SAMPSON, Delos W., b. 1861; 1905 Bio, Gunnison County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/gunnison/bios/sampsondw.txt --------------------------------------- Donated August 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- Delos W. Sampson The stock industry of this country is interesting as a subject of contemplation from every point of view. Its magnitude and commercial importance strikes the imagination forcibly, involving as they do the comfort of millions on two continents, in those whom it feeds and those who it employs and all who are dependent on them. The food products and the climatic conditions required for its support and continuous growth as the demands on its resources increase, involve another wide sweep of vision embracing the physical features of many latitudes and innumerable practical details of a business character. The elements of comedy and tragedy which make up its daily record and the lives of those who are engaged in it, the cattle as well as the men, are other features of engrossing interest on which the whole world hangs enthralled, as is proven by the universal and unceasing popularity of the various wild west shows that are on the road for purposes of entertainment, especially that of "Buffalo Bill," whose fame is commensurate with the boundaries of civilization and numbers among its admiring patrons all classes and conditions of men, women and children. Of this great industry Delos W. Sampson, of Gunnison county, this state, living three miles north of the town of Gunnison, is an enterprising and progressive beneficiary and representative. He began his connection with it in one of its humblest capacities, and has passed through all its gradations to the rank of a master. Mr. Sampson was born in Illinois in 1861, and is the son of James T. and Anna (Mumphord) Sampson, natives of Pennsylvania and now living retired from active pursuits at Canon City, this state. The father was for years actively occupied in the stock business himself, and it was near the place of his present home that the son began his apprenticeship, starting in life for himself at the age of sixteen as a cow puncher, from which position he gradually rose to such consequence that he now owns and operates a ranch and stock business of his own, and has raised it to a high state of development with augmenting profits. The limited common-school education which he received was obtained before he left his native state of Illinois, for since coming to Colorado he has been busily employed all the time in the cattle interest, with neither opportunity nor inclination to quit it for more advanced schooling. He remained near Canon City until 1890, then moved to the vicinity of Gunnison, where he has since resided and been engaged in ranching on his own account. He knows his business from the ground up through practical experience in every phase of it, and is therefore able to manage it with success and vigor in a way that makes every investment of time, energy and money tell. Mr. Sampson was married in 1884 to Miss Ella Kimmel, a native of Illinois, and three children have blessed their union, their sons Guy J., Claud C. and Charlie W. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.