Chaffee County CO Archives Biographies.....Cyr, Nelson May 2, 1845 - ? ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Crook jlcrook@rof.net December 21, 2005, 9:44 pm Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Nelson Cyr, who has been active and helpful in the ranching and cattle industry of Colorado, and also concerned in a forceful and serviceable way in the public life of his section in the state, is a native of near Montreal, Canada, born on May 2, 1845. In his native land and under the paternal rooftree he grew to manhood, and in the neighborhood of his home began life’s work for himself as a farmer. He remained there so occupied until the year 1879, then at the age of thirty-four, in the prime of his manly vigor and mental force, he became a resident of Colorado, well prepared for the exactions of its strenuous life and eager to enter into the contest which they embodied. He remained in the state two years then made a visit to his old home in Canada. Returning to Colorado in 1881, he located at Leadville and found employment in the mines and at the smelter for about three years. In 1884 he turned his attention to farming, taking up a ranch four miles from Buena Vista, not far from the town of Riverside. After a year passed here he returned to mining and spent three years in that industry, then once more became a farmer. In 1895 he sold his ranch and began to carry the mails between Buena Vista and St. Elmo under contract. He did this for a year, then sub-let the contract and took up his residence at Buena Vista, where he was variously employed until 1900, when he again started ranching on a location fifteen miles west of Salida. In the spring of 1904 he moved to the ranch he now occupies, which is seventeen miles from Salida, and is well improved and in an advanced state of tillage. Mr. Cyr was married on January 30, 1866, to Miss Amelia Duclos, a native of Canada where the marriage occurred. They have three sons and three daughters. Additional Comments: From Progressive Men of Western Colorado. Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/chaffee/bios/cyr86gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb