Saguache County CO Archives Biographies.....Scott, Arthur Thomas May 13, 1855 - ? ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Crook jlcrook@rof.net March 8, 2006, 8:13 am Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many. One of feeble perceptions and spirit, stepping into the wilderness after it has yielded somewhat to the dominion of man, can see the farms that are fenced and tilled, the houses that are built and the other advances that have been made. The strong man, in its first estate, sees the possible, houses, farms, and civil and educational institutions, his eye sweeps the country with an awakened ken, and its possibilities, with the means necessary to develop them lie all in view before him. The advent of such a man in a new region is the beginning of its life of usefulness and power, and its latent wealth begins to open at the sesame of his imperial command. Such a man is Arthur Thomas Scott, of Saguache county, and such was the result of his advent in the region of his present residence, thirteen miles northeast of Del Norte, in 1882. He found the country with almost no settlers, yet full of promise of good to many, and his example and influence here have been potential in building up the section, increasing its population and starting it on a career of large and beneficial development. Mr. Scott was born at Montgomery City, Missouri, on May 13, 1855. His parents, Thomas and Julia (Pervis) Scott, who were natives of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively, married in Missouri and made that state their final earthly home. The father was a life-long farmer and stock-grower, successful in his undertakings and prominent in his county. He was a Democrat in politics and a man of public spirit and breadth in the matter of local improvement. His wife died in Missouri in 1899 and he in 1890. Nine of their children survive them, Elizabeth, Arthur T., Strother, Mrs. Lucy McQuay, Mrs. Amanda Hudnall, Mrs. Jennie Stevens, Walter, Richard and Mrs. Mattie E. Barker. Their son Arthur received his scholastic training in the common schools, and acquired his primary knowledge of farming on the parental homestead, remaining under its roof until he reached the age of twenty-one. He then began farming and raising stock on his own account, and also dealt in live stock, buying and selling extensively. In the spring of 1882 he came to Colorado, and locating near Fort Collins, hauled lumber to build the Highland ditch until March, when he moved to Saguache county and homesteaded on a ranch twenty-five miles southeast of the county seat. He remained on this until 1889, then leased the Dunn ranch, which he occupied until 1895. In that year he moved to his present home ranch, which he had bought in 1889 and in the meantime had been getting into condition for a home. It comprises three hundred and twenty acres, is improved with good buildings, fences and other necessary structures, well watered and highly productive, yielding excellent crops of hay, grain, potatoes and peas, and generously supports the large herds of cattle which are raised on it as one of its principal products. In addition to this he owns another ranch of three hundred and twenty acres, all tillable land and under advanced cultivation. Mr. Scott is practically a self-made man and although he had a little capital when he came to Colorado, he has built up his estate substantially from nothing, as what he had only gave him a foothold until he could get under way. He has been one of the progressive and enterprising forces in developing the region and is looked upon with a respect and public esteem commensurate with his services and his character and elevated citizenship. He is a valued member of the Masonic order and the Woodmen of the World, and in their benevolences and mystic rites he takes an earnest and fruitful interest. In the public life of the county he is also active and helpful, wise in counsel, energetic in action and stimulating by his zeal and the force of his example. On July 29, 1877, he united in marriage with Miss Virginia Sailor a native of Missouri, who died on December 21, 1895, leaving six of their ten children to survive her, three having died in infancy and a son named Thomas J. at a more advanced life. The children living are Mrs. Julia Fyock, Clarence, Chester, Claude, Bernard and Francis. On March 22, 1903, Mr. Scott married a second wife, Miss Rachel Hallum, also a Missourian, and born in Vernon county. They have one child, their son Marvin S. Additional Comments: From Progressive Men of Western Colorado. Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/saguache/bios/scott218gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb