This manuscript, in its essence, is a collection of 948 biographies of prominent men and women, all leading citizens of Western Colorado. In this context, Western Colorado encompasses the counties of Archuleta, Chaffee, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Lake, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, San Juan, and San Miguel.
Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following cemeteries have gravesite photographs hosted at the Colorado Tombstone Photo Project Aspen Aspen Grove Cemetery Red Butte Cemetery Ute Park Cemetery Basalt Basalt Fairview Cemetery Snowmass Wheatley Family Cemetery View Photographs The following cemeteries have transcriptions hosted at the Colorado USGW Archives Aspen Ute Cemetery Snowmass Wheatley Cemetery View the Transcriptions