Denver-Pueblo County CO Archives Biographies.....Fisher, Redwood 1839 - ************************************************ 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: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 January 5, 2009, 1:02 am Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918) REDWOOD FISHER. The record of Colorado's substantial pioneers bears the name of Redwood Fisher, who was well known as a civil engineer of the early days and afterward as an office holder in Denver. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in the year 1839 and was therefore twenty-one years of age when he arrived in Colorado in 1860. In the east his studies and activities had been directed in the field of civil engineering and in following his profession in Colorado he became closely associated with work of utmost importance in the development of the state. He followed surveying throughout his entire life and in 1865 was associated with General Hughes in the building of the wagon road from Denver to Provo, Utah, over the Continental Divide, a most difficult and important engineering feat, constituting an initial step in the great highway projects through the mountains of the west. He was also called to office along the line of his profession, serving as both city and county surveyor. On the 6th of May, 1865, Mr. Fisher was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Louise Perrenoud, a daughter of John G. Perrenoud, whose record is given above. To them were born three children: Louise A., whose birth occurred July 27, 1866; Charles G., who was born August 3, 1868, and married Sarah Reed, of Pueblo, by whom he has two children, Redwood and Sallie; and Ella, who is the wife of George De L. Emery and has three children—Louise, George De L., Jr., and William F. The death of Mr. Fisher occurred May 12, 1870, and was the occasion of deep and widespread regret to the many friends whom he had made through the period of his residence in Colorado, as well as to his immediate family. Mrs. Fisher and her family still reside in Denver, where they are known among the most prominent pioneer people of the city, long occupying an enviable position in its social circles. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF COLORADO ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1918 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/denver/bios/fisher245nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cofiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb