Pueblo County CO Archives Biographies.....Ballert, Edward W. 1882 - 
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Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)

EDWARD W. BALLERT.

    Edward W. Ballert of the Whitlow-Ballert Sales Company of Pueblo, whose name
is also well known in motor racing circles throughout the country, was born in
Toledo, Ohio, on the 6th of July, 1882, a son of August W. and Fredericka
(Steusloff) Ballert, both of whom have passed away.

    The son pursued his education in the public schools of Toledo, passing
through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school, after which
he took up the study of medicine in the State University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor but did not complete the course. Deciding to turn his attention to other
activities, he went upon the road as a commercial traveler and was thus engaged
for five years. He afterward took up auto racing as a professional and in 1917
won at the Big Bear meet in California and also in the drive from Los Angeles to
Salt Lake City in April, 1917, and from Salt Lake to Denver in May of the same
year. He was a driver in five races in 1918, winning first honors on four
occasions and second honors in one of the races. He was also driver three times
in the races from Phoenix to Los Angeles. At length he determined to engage in
the motor car business on his own account and is now a member of the
Whitlow-Ballert Motor Sales Company of Pueblo, which handles the Scripps-Booth
car in seven counties, extending from Raton, New Mexico, to the Kansas line. The
company also maintains a service station with two machinists and a helper.

    Mr. Ballert was married on the 16th of October, 1905, to Miss Daisy
Richardson. He maintains an independent attitude in politics, holding men above
party, and fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks. He also belongs to the Commerce Club of Pueblo and to the Rocky Mountain
Auto Trades Association. He enjoys hunting, fishing, camping and all forms of
outdoor life. He is interested in the state and its development and gives
active, earnest and effective cooperation to well defined plans and measures for
the general good. Through concentrated effort upon his business interests he has
built up a good patronage and today the Whitlow-Ballert Motor Sales Company is
enjoying a business of extensive and gratifying proportions.


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Extracted from:

HISTORY OF COLORADO

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME III

CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918


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