People
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- Allen Holcomb
- Manager of the Curry Canning Company. He was also on the board of directors for the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. As the manager for the Curry Canning Company, he attempted to get local farmers to grow asparagus for canning. This resulted in the wild asparagus that still grows today along ditches in the Grand Valley.
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- Allen Knox
- Walter Allen Knox was born 6 May 1941 in Oklahoma City to George Washington Knox, Sr. and Ella Mae McWhorter Knox. He spent his youth in Manitou Springs, Colorado and moved to Vail with his family in the 1965. On 5 December 1964, Allen Knox and Linda married in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. They had two children: Carolyn Knox (Keep) and Bob Knox. The Vail Trail was established on 15 October 1965 by George Knox, Sr. Initially, it was a one-man show. George Knox, who was known as “The Skipper,” sold ads, reported, wrote all the text, created the page layouts and did the bookkeeping. Ella Knox, who was a legendary cook and gardener, contributed by writing a column, “Green Thumb Ella.” Since Allen Knox was born into a newspaper family, it was no surprise when he began working for The Vail Trail in 1969. At this point, George Knox, Sr. was also President of the Knox Publishing Company, in addition to being the newspaper publisher and editor, while Allen Knox was Vice-President, in addition to being the newspaper advertising and business manager and photographer. Ella Knox was also the Secretary-Treasurer and circulation manager. In addition, both of Allen Knox’s children eventually worked for The Vail Trail. When George Knox, Sr. passed away in 1975, Allen Knox took over the helm of The Vail Trail. He continued in this capacity until the paper closed its doors in 2008. Allen Knox is a past board member of the Colorado Press Association. He is an avid golfer who also sports a fine sense of humor. Who can forget Allen Knox’s comedic dance with Luann Smith in the 1980s “Yes, We Have No Bananas Revue.” Knox currently lives in Edwards, Eagle County, Colorado.
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- Allen Robert Jones
- A peach grower and chairman of the Mesa County Peach Administrative Committee. He was born to William A. Jones and Maizie (Manning) Jones in Dolores, Colorado. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. Colorado marriage records show that his mother was married to James Place Jr. in 1911, prior to marrying William Jones in 1915. The 1920 US Census shows William and Maizie living in Dolores when Allen was three years old. Allen’s father died in 1924. The 1930 Census shows Allen living with his younger sisters Dixie and Dorothy in a home belonging to Jesse Williams in Durango. He attended grammar school in Dolores and Durango, and graduated from Mancos High School. He worked as a construction worker in Phoenix, Arizona from 1936 to 1947. He married Delma Aline in 1942. They moved to Mesa County in 1946, so that they could grow peaches, settling on East Orchard Mesa. They divorced in 1971. He later married Bernadine A. Garcia. He was a member of the Mesa County Peach Administrative Board, a state sanctioned board that regulated the local peach industry. He served as chairman of the committee from 1959 to 1982. He was the president of the Western Colorado Fruit Growers Association. He served on the Always Buy Colorado executive board appointed by Governor Richard Lamm. He was also the Committee President of the National Peach Council, served on other agricultural boards, and was a member of the Elks Lodge in Grand Junction. He died at the age of sixty-nine and is buried in Memorial Gardens.
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- Allen Wayne "Al" Brink
- He was born in Denver, Colorado to Edgar Brink and Anna Dorothy (Dragt) Brink. The 1950 US Census shows the family living in Arapahoe County, when Allen was five years old. The census lists his father as working in a rubber factory as a belt builder. His mother was a homemaker. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School, graduating in 1962. During high school he played football and wrestled. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps with two friends in 1962 and served until January 1968. He served in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, and achieved the rank of Sergeant E-5. He went to the University of Hawaii for two years as part of an officer training program, but cut classes and was placed in the infantry. He served briefly as a guard in a naval prison in New Hampshire, and then volunteered for service in Vietnam; one of the first to do so. He fought in several battles in the Vietnam War. He married Roberta Marley in 1962. They divorced that same year. He married Deborah Adams in 1965. They divorced in 1967. He married Lois Rutgers in 1967. They divorced in 1979. He then married Judy Daleen Greer and they had a daughter. He moved to Grand Junction in 1980, where he was a journeyman lineman. He also worked as a mail carrier during his life. *Photograph from the 1962 Abraham Lincoln High School yearbook.