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40621) Bill Andree
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William Walter “Bill” Andree was born 1 August 1956 in Ithaca, New York to Robert Andree and Marie Sherry Andree. He spent his youth in Jacksonville, Tompkins County, New York and attended Charles O. Dickerson High School in Trumansburg, New York. After two years at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, New Hampshire (1974 – 1976), Andree transferred to Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He graduated with a B.S. in Fishery, Biology,...
40622) Harold Brewer
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Obituary taken from montrosepress.com:
Feb. 10, 1902 - March 15, 2001
Greatest Enjoyment: Bowling
MONTROSE - Harold Austin Brewer, age 99, of Montrose, died Thursday evening, March 15, 2001, in the Montrose Memorial Hospital.
Harold Austin Brewer, the son of Austin Brewer and Emma (Bezner) Brewer, was born on Feb. 10, 1901, near Shenandoah, Iowa, where he spent his childhood years, attended country schools, and grew to adulthood. Harold graduated...
40623) Grace Brewer
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From Montrosepress.com, here is Grace Brewer's obituary:
"May 28, 1912 -- Oct. 30, 2002
MONTROSE -- Grace L. Brewer, age 90, of Montrose, died Wednesday morning, Oct. 30, 2002, at the Montrose Memorial Hospital in Montrose.
Grace Louise Richards was born on May 28, 1912, in Old Ophir, Colo., the daughter of Samuel C. Richards and Mary Jane (Penuluna) Richards. She spent her childhood in Old Ophir where she attended school. At an early age,...
40624) Pavia Justinian
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Pavia Justinian was the eighth Artist in Residence at Mesa County Libraries at 970West Studio. She served as the Artist in Residence from August 20 to December 3, 2018.
Pavia Justinian is a Colorado mixed media sculptor and muralist with award-winning artwork featured in public art programs throughout the state. Her works are held in private collections across the Southwest. Pavia is an acclaimed artist in the Grand Valley, having been featured...
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Weston and Nellie Massey discuss their family’s involvement in the earliest days of Gateway, Colorado. The couple also touch on the presence of Indians in the Mesa County area, the system of delivering mail, social activities, cattle herding and cattle thieving, Uranium mining and mining equipment in the Gateway area, and methods of travel via trails and mapped out routes. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration...
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Emmi Farris, then Emmi Hall, served as the third Mesa County Libraries Artist in Residence at 970West Studio. The dates of her residency were from January 9 - April 24, 2017. During the residency, she kept open studio hours at 970West from 9 am to Noon on Mondays, allowing her to showcase her art and creative process for Mesa County residents. She also gave eight public, educational programs:
Fueling the Creative Process (January 11)
Groundhog...
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Pavia Justinian served as the eighth Mesa County Libraries Artist in Residence at 970West Studio. The dates of her residency were August 20 - December 3, 2018. During the residency, she kept open studio hours at 970West from 10 am to Noon on Wednesdays, allowing her to showcase her art and creative process for Mesa County residents. She also gave eleven public, educational programs:
Sculptural Painting & Assemblage (September 4, 2018)
Neighbors...
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Savannah Ashmore served as the sixteenth Mesa County Libraries Artist in Residence at 970West Studio. The dates of her residency were from September 13-December 20, 2021. During the residency, she kept open studio hours at 970West once a week, allowing her to showcase her art and creative process for Mesa County residents. She also gave four public, educational programs:
Nature Journaling in the Discovery Garden (September 17)
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Evan Curtis is an award-winning independent stop motion animator and filmmaker from the Adirondacks of NY. He received a BFA in Film from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film at Purchase College and an MFA in Animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design. In the Fall of 2019, Evan moved to Grand Junction to join the Art & Design department at Colorado Mesa University
Evan participated as the Artist in Residence at Mesa County Libraries...
40631) Mary Eshbaugh Hayes
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The inimitable, ubiquitous and always charming Mary Eshbaugh Hayes came to Aspen in 1952, a wide-eyed girl from the East coast, with a pocketful of dreams and the talent to make them come true. With her direct manner, she rapped on the door of a closed Aspen Times office, seeking employment. Can you imagine the excitement, the exhilaration and the hesitation as she emerged an hour later, the newly hired reporter and photographer for the staid publication....
40632) Tom Anderson
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Brothers Tom and Gregg Anderson grew up in Minnesota and experienced Aspen on regular family vacations starting in 1954. That “something special“ about Aspen drew the brothers back as adults. Tom came first in 1971 and Gregg followed in 1972. Upon arriving in Aspen, each brother made their mark on Aspen, though in very different ways.
Tom’s career in Aspen came during his college years, taking various jobs in town before joining Sport Obermeyer,...
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An early settler of Unaweep Canyon, Colorado. He was born in Colorado Springs to Edward T. Massey and Mary E. (Bryan) Massey. 1900 US Census records show that his father was a dairy farmer. His mother was an Irish immigrant and homemaker.
US Census records show that the family had moved to Mesa County, Colorado by at least 1910, when Phillip was ten years old. There, the family lived on a cattle ranch in Unaweep Canyon, halfway between Uravan and...
40635) Weston "Sallie" Massey
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One of the earliest settlers of the Unaweep Canyon in Mesa County, Colorado. He and his wife, Nellie (Foy) Massey, owned and operated a ranch in Unaweep Canyon for many years.
He was born in Colorado Springs to Edward T. Massey and Mary E. (Bryan) Massey. 1900 US Census records show that his father was a dairy farmer. His mother was an Irish immigrant and homemaker.
US Census records show that the family had moved to Mesa County, Colorado by...
40636) Mary Elenor (Bryan) Massey
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An Irish immigrant who immigrated to Colorado and settled with her husband in the Mesa County sometime between 1900 and 1910.
Irish birth records show that she was born in Ireland in 1873. US ship passenger lists show that she arrived in Pennsylvania on the Southwark on June 23, 1894. Colorado marriage records show that she married Eben Massey in Colorado Springs on April 28, 1896.
According to US Census records, the family lived in Colorado...
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She was born to Phillip W. Massey and Rosa Bell Gordon Massey in Grand Junction, Colorado. She grew up on the Massey Ranch, near the town of Whitewater and in Unaweep Canyon. She attended Grand Junction High School and then Colorado College, where she was part of the Independent Women group on campus. She married Clinton Lee Kitson on Orchard Mesa on January 1, 1950. They had three children.
*Photograph from the 1950 Colorado College yearbook
40638) James "Jim" Massey Sr.
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An early settler of Unaweep Canyon, Colorado. He was born in Colorado to Edward T. Massey and Mary E. (Bryan) Massey. 1900 US Census records show that his father was a dairy farmer. His mother was an Irish immigrant and homemaker.
US Census records show that the family had moved to Mesa County, Colorado by at least 1910, when James was six years old (it is unknown if he was born there or in Colorado Springs). There, the family lived on a cattle...
40639) James Edward "Jimmy" Massey
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He was born to Phillip W. Massey and Rosa Bell Gordon Massey in Grand Junction, Colorado. He seems to have been named for his uncle James Massey. He grew up on the Massey Ranch, near the town of Whitewater and in Unaweep Canyon. He attended Grand Junction High School and Ross Business College before his father signed a document giving him special permission to join the US Navy at the age of seventeen. He arrived at boot camp in San Diego on August...
40640) Nellie May (Foy) Massey
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A Gateway, Colorado native and granddaughter of the first family to settle in Gateway. She was born to Oscar Freeman Foy and Lula M. (Owens) Foy in Gateway. Her father was a stockman and miner. Her mother was a homemaker.
She married on February 23, 1984. She and her husband Weston Massey took over the Massey family ranch in Unaweep Canyon and ran it for many years.
