Linda May Jones

Background

Jones, Linda May was born on November 9, 1937 in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Forrest Edward and Edith May Carlson.

Education

Student, University Kansas, 1957. Student, University Colorado, 1971.

Career

Tour guide Queen City Tours, Denver, 1976-1984, tour guide coordinator, 1977-1984, American Travel Brokers, Denver, 1977-1984. Owner Columbine Tours, 1984-1992. Tour director Backyard Tours, Englewood, 1993—2002, Mountains and More Tour Company, Golden, since 1993, Colorado Convention Associates, since 1998.

Tourism advisory committee Metro Denver Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1990. Staff writer Colorado Gambler, since 1994, Gilpin County News. Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Linda May Jones has been listed as a notable tour guide, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president Republican Central Committee, Gilpin County, Colorado, 1983-1993. Vice president Gilpin County History Society, Central City, Colorado, vice president 1988-1990, president, since 1990. Chairman Gilpin County History Advisory Commission, 2006-2008, member, since 2008.

Member Mount Lookout Daughters of the American Revolution, Rotary (president 2006-2007), Intertel, Alpha Phi.

Interests

• Hiking, snowshoeing.

Connections

Married William Stanley Conard, September 1, 1957 (divorced November 1970). Children: Chris Dale Conard, Carin Dene Lockhart, Curtis Dean Conard. Married Verl Ray Jones, November 6, 1982.