Pueblo County CO Archives Biographies.....Prevost, Victor I. 1857 - 
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Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)

VICTOR I. PREVOST.

    Among the various enterprises which contribute to the substantial
development, progress and prosperity of Pueblo should be mentioned the Model
Dairy, of which Victor I. Prevost is the president and in which connection he is
building up a very substantial and gratifying business. He comes to the west
from Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Wyoming county, that state, on
the 13th of January, 1857. He was one of twin boys, his brother being Vernet
Prevost, and they were sons of Edward and Elizabeth (Stark) Prevost, both of
whom have now passed away. Their youthful days were spent under the parental
roof with time divided between the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of
the playground and such tasks as were assigned them by parental authority. After
mastering the branches of learning taught in the public schools they became
students in the Keystone Academy at Factoryville, Pennsylvania, and after
preparing himself for work in the educational field Victor I. Prevost took up
the profession of teaching, which he followed through the winter months, while
in the summer season he worked at various occupations that would yield him an
honest living and gain him a start in life. He spent three years, from 1S79
until 1881, in Nevada and in the spring of 1882 he arrived in Colorado. Pleased
with Pueblo and the advantages which the city seemed to offer, he resolved to
ally his interests with those of southeastern Colorado and embarked in the dairy
business at Pueblo, continuing active in that line until 190!). He was then
called to public office and filled the position of city commissioner from 1911
until 1914. He retired from office as he had entered it—with the confidence and
goodwill of all concerned, and when his term was over he once more took up the
dairy business and has since concentrated his efforts and attention upon that
line. He saw the necessity for a model dairy in Pueblo and in the spring of 1914
organized the company of which he has since been the president. The plant is
thoroughly modern in its equipment, most sanitary in its arrangement and in the
way the business is handled, while in trade relations the firm is thoroughly
straightforward and reliable. Owing to these, salient qualities they have built
up a business that has constantly grown in volume and importance and they today
utilize twelve wagons in the delivery of dairy products and employ a large force
of twenty-five men.

    On the 29th of January, 1S84, Mr. Prevost was united in marriage to Miss
Carrie Haver and to them have been born four children: Edna E.; Mary E.; Victor
C, who is now in France with the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, Heavy
Artillery; and Winnifred, who died at the age of twelve years. In social circles
of the city Mr. and Mrs. Prevost occupy an enviable position and the hospitality
of many of the best homes is freely and cordially extended to them.

    Mr. Prevost is a stalwart champion of republican principles but not an
office seeker, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his
business affairs. He is known in fraternal circles through his connection with
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World and the
Highlanders, and among his brethren of these fraternities and by the general
public as well he is highly respected as a substantial citizen and a
representative business man.


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Extracted from:

HISTORY OF COLORADO

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME III

CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918


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