David W. Emerson was born in Littleton, Massachusetts. His father, a mining engineer, moved the family to Mexico twice, once when he was one year old and again when he was seven. In 1938, his father retired to work on his apple orchard in
Littleton. Emerson helped with pruning, spraying and dusting for insects, and hauling apples to the cider mill.
Hazel Baker Denton (1887-1962) was a prolific writer, educator, active community member, and elected to serve the Nevada State Assembly in the early 1950s.
Herbert C. Wells was born April 11, 1927 in Omaha, Nebraska. After his father was killed in a plane crash in 1931, his mother moved herself and Wells to Los Angeles, California to be near her husband's parents. They moved several times, but the goal was always to find good schools for Wells and his sister.