Gypsum, Colorado
Showing
1 - 5
of 5
, query time: 0.01s
Format:
Image
1st Lt. Charles Hemberger, 107th Engineers, U.S. Army 32nd Division "Red Arrow Division," deployed to France February 1918, World War I. Hemberger served as Eagle County Clerk and Recorder, 1916-1917; Eagle County State Representative, 1926-1930.
Hemberger acquired multiple parcels of land at Fulford by paying back taxes for them. He wintered on Cooley Mesa, between Gypsum and Eagle, naming his ranch the Red Arrow Ranch.
Format:
Image
Willis H. Staup, born August 18, 1895, in Whitewater, Colorado. His family moved to Gypsum in 1903 and operated the Gypsum Hotel. Mr. Staup was inducted into the army on 20 October, 1917, and saw service in France and Germany. He was discharged April 29, 1919. Willis was the son of W.T. and Lovella Staup. He married Pearl Mitchell on the 25th of December in 1919. He later worked as an electrician for Eagle River Electric Company.
Format:
Image
Stanley McHatton stands near a wagon and shed in Gypsum. Taken around 1916-7. He is wearing a military uniform and is holding a shovel.
"I thot [thought] a great deal of him, a real clean fellow, studied to be a lawyer back east. Went to Calif. and died there about 1969." -- Alda Borah
4) Willis Staup
Format:
Image
Willis Staup stands in front of the Gypsum Garage. This photo was taken around 1918, as evidenced by the poster to the left of the door. This poster, titled, "Beat back the hun with liberty bonds," was first published in 1918, and was created by Frederick Strothmann. Staup enlisted in the United States Army on October 2, 1917, and served mainly in France and Germany during World War I. He was honorably discharged on April 29, 1919.
Format:
Image
Robert McHatton stands in front of the Gypsum Garage. This photo was taken around 1918, as evidenced by the poster to the left of the door. This poster, titled, "Beat back the hun with liberty bonds," was first published in 1918, and was created by Frederick Strothmann. Robert McHatton served in both World War I and World War II. He was the twin brother of Stanley McHatton.
