People

: Lyle Aubrey McNames; He was born in Iowa and worked a farm with his father, Fowler McNames. He attended school through the Tenth Grade. When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, he enlisted. He spent six months in basic training, but was never sent overseas. He later worked as a landscape foreman in Chicago. His wife was Lillian Grace Gustafson, a teacher, principal and superintendent in the Midwest.

: Lyle Viers; Lyle Viers began teaching skiing on Vail Mountain in 1967. A native of Bishop, California, Viers taught at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area prior to Vail. Viers, alongside fellow Mammoth skier and Vail Children's Ski School advocate, Hadley Gray, were instrumental in Vail Mountain Nastar racing for several decades. Born 1 October 1938, Viers raced in the Nastar series until 1999. During the 1969-1970 season, Viers helped coach the National Junior Women's Ski Team. He also volunteered as a youth tennis instructor in Eagle County for several decades. His late wife, Joyce Gedelman-Viers, worked in hospitality and sales after her arrival in Vail in 1972. Like her husband Lyle, Joyce Gedelman-Viers was also very community-minded and often spearheaded youth tennis competitions in the Vail Valley.

: Lyman "Si" Hubbard; A rancher from the Gateway, Colorado area. He was born in Colorado to Bert Hubbard and Daphna Ann (Kelly) Hubbard. The family moved to a ranch in Gateway when Si Hubbard was a baby. According to a July 2, 1978 interview of Si Hubbard in the Daily Sentinel, the family lived in a cabin kept by the McCarty Gang, after the members had been caught or killed. The Hubbard family ranched the area, and Si followed in the family business. In 1926, he helped to build the Gateway School. He had a knowledge of Gateway’s history.

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