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- John C. Frémont
- John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, when he led four expeditions into the American West, that era's penny press and admiring historians accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder. [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Frémont]
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- John C. Osgood
- He started the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. In the late Nineteenth century, he also established Redstone as a company town for his workers on the Crystal River Railroad, which transported coal from Western Slope mines to the Colorado Fuel and Iron foundry in Pueblo.
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- John Callahan
- John grew up in Boston and New York City and enlisted in the Army near the end of World War II as a member of the 82nd Airborne. He also boxed during that time, fighting in the Golden Gloves and winning the title of Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion for New York City in the early 1950s. After graduating from NYU, John set off on a lifetime of adventure, crewing a boat sailing to Puerto Rico, hopping rail cars on his way out West, and motorcycling throughout Mexico. After a stint managing “The Center” at the base of Little Nell, John spent many years working at Buttermilk as a ski instructor, patroller and on the trail crew, cutting Racer’s Edge, Javelin and several other trails. One of the first Aspen ski instructors fluent in Spanish, he encouraged the Ski Corp to promote skiing in Mexico. To this day, he can still be found chatting in Spanish with his many Latino friends in the valley. An early member of Mountain Rescue, he was involved with that group for over 25 years and hundreds of rescues. He also helped Alfred Braun construct two of the first Braun Huts. John also volunteered for many years at the Aspen Valley Hospital as a greeter and friendly face. A lifelong runner and bike tourer, John helped found the Aspen Half-Marathon, now known as the Golden Leaf Marathon, and twice pedaled his bike through Baja. He was a founding member of the Aspen Savings & Loan and served on the board of the Aspen Ski Club. John continued to ride his motorcycle well into his 80s to distant points throughout Mexico, the US and Canada.--Aspen Hall of Fame website, inductee bio