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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 255-256


HARRY H. POST.

Harry H. Post, a leading wholesale paper and wooden ware dealer of 
Denver and owner of the Reo Hotel, is regarded as one of the most 
popular and socially prominent of Denver's young business men. In a 
word, he is not so absorbed in business but what he can find time for 
the social amenities of life, nor is he so wrapped up in the latter 
that he weakens his powers as a forceful factor in the business world. 
He has that power of concentration which enables one to successfully do 
the thing at hand and then turn with equal capability to the next duty 
or interest.

	Mr. Post is a native of Republic county, Kansas. He was born 
September 2, 1872, a son of Moses J. and Mary E. Post, who were natives 
of Iowa and removed to Kansas, making the trip with oxen and a prairie 
schooner. The father engaged in farming in the latter state for some 
time and afterward turned his attention to the hotel business, which he 
carried on at Belleville, Kansas, for a number of years. He then 
disposed of his interests there and removed with his family to Denver 
in 1889. Here he established a wholesale and retail tobacco business, 
which he later sold and turned his attention to the merchandise 
brokerage business, handling all kinds of merchandise for the retail 
trade. He entered this business with his son, Harry H., and the 
partnership still continues. Under their wise direction the business 
has grown from a small undertaking to one of the leading enterprises of 
the kind in the west. Later, in connection with his son, Mr. Post 
erected the Reo Hotel, one of the modern and leading hotels of Denver, 
at Thirteenth and Broadway. The upper floors are devoted to hotel 
purposes and contain seventy-five rooms with all modern conveniences, 
including telephone in each room, private bath and everything to 
promote the comfort of guests. The office and rest-rooms occupy a part 
of the first floor, while the other section of the ground floor along 
Broadway and on the Thirteenth street side is used for stores, which 
always command a good rental and have never been idle since the 
building was erected in 1907. Mrs. Post is also living and spends much 
of her time in Los Angeles, California, for there Mr. Post, the father, 
is now practically living retired. Their children are George M., Harry 
H., Alonzo and Sadie. The three sons are in Denver and the daughter in 
Los Angeles. California.

	Harry H. Post attended school in Kansas and in Denver and alter 
his textbooks were put aside became an employe of the firm of Craffey & 
Growell. merchandise brokers. He occupied the position of city salesman 
and continued in that employ successfully for five years, when, in 
connection with his father, he organized the Harry H. Post Company for 
the conduct of a wholesale paper and wooden ware business in 1893. The 
firm consists of the father and brothers and the business has been 
developed to extensive and gratifying proportions. In addition to his 
connection with this and with the hotel, Harry H. Post is a director of 
the Hamilton National Bank. He is regarded as one of the representative 
financiers and business men of the city whose resourcefulness and 
forcefulness enable him to carry forward to successful completion 
whatever he undertakes.

	On the 1st of January. 1900, Mr. Post was married to Miss Lydia 
C. Hamburger, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hamburger, who were 
pioneer citizens of Colorado. By a former marriage Mr. Post has a son. 
Ralph S., who was born in Denver in 1896 and is now a member of the 
United States Marines. A daughter born of the second marriage, Miss 
Harriette Post, whose birth occurred in Denver in 1900, is now a pupil 
in Miss Wolcott's School for Girls. Mr. Post's first wife was Miss 
Mayme Stover, whom he wedded in 1893 and who passed away in 1896.

	In his political views Mr. Post has always maintained a somewhat 
independent course although inclined toward the republican party. He 
belongs to the Motor Club and to the Optimists Club and is a member of 
the Civic and Commercial Association of Denver, which indicates his 
interest in the welfare and progress of the city and its development 
along the substantial lines which lead to public improvement and 
advancement.