Progressive Men of Western Colorado

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...on March 19, 1873, and is the son of John and Mary (Reeves) Gentry, also born and reared in North Carolina, who are successfully engaged in farming. They are the parents of six children, all living: James C., of Meeker; Callie, wife of R. E. Plummer, of North Carolina: Thomas, William, Jessie and Letcher. The father is an ardent Democrat and an enterprising business man. Always a man of great activity and energy, and daunted by no danger, he became an early tourist to the Pacific coast. starting many years ago overland to California with a drove of cattle, and on the way he passed through Steamboat Springs in this state in 1859. The son James received a good education in the district schools and at Fairview College, in his native state. He also studied law in the professional schools at Denver and Boulder after coming to Colorado, paying the necessary fees and his living expenses out of his earnings. From the age of eighteen he was a school teacher for a number of years, part of the time in North Carolina and the rest at Fremont and Canon City, this state, having come hither in 1894. He was associated with the J. R. Witcher Lumber Company in the capacity of general manager until the business was sold in 1898. He then took a review course in law until 1900, when he began the practice of the profession at Denver. In 1901 he moved to Meeker where he has since been in active practice and also engaged in ranching and raising cattle and horses, having purchased on his arrival in this portion of the state the improvements on a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres on Miller creek. To this tract he has added another of equal size which adjoins the town of Meeker. He can cultivate two hundred acres of his land and has an excellent supply of water...