Huerfano-Pueblo County CO Archives Biographies.....Roush, Allen J. 1891 - ************************************************ 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 December 24, 2008, 6:37 pm Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918) ALLEN J. ROUSH. Allen J. Roush, filling the office of mayor of La Veta and well known as a representative business man and citizen there, was born in Highland, Kansas, on the 20th of July, 1891, a son of Edwin J. and Rosa (Allen) Roush. The father is a farmer by occupation, and both parents are still living. Their family numbered but two children, a son and a daughter. Allen J. Roush is the younger child and has been a resident of La Veta since 1899, in which year the family home was established in Colorado. Then a youth of but eight years, he afterward attended the public schools and later continued his studies in Pueblo, where he became a high school pupil. He finished his high school course, however, at La Veta, where he was graduated with the class of 1907. He afterward went to Kansas City, Missouri, where he made his initial step in the business world, being employed in a retail cigar store for a year. On the expiration of that period he returned to La Veta and was in the office of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company for four years. He then purchased the Spanish Peaks Hotel at La Veta and conducted it for eight months. His next step in the business world was the purchase of a bakery and confectionery store, which he sold after four years and turned his attention to the garage business, which he conducted successfully until 1918, when he sold out that he might concentrate his entire efforts and attention upon the duties of the office of mayor, which he is now acceptably filling. It was on the 14th of August, 1913, that Mr. Roush was united in marriage to Miss Helen Moore, of Grand Junction, Colorado, and they have one child, Ardis. In his political views Mr. Roush is a republican and it was on the 2d of April, 1918, that he was elected to his present position, in which connection he is giving to the city a businesslike administration characterized by reform, progress and improvement. He is a third degree Mason and a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also connected with the Chamber of Commerce and cooperates heartily in all of its well defined movements for the public good. He enjoys outdoor life, particularly hunting trips, but does not allow outside interests to interfere with the faithful performance of his business activities nor public duties. He puts forth every possible effort to advance the welfare of city and state and is a close and discriminating student of men's movements for the general good. A young man, he is actuated by the enterprising spirit of the west, which has been the dominant factor in the upbuilding of this section of the country, and step by step he has progressed, each forward step bringing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. The recognition of his personal worth on the part of his fellowmen led to his selection for the important position which he is now filling. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF COLORADO ILLUSTRATED VOLUME III CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1918 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/huerfano/bios/roush120nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cofiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb