Routt County CO Archives Biographies.....Brock, Norris W. August 3, 1853 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

Norris W. Brock
     Although a Canadian by birth, and trained to the age of seventeen in the
traditions and political activities of his native land, Norris W. Brock, of
Routt county, this state, is none the less loyal and devoted to the interests
and institutions of the country of his adoption, and during his residence of
nearly thirty years here he has all the elements of first-rate American
citizenship.  He was born in the province of Quebec on August 3, 1853, and is
the son of Harvey and Hannah Brock, who were successful and prosperous farmers
in the dominion and prominent and active members of the Presbyterian church
there.  The father supported the Liberal party in Canadian politics, and as he
was active in its campaign, the son imbibed at an early age the spirit of its
policy and felt the ambitions which it awakened.  The father died in 1884 and
the mother in 1892.  Six children survive them, Herbert, Norris, Edson, Almand,
Alonzo and Renzo.  At the age of seventeen Norris left his home to seek his
fortune in the great world, and during the next two years engaged in farming in
Vermont.  In 1872 he moved to Boston, where he worked at the carpenter trade
four years, then went to Oldtown, Maine, and there passed the summer of 1876 in
a lumber camp on the Penobscot.  In the fall he came to this state, and after a
short residence at Georgetown, packed his bedding and other worldly goods on
horses and journeyed on foot to Routt county.  On his arrival, having no money
to begin operations for himself, he found employment on the ranch of Smart
Brothers, with whom he remained three years.  He then, in 1879, located a ranch
for himself on Elk Head, the one now owned by Mr. Harrison. Afterward he was in
partnership with Thomas Iles in contracts for carrying the United States mails,
and found the business profitable, continuing it four years.  At the end of that
period the partnership was harmoniously dissolved and Mr. Brock, selling the
ranch he then owned to a Mr. Haley, located another which he sold in 1889 to the
Carey brothers.  After this he bought the one he now owns and occupies, which is
one of the most beautiful in the valley and comprises four hundred and eighty
acres, nearly all of which are under cultivation.  Here he raises good crops of
hay, grain, vegetables and small fruits, but finds his staple in cattle.  The
trees with which his place is so beautifully adorned were planted by him, and
now spread their umbrageous branches a monument to his taste and enterprise. 
Mr. Brock is a prominent, progressive and representative citizen, a successful
ranch and stock man, and a leader in all public undertakings of value to his
section.  He was married on March 3, 1886, to Miss Anna Wentworth, a native of
the province of Quebec, Canada.  They have four children, Lonney, Stanley, James
and Bernice.

Additional Comments:
From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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