Rio Blanco County CO Archives Biographies.....Boner, Leander N. April 21, 1853 - 
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Source: Progressive Men of Western Colorado
Author: Museum of Northwest Colorado

Although born and reared to the age of sixteen in a town of good size, and
habituated to its occupations and modes of life, none the less successful as a
ranch and cattle man is Leander N. Boner, of Rio Blanco county, living six miles
west of Meeker, his native ability and industry and thrift enabling him to turn
his attention to new fields of labor with readiness and enter into the spirit of
his work and meet the requirements thereof without hesitation or difficulty. 
His life began at Kalamazoo, Michigan, on April 21, 1853, and there he lived
with his parents until he reached the age of sixteen, receiving a common-school
education, and at the age of twelve devoting himself regularly to useful labor.
 In 1869 he journeyed toward the Pacific coast in search of better opportunities
than he deemed available at home, and locating in Nevada, worked for a number of
years as a ranch hand.  In 1880 he bought a ranch of his own and during the next
six years he gave this close and profitable attention, carrying on there a
flourishing ranch and cattle business.  In 1886 he disposed of all his Nevada
interests except his cattle, and these he moved to Muddy creek, Wyoming, where
he purchased a ranch and conducted a road house and stage line between Rawlins,
that state, and Slater, Routt county, Colorado.  He kept at these lines of
employment two years and a half, then in 1900 sold his Wyoming property and
bought the ranch on White river in Powell Park which has since been his home. 
He has three hundred and twenty acres in one body and cultivates three hundred
acres of it.  The land is well watered, very fertile, and yields abundant crops,
liberally supporting large numbers of cattle.  The improvements made on the
place by Mr. Boner render it very comfortable as a home and add much to its
beauty and attractiveness.  He is one of the progressive and enterprising men of
the neighborhood, taking an earnest interest in the development and improvement
of the country as a public-spirited citizen, adding to its industrial and
commercial wealth by his business, giving inspiration and vivacity to its
fraternal life as a Woodman of the World, and keeping in close touch with its
government and political interests as an ardent Democrat.  His parents were
David and Eleanor Boner, the former born in Pennsylvania and the latter in the
state of New York.  They were early settlers in Michigan, where they ended their
days, the father dying in 1865 and the mother in 1898.  The father served three
and one-half years in defense of the Union in the Civil war, being a member of
Company K, Twenty-eighth Michigan Infantry.  At other times he was a farmer.  In
political faith he was a Democrat.  Two children were born in the family,
Leander N. and Ella, wife of Press Nation. 

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