People

: Joe Pace; An old cowpuncher and early employer of James Brouse. According to oral history interviewee James Brouse, he ran about 1000 head of cattle near Westwater, Utah and on Pinon Mesa. He also worked for Charles Sieber on the S-Cross Ranch. He witnessed Sieber's shooting by Joe Harris in 1902, and eventually killed Harris in retaliation. He was a local town drunk, cattle rancher, and train conductor. One time he hijacked a train going across state lines, a serious offense. According to rumor, he killed the husband of a Mrs. Fuller on Glade Park, and later married her. They were ranching partners.

: Joe Riddle; He staked a claim with his brother, Andrew E. Riddle, on a uranium mine in the early 1900's.

: Joe Scharf; The first teacher of the first schoolhouse in Gateway in 1905. He was given a race horse for his teaching wage by Mary Massey.

: Joe Serna; He was born in Durango, Colorado. He worked as a tool mender in the Sunnyside Mine. He also worked in Walter’s Grocery, and later for his younger brother, Lebrado Serna, answering calls for his plumbing business.

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