Dolores County CO Archives Biographies.....Dunham, John February 26, 1861 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     Wholly a product of the farther West, and indebted directly in no wise to


the culture and high civilization of the East, unfavored too by the smiles of


fortune or adventitious circumstances, but having won his way in life altogether


by his own efforts, John Dunham, of Dolores county, living and carrying on a


flourishing farming and stock industry on Disappointment creek near the village


of Lavender, is one of the leading men and most representative citizens of this


section of the country.  He was born in California on February 26, 1861, and is


the son of John B. and Susan Dunham, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers


on the Pacific slope.  In 1873 the family moved to Colorado and settled on Pine


river, where they engaged in the stock business.  Here their son John reached


man’s estate and received the greater part of the district-school training he


was able to get.  In 1882, just after passing his majority, he set up in life


for himself, coming to Dolores county and locating on his present ranch.  Since


then he has been busily engaged in improving his land, making a comfortable home


for himself and his own family, and developing the stock industry which he


conducts and which he has expanded into one of the leading enterprises in its


line in this part of the state.  His ranch is one of the best for stock in the


country, and he has in addition an extensive and productive range for his herd


of one hundred and fifty well-bred, high-grade cattle, and his band of superior


horses.  He was married in January, 1888, to Miss Lena Estes, a native of


Arkansas, but reared in Colorado.  They have two children, their son Irving and


their daughter May.  Coming to this part of the county when it was practically


unsettled and undeveloped, Mr. Dunham has been potential and active in the


improvement of the section, and in bringing its resources to the knowledge of


the world.  He has also borne an active part in its public life, and in


developing and guiding the thought and activity of its people in channels of


wholesome and beneficial progress.  Among the citizens of the section none is


more highly or more justly respected and esteemed.

Additional Comments:
From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905




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