 and James and Abia followed her to Palisade, where he became the reverend of the Palisade Presbyterian Church. He is buried in Grand Junction’s Orchard Mesa Cemetery.