Bouge, Joseph; 1860 Bio, Mesa County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/mesa/bios/bogue.txt --------------------------------------- Donated August 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- Joseph Bogue [includes his photograph] Breeder of high grade Hereford cattle, with many registered in the best circles of that breed in the world, and handling some forty or fifty work and saddle horses, Joseph Bogue has a thriving business which is a help to the commercial and stock industries of the county in which he lives and to the whole section wherein it is conducted. His ranch is in Mesa county near the village of Mesa, and is a fine property, well improved, highly cultivated and thoroughly equipped for its business; and Mr. Bogue brought to his enterprise a knowledge of the industry acquired in long and varied practical experience elsewhere. He was born January 15, 1860, in Warren county, Iowa, and is the son of Josiah and Parmelia (Cox) Bogue, natives of Terre Haute, Indiana. After their marriage they moved to Iowa, and the father died in Colorado in 1897, at the age of sixty-four. The mother is now living in Pitkin county, Colorado, and is more than seventy years old. Their son Joseph remained with his parents until he reached the age of sixteen, then began to make his own living, coming west to Nebraska and remaining there two years engaged in riding the range as a cowboy. In 1879 he moved to Leadville, and there for six years he worked for a thriving cattle and dairying outfit, his services being appreciated by frequent raises in wages. The next two years were passed in Pitkin county, this state, and in 1887 he removed to his present residence and has since resided there. His ranch is considered by many capable judges the best in Mesa county. It comprises six hundred and forty acres and supports more cattle and other stock than is handled by any other individual stockman in the county and within a much larger range of the surrounding country. His Hereford herd have many cattle related to some of the best of that strain in the world, as has been stated. In 1884 Mr. Bogue was married to Miss Lucinda Pritchett, and they are the parents of five children, Jasper, Alva, Velma, Pearl and Venie. He is a leading and representative man in his community and is highly esteemed by all classes of its people. In its public life and its development he has been an important factor. In politics Mr. Bogue is a Democrat. Fraternally, he is a charter member of Rhone Creek Lodge, No. 125, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Debeque, while he also belongs to the Woodmen of the World at Debeque and the Masonic lodge at Mesa. =================================================== 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.