Married Mabel Lamphere (daughter of Arthur Lamphere and Helena Closie) on 26 Oct 1909 at Miles City, Custer County, Montana.
Making his way out west from the Cincinnati area, Harrie worked as a sheep and horse rancher. After purchasing his own property, he became the first to discover oil in the state of Montana and founded the The Van Duzen Oil Company. He later became president of the Montana Oil Operators Association. Van Dusen Spring (misspelled) in Montana is named in his honor; it was his property.
Harrie and Mabel had an adopted son, Earl A. Miller (known to them as Keith Van Duzen). An accomplished rodeo rider, Earl joined the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was tragically killed in the crash of a B-24D Liberator bomber during a training mission near Scott AFB, Illinois on 02 Jan 1943.
After selling his property in Montana, Harrie and Mabel moved to Oregon, where they lived until his death in 1964.
Making his way out west from the Cincinnati area, Harrie worked as a sheep and horse rancher. After purchasing his own property, he became the first to discover oil in the state of Montana and founded the The Van Duzen Oil Company. He later became president of the Montana Oil Operators Association. Van Dusen Spring (misspelled) in Montana is named in his honor; it was his property.
Harrie and Mabel had an adopted son, Earl A. Miller (known to them as Keith Van Duzen). An accomplished rodeo rider, Earl joined the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was tragically killed in the crash of a B-24D Liberator bomber during a training mission near Scott AFB, Illinois on 02 Jan 1943.
After selling his property in Montana, Harrie and Mabel moved to Oregon, where they lived until his death in 1964.
Married Mabel Lamphere (daughter of Arthur Lamphere and Helena Closie) on 26 Oct 1909 at Miles City, Custer County, Montana.
Making his way out west from the Cincinnati area, Harrie worked as a sheep and horse rancher. After purchasing his own property, he became the first to discover oil in the state of Montana and founded the The Van Duzen Oil Company. He later became president of the Montana Oil Operators Association. Van Dusen Spring (misspelled) in Montana is named in his honor; it was his property.
Harrie and Mabel had an adopted son, Earl A. Miller (known to them as Keith Van Duzen). An accomplished rodeo rider, Earl joined the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was tragically killed in the crash of a B-24D Liberator bomber during a training mission near Scott AFB, Illinois on 02 Jan 1943.
After selling his property in Montana, Harrie and Mabel moved to Oregon, where they lived until his death in 1964.
Making his way out west from the Cincinnati area, Harrie worked as a sheep and horse rancher. After purchasing his own property, he became the first to discover oil in the state of Montana and founded the The Van Duzen Oil Company. He later became president of the Montana Oil Operators Association. Van Dusen Spring (misspelled) in Montana is named in his honor; it was his property.
Harrie and Mabel had an adopted son, Earl A. Miller (known to them as Keith Van Duzen). An accomplished rodeo rider, Earl joined the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was tragically killed in the crash of a B-24D Liberator bomber during a training mission near Scott AFB, Illinois on 02 Jan 1943.
After selling his property in Montana, Harrie and Mabel moved to Oregon, where they lived until his death in 1964.
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