People

: Jim Key; He worked as a foreman at Cross Orchards Ranch 1915-1916, before he entered the U.S. Armed Services during World War I. He let his sister ride to work on his bicycle handlebars.

: Jim Lincoln; Jim Lincoln is a commercial piolet, that has lived in Telluride, Colorado since 1972. He started the Upper Crest Bakery in Telluride and was involved in the construction business--he helped to build the Hotel Columbia. Jim was also a Telluride Town Council member in 1980. --Information taken from KOTO Radio: Telluride Town Board Candidate Interviews and the Internet.

: Jim Markalunas; Jim Markalunas is a third-generation Aspenite whose family arrived here via a short hike over Independence Pass in the 1880s. His grandfather was a surveyor in the Smuggler Mine. Born in 1930, Jim grew up in a quieter Aspen than we find today. After a stint in the Marine Corps in Korea, he moved back to Aspen in 1954 with new bride, Ramona Conner Markalunas, in tow. The Markalunas couple has been here ever since, raising four children and continuing the tradition of being a part of the fabric of our community. Ramona served as Aspen's first Councilwoman from 1971 to 1975, helped found the Aspen Historical Society, worked tirelessly on the preservation of Ashcroft, was a task force member for the Pitkin County Senior Housing Task Force and has served on many other boards and task forces. Jim has served on the City Council, was the official weather observer for the National Weather Service for many years, and still occasionally offers local weather history and anecdotes to those interested. In addition, he was Aspen's official Director of Water, working for the City of Aspen Water Department for more than 35 years. Both Jim and Ramona have been active in pursuing rail transportation for the Roaring Fork Valley and have been famous for more than 25 years as the couple who gives away sweet pea seeds every spring. Just as sweet peas have been synonymous with Aspen over the generations, so has the Markalunas name.--Aspen Hall of Fame inductee bio

: Jim McHugh; A crew dispatcher in the Rio Grande warehouse. He later moved on to Glen's Ferry, Idaho, to work as a switchman for the Union Pacific Railroad at Glen's Ferry.

: Jim Mendonca; Contributor to "Being Here: A Gunnison Valley Journal," came to Gunnison Valley in the early 1970's, writes poetry under the pseudonym JRM. (source: Being Here: A Gunnison Valley Journal). Contributor to "The place they like best", (source: The place they like best A Gunnison Valley Journal.)

: Jim Nieslanik; In the mid-1960s Jim and Sharon Nieslanik were among the land owners who donated the now-800 acres for Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley campus

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