Editing Holly, Colorado (section)

==Notable residents==
Holly is the hometown of [[Roy Romer]] who moved there as an infant from his birthplace of [[Garden City, Kansas]]. Romer served as the [[List of governors of Colorado|39th]] [[Governor of Colorado]] from 1987 to 1999, and subsequently as the [[Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District|superintendent]] of the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]] from 2000 to 2006.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Private Elmer M. Gideon, USA, was born and raised near Holly.  He was in the 29th Div, 116th Infantry, Company I.  Private Gideon landed on Omaha Beach on June 12, 1944, and died under sniper around August 6, near St Lo. France.
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