Gunnison County CO Archives Biographies.....Webber, William ? - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     William Webber, of Mount Carbon, Gunnison county, living on a ranch which

he purchased some years ago one mile east of the village, is a native of England

and was connected with the coal mining interests of the section in which he

lives for a period of twenty-one years.  His parents were James and Harriett

Webber, also natives of England, as their forefathers were for generations. 

They lived, labored and died in their native land, and their remains rest

beneath its soil.  William, the son, was reared and educated in England, and

there acquired a practical knowledge of mining.  When he reached years of

maturity he emigrated to America, and coming to Colorado, settled at Baldwin,

Gunnison county, where he lived twenty-one years connected with the coal mining

industry there, during much of the time running an engine for hoisting coal. At

the end of the period named he bought the ranch on which he now has his home in

the neighborhood of Mount Carbon, and since then has been profitably engaged in

ranching and raising cattle, although he still has an interest in the mines. 

His advent into this part of the country was at an interesting time, when the

railroad was just completed, and gave him an opportunity to cross Alpine Ridge

on the first passenger train that made its way over that elevation.  In politics

Mr. Webber is a firm Republican, but while he takes an earnest interest in the

success of his party he does not himself seek its honors or positions of profit,

being content with the management of his business which affords scope for all

his time and energy, except what may be required and is freely given to aid in

the general welfare and advancement of the community. He is held in good esteem

by his friends and neighbors, and throughout the community generally.   

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

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