"Willis H. Staup, son of W. T. and Sovella Staup was born Aug. 18, 1895 at Whitewater, Colo. The family moved to Gypsum in 1908, where they operated the Gypsum Hotel. Willis ran the first garage and shipped in the first autos to Gypsum. He was inducted in the Army Oct. 2, 1917 and most of his Army service during World War I was in France and Germany. He received his discharge Apr. 29, 1919. On Christmas Day, 1919, he was united in marriage to Pearl...

"Gypsum, Colo. 1969. Charles and Inez Adams, George and Julia Harris and Maude Ambos. A year later George was dead and Charley and Inez passed away in 1973." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 190 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]