World War

Men from Teller County who died in wartime service were honored as having consecrated their lives to the divine right of freedom. Those named were Chester Allstrum, Percy Ellsworth, Ben Appleby, John Earn, Howard Carter, Paul Hammond, Clarence Craver, Frank Kelly, Bruce Chase, Harry Musick, Finis Coleman, Rufus Owens, Arthur Collins, Forest Raney, Earl Denbo, Roy Willett, Eldon Devitt, Charles Wilson, and their sacrifice was framed by quotations from Shakespeare and Abraham Lincoln praising those who died in a virtuous cause and affirming that their deeds would not be forgotten.

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