Pictured above: Frisco Mayor Gary Wilkinson, right, presents Sandy Mortensen with the Frisco’s Finest Award on Feb. 11, 2020, at the Frisco Town Hall. Credit: Sawyer D’Argonne / Sandy Mortensen moved to Summit County in 1977,...
Helen grew up on a farm with seven siblings in Wellington, Texas. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in vocational home economics. In 1941, she married a neighbor boy, Robert “Bob” Stuart Foote. They moved to California, where Bob worked for Vultee Aircraft during...
Andy was born in 1936 in Syracuse, New York. Andy met the love of her life when she was 16 at a holiday party. After graduating from Skidmore college, she married Melvin W. Searls, Jr., who worked for the Commerce Department. His job took them to many foreign...
Originally from Marquette, Michigan, Maureen Sloan worked as a counselor at a dude ranch in the Sangre DeCristos Mountains in Southern Colorado when she was in college. She fell in love with Colorado, and after graduation in 1963, moved to Colorado Springs where she...
Homesteader, Author and Summit Historical Society’s Founder Anna Ballif Emore was born in Dillon, Colorado in 1892. Her parents, Adolphus “Tip” Ballif and Emma Benson Ballif, immigrated to Summit County from Switzerland and Sweden. Anna lived her entire life in Summit...
Born a Kiowa Apache, and raised as a Ute, Chipeta made her mark on Colorado history through her enduring work to establish and maintain peace between Native Americans and White settlers. As a young woman she was the trusted partner of Chief Ouray, head of the...
