Denver Times July 18, 1923 Front page
CHAS. W. HARRIS, DEER FANCIER AND PIONEER OF WILDS, DIES HERE
Famed as Game Warden, Conqueror of Renegade Ute Band, and for Activities in Rearing Wild Animals on Estate in Shadow of Mount Evans.
Sacrificing his very life to remain in the environment he loved - refusing to shift to other scenes merely to lengthen his days- Charles W. Harris, a pioneer of the West, who came to Colorado when he was 17, died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital from heart disease.
His death marked the passing of another of those men whose tendency to cling to the things Western, the attributes of the frontier days, made him in his own way a man to be admired by his fellows.
Childhood, dreams of the days when he might control a herd of deer, live far up in the mountains on an estate, became realities for Harris when he came to Colorado. Far up in the mountains, in the shadow of the great Mount Evans, Charlie Harris found the fruition of his Life's ambition.
Born fifty-nine years ago in (continued on page 4, column 2)
DEER FANCIER HARRIS IS DEAD
Pioneer Who Won Fame As Friend Of Wild Life Victim Of Heart Disease.
(Continued from Page One)
DuBois, Pa., Harris was early possessed with the desire to breed deer. Since he had sat at his Mother's knee and heard the story of Santa Claus and his reindeer, he had wanted a herd of deer for his own.
With this ambition in mind he came to Colorado at the age of 17 and dtried(sic) to gratify his ambition when he engaged in ranching on Genesee mountain, Deer did not thrive there, so he sold out and associated with his brother, John H. Harris, in the building of the mountain circle railroad.
Then he engaged in the stockyards business, having some corrals on Wazee street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth street, and established a ranch ten or twelve miles below Denver on the Platte river.
There he became a unique figure in western history. He had a team of elk which he drove about the country and also kept on sis(sic) ranch many deer, bear and antelope. The venture was not a commercial success, however, and he left the ranch to become game warden under Gov. E. M. Ammons.
Puts Down Ute Disturbances.
He won added fame by his activities in this capacity. Probably the most prominent of these was his trip into Routt county when a band of renegade Ute Indians threatened trouble. When the state refused to send troops into the county, Harris himself went to the scene and succeeded in ca[capturing and disarming the band, after being shot twice.
For almost twenty years past he had lived in Harris Park at the foot of Mount Evans, and there achieved his live ambition of successfully rearing deer. He had more than 200 of them. In the many lakes on his property was afforded excellent trout fishing in an environment like the primeval West.
His friends in Denver were numbered by the hundreds. Old-timers and their children frequently visited him and he exacted from them not a penny for the privileges of his preserve. He was an expert rifle shot and was for a time trapshooting champion of the state. Heart failure induced by constant existence in the high altitude caused his death. He was visited Saturday by friends and appeared then to be in poor health but up and around.
Knowing that death was at hand, he declined to seek a lower altitude to prolong his life, but stayed in his mountain home until forced to consult medical attention. He came to Denver Sunday and died Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral arrangements have not definitely been made.
VETERAN OFFICIAL AND SPORTMANS OF STATE IS DEAD
CHARLES HARRIS DIED IN HOSPITAL OF HARDENING OF ARTERIES
Another son of the old west has passed over the Great Divide.
He is Charles Harris, 59 years old, former state game and fish commissioner under the late Governor Orman, and on of Colorado's most picturesque characters. After a year's failing health, Harris died at St. Luke's hospital Tuesday afternoon of hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure.
Twice wounded in fights with the Ute Indians while he was game and fish commissioner, Harris died sooner than he otherwise would relatives believe, because of the effect of old bullet and arrow wounds.
????? as he spent his life, in the open grandeur of the Rockies, so he will rest in death, at his own request, on the highest peak in Harris park, eleven miles northwest of Bailey, Colo., where he owned and conducted a great deer ranch.
Harris park consists of 480 acres, surrounded by a nine-foot fence, in which he had cared for a herd of more than 200 deer. Harris park was on of the show places of the west and hundreds of visitors have marveled at the beauties of the place.
Born in DuBois, PA., Harris came to Colorado when only 16 years old. For a time he lived in Denver. He became one of the most widely know sportsmen in the state.
Harris was noted as a skilled western hunter. In November, 1912, he killed a 175-pound ???? (deer) and a huge mountain lion in Harris park, Platto canon(sic), in one week. The mountain lion weighed 150 pounds and measured full six feet from tip to tip.
Funeral service for Harris will be held from Young's mortuary at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning, and then the burial will take place on top of the highest peak in Harris park, near the ranch house where Harris lived.
Near relatives surviving Harris are a sister, Mrs. E. H. Clark of Oklahoma City, A brother, Thomas Harris of Stillwater, Okla., three nephews, Vincent and John Harris of Denver and Charles McDonald of DuBois, PA.
CHAS. W. HARRIS, DEER FANCIER AND PIONEER OF WILDS, DIES HERE
Famed as Game Warden, Conqueror of Renegade Ute Band, and for Activities in Rearing Wild Animals on Estate in Shadow of Mount Evans.
Sacrificing his very life to remain in the environment he loved - refusing to shift to other scenes merely to lengthen his days- Charles W. Harris, a pioneer of the West, who came to Colorado when he was 17, died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital from heart disease.
His death marked the passing of another of those men whose tendency to cling to the things Western, the attributes of the frontier days, made him in his own way a man to be admired by his fellows.
Childhood, dreams of the days when he might control a herd of deer, live far up in the mountains on an estate, became realities for Harris when he came to Colorado. Far up in the mountains, in the shadow of the great Mount Evans, Charlie Harris found the fruition of his Life's ambition.
Born fifty-nine years ago in (continued on page 4, column 2)
DEER FANCIER HARRIS IS DEAD
Pioneer Who Won Fame As Friend Of Wild Life Victim Of Heart Disease.
(Continued from Page One)
DuBois, Pa., Harris was early possessed with the desire to breed deer. Since he had sat at his Mother's knee and heard the story of Santa Claus and his reindeer, he had wanted a herd of deer for his own.
With this ambition in mind he came to Colorado at the age of 17 and dtried(sic) to gratify his ambition when he engaged in ranching on Genesee mountain, Deer did not thrive there, so he sold out and associated with his brother, John H. Harris, in the building of the mountain circle railroad.
Then he engaged in the stockyards business, having some corrals on Wazee street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth street, and established a ranch ten or twelve miles below Denver on the Platte river.
There he became a unique figure in western history. He had a team of elk which he drove about the country and also kept on sis(sic) ranch many deer, bear and antelope. The venture was not a commercial success, however, and he left the ranch to become game warden under Gov. E. M. Ammons.
Puts Down Ute Disturbances.
He won added fame by his activities in this capacity. Probably the most prominent of these was his trip into Routt county when a band of renegade Ute Indians threatened trouble. When the state refused to send troops into the county, Harris himself went to the scene and succeeded in ca[capturing and disarming the band, after being shot twice.
For almost twenty years past he had lived in Harris Park at the foot of Mount Evans, and there achieved his live ambition of successfully rearing deer. He had more than 200 of them. In the many lakes on his property was afforded excellent trout fishing in an environment like the primeval West.
His friends in Denver were numbered by the hundreds. Old-timers and their children frequently visited him and he exacted from them not a penny for the privileges of his preserve. He was an expert rifle shot and was for a time trapshooting champion of the state. Heart failure induced by constant existence in the high altitude caused his death. He was visited Saturday by friends and appeared then to be in poor health but up and around.
Knowing that death was at hand, he declined to seek a lower altitude to prolong his life, but stayed in his mountain home until forced to consult medical attention. He came to Denver Sunday and died Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral arrangements have not definitely been made.
VETERAN OFFICIAL AND SPORTMANS OF STATE IS DEAD
CHARLES HARRIS DIED IN HOSPITAL OF HARDENING OF ARTERIES
Another son of the old west has passed over the Great Divide.
He is Charles Harris, 59 years old, former state game and fish commissioner under the late Governor Orman, and on of Colorado's most picturesque characters. After a year's failing health, Harris died at St. Luke's hospital Tuesday afternoon of hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure.
Twice wounded in fights with the Ute Indians while he was game and fish commissioner, Harris died sooner than he otherwise would relatives believe, because of the effect of old bullet and arrow wounds.
????? as he spent his life, in the open grandeur of the Rockies, so he will rest in death, at his own request, on the highest peak in Harris park, eleven miles northwest of Bailey, Colo., where he owned and conducted a great deer ranch.
Harris park consists of 480 acres, surrounded by a nine-foot fence, in which he had cared for a herd of more than 200 deer. Harris park was on of the show places of the west and hundreds of visitors have marveled at the beauties of the place.
Born in DuBois, PA., Harris came to Colorado when only 16 years old. For a time he lived in Denver. He became one of the most widely know sportsmen in the state.
Harris was noted as a skilled western hunter. In November, 1912, he killed a 175-pound ???? (deer) and a huge mountain lion in Harris park, Platto canon(sic), in one week. The mountain lion weighed 150 pounds and measured full six feet from tip to tip.
Funeral service for Harris will be held from Young's mortuary at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning, and then the burial will take place on top of the highest peak in Harris park, near the ranch house where Harris lived.
Near relatives surviving Harris are a sister, Mrs. E. H. Clark of Oklahoma City, A brother, Thomas Harris of Stillwater, Okla., three nephews, Vincent and John Harris of Denver and Charles McDonald of DuBois, PA.
Denver Times July 18, 1923 Front page
CHAS. W. HARRIS, DEER FANCIER AND PIONEER OF WILDS, DIES HERE
Famed as Game Warden, Conqueror of Renegade Ute Band, and for Activities in Rearing Wild Animals on Estate in Shadow of Mount Evans.
Sacrificing his very life to remain in the environment he loved - refusing to shift to other scenes merely to lengthen his days- Charles W. Harris, a pioneer of the West, who came to Colorado when he was 17, died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital from heart disease.
His death marked the passing of another of those men whose tendency to cling to the things Western, the attributes of the frontier days, made him in his own way a man to be admired by his fellows.
Childhood, dreams of the days when he might control a herd of deer, live far up in the mountains on an estate, became realities for Harris when he came to Colorado. Far up in the mountains, in the shadow of the great Mount Evans, Charlie Harris found the fruition of his Life's ambition.
Born fifty-nine years ago in (continued on page 4, column 2)
DEER FANCIER HARRIS IS DEAD
Pioneer Who Won Fame As Friend Of Wild Life Victim Of Heart Disease.
(Continued from Page One)
DuBois, Pa., Harris was early possessed with the desire to breed deer. Since he had sat at his Mother's knee and heard the story of Santa Claus and his reindeer, he had wanted a herd of deer for his own.
With this ambition in mind he came to Colorado at the age of 17 and dtried(sic) to gratify his ambition when he engaged in ranching on Genesee mountain, Deer did not thrive there, so he sold out and associated with his brother, John H. Harris, in the building of the mountain circle railroad.
Then he engaged in the stockyards business, having some corrals on Wazee street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth street, and established a ranch ten or twelve miles below Denver on the Platte river.
There he became a unique figure in western history. He had a team of elk which he drove about the country and also kept on sis(sic) ranch many deer, bear and antelope. The venture was not a commercial success, however, and he left the ranch to become game warden under Gov. E. M. Ammons.
Puts Down Ute Disturbances.
He won added fame by his activities in this capacity. Probably the most prominent of these was his trip into Routt county when a band of renegade Ute Indians threatened trouble. When the state refused to send troops into the county, Harris himself went to the scene and succeeded in ca[capturing and disarming the band, after being shot twice.
For almost twenty years past he had lived in Harris Park at the foot of Mount Evans, and there achieved his live ambition of successfully rearing deer. He had more than 200 of them. In the many lakes on his property was afforded excellent trout fishing in an environment like the primeval West.
His friends in Denver were numbered by the hundreds. Old-timers and their children frequently visited him and he exacted from them not a penny for the privileges of his preserve. He was an expert rifle shot and was for a time trapshooting champion of the state. Heart failure induced by constant existence in the high altitude caused his death. He was visited Saturday by friends and appeared then to be in poor health but up and around.
Knowing that death was at hand, he declined to seek a lower altitude to prolong his life, but stayed in his mountain home until forced to consult medical attention. He came to Denver Sunday and died Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral arrangements have not definitely been made.
VETERAN OFFICIAL AND SPORTMANS OF STATE IS DEAD
CHARLES HARRIS DIED IN HOSPITAL OF HARDENING OF ARTERIES
Another son of the old west has passed over the Great Divide.
He is Charles Harris, 59 years old, former state game and fish commissioner under the late Governor Orman, and on of Colorado's most picturesque characters. After a year's failing health, Harris died at St. Luke's hospital Tuesday afternoon of hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure.
Twice wounded in fights with the Ute Indians while he was game and fish commissioner, Harris died sooner than he otherwise would relatives believe, because of the effect of old bullet and arrow wounds.
????? as he spent his life, in the open grandeur of the Rockies, so he will rest in death, at his own request, on the highest peak in Harris park, eleven miles northwest of Bailey, Colo., where he owned and conducted a great deer ranch.
Harris park consists of 480 acres, surrounded by a nine-foot fence, in which he had cared for a herd of more than 200 deer. Harris park was on of the show places of the west and hundreds of visitors have marveled at the beauties of the place.
Born in DuBois, PA., Harris came to Colorado when only 16 years old. For a time he lived in Denver. He became one of the most widely know sportsmen in the state.
Harris was noted as a skilled western hunter. In November, 1912, he killed a 175-pound ???? (deer) and a huge mountain lion in Harris park, Platto canon(sic), in one week. The mountain lion weighed 150 pounds and measured full six feet from tip to tip.
Funeral service for Harris will be held from Young's mortuary at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning, and then the burial will take place on top of the highest peak in Harris park, near the ranch house where Harris lived.
Near relatives surviving Harris are a sister, Mrs. E. H. Clark of Oklahoma City, A brother, Thomas Harris of Stillwater, Okla., three nephews, Vincent and John Harris of Denver and Charles McDonald of DuBois, PA.
CHAS. W. HARRIS, DEER FANCIER AND PIONEER OF WILDS, DIES HERE
Famed as Game Warden, Conqueror of Renegade Ute Band, and for Activities in Rearing Wild Animals on Estate in Shadow of Mount Evans.
Sacrificing his very life to remain in the environment he loved - refusing to shift to other scenes merely to lengthen his days- Charles W. Harris, a pioneer of the West, who came to Colorado when he was 17, died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital from heart disease.
His death marked the passing of another of those men whose tendency to cling to the things Western, the attributes of the frontier days, made him in his own way a man to be admired by his fellows.
Childhood, dreams of the days when he might control a herd of deer, live far up in the mountains on an estate, became realities for Harris when he came to Colorado. Far up in the mountains, in the shadow of the great Mount Evans, Charlie Harris found the fruition of his Life's ambition.
Born fifty-nine years ago in (continued on page 4, column 2)
DEER FANCIER HARRIS IS DEAD
Pioneer Who Won Fame As Friend Of Wild Life Victim Of Heart Disease.
(Continued from Page One)
DuBois, Pa., Harris was early possessed with the desire to breed deer. Since he had sat at his Mother's knee and heard the story of Santa Claus and his reindeer, he had wanted a herd of deer for his own.
With this ambition in mind he came to Colorado at the age of 17 and dtried(sic) to gratify his ambition when he engaged in ranching on Genesee mountain, Deer did not thrive there, so he sold out and associated with his brother, John H. Harris, in the building of the mountain circle railroad.
Then he engaged in the stockyards business, having some corrals on Wazee street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth street, and established a ranch ten or twelve miles below Denver on the Platte river.
There he became a unique figure in western history. He had a team of elk which he drove about the country and also kept on sis(sic) ranch many deer, bear and antelope. The venture was not a commercial success, however, and he left the ranch to become game warden under Gov. E. M. Ammons.
Puts Down Ute Disturbances.
He won added fame by his activities in this capacity. Probably the most prominent of these was his trip into Routt county when a band of renegade Ute Indians threatened trouble. When the state refused to send troops into the county, Harris himself went to the scene and succeeded in ca[capturing and disarming the band, after being shot twice.
For almost twenty years past he had lived in Harris Park at the foot of Mount Evans, and there achieved his live ambition of successfully rearing deer. He had more than 200 of them. In the many lakes on his property was afforded excellent trout fishing in an environment like the primeval West.
His friends in Denver were numbered by the hundreds. Old-timers and their children frequently visited him and he exacted from them not a penny for the privileges of his preserve. He was an expert rifle shot and was for a time trapshooting champion of the state. Heart failure induced by constant existence in the high altitude caused his death. He was visited Saturday by friends and appeared then to be in poor health but up and around.
Knowing that death was at hand, he declined to seek a lower altitude to prolong his life, but stayed in his mountain home until forced to consult medical attention. He came to Denver Sunday and died Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral arrangements have not definitely been made.
VETERAN OFFICIAL AND SPORTMANS OF STATE IS DEAD
CHARLES HARRIS DIED IN HOSPITAL OF HARDENING OF ARTERIES
Another son of the old west has passed over the Great Divide.
He is Charles Harris, 59 years old, former state game and fish commissioner under the late Governor Orman, and on of Colorado's most picturesque characters. After a year's failing health, Harris died at St. Luke's hospital Tuesday afternoon of hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure.
Twice wounded in fights with the Ute Indians while he was game and fish commissioner, Harris died sooner than he otherwise would relatives believe, because of the effect of old bullet and arrow wounds.
????? as he spent his life, in the open grandeur of the Rockies, so he will rest in death, at his own request, on the highest peak in Harris park, eleven miles northwest of Bailey, Colo., where he owned and conducted a great deer ranch.
Harris park consists of 480 acres, surrounded by a nine-foot fence, in which he had cared for a herd of more than 200 deer. Harris park was on of the show places of the west and hundreds of visitors have marveled at the beauties of the place.
Born in DuBois, PA., Harris came to Colorado when only 16 years old. For a time he lived in Denver. He became one of the most widely know sportsmen in the state.
Harris was noted as a skilled western hunter. In November, 1912, he killed a 175-pound ???? (deer) and a huge mountain lion in Harris park, Platto canon(sic), in one week. The mountain lion weighed 150 pounds and measured full six feet from tip to tip.
Funeral service for Harris will be held from Young's mortuary at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning, and then the burial will take place on top of the highest peak in Harris park, near the ranch house where Harris lived.
Near relatives surviving Harris are a sister, Mrs. E. H. Clark of Oklahoma City, A brother, Thomas Harris of Stillwater, Okla., three nephews, Vincent and John Harris of Denver and Charles McDonald of DuBois, PA.
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