CLARK NV Archives Obituaries.....[WHITE, Harsha 9/21/1923]
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LAS VEGAS AGE - 10/6/1923

DEATH TAKES PIONEER OF SOUTHER NEVADA

Harsha White, Former Owner of Manse Ranch, Dies Suddenly 
in Los Angeles

Died

WHITE = At his home, 2421 Ninth Avenue, Los Angeles, Friday 
morning, September 21, 1923, Harsha White, aged 73 years, 3 months 
and 28 days.

The death of Harsha White comes as a shock to many friends.  In his 
passing the world has lost one of God's noblemen.

Death came in the early morning hours of September 21, at the Los Angeles 
home.  During the night Mr. White had complained of pains in the region of 
his heart and home remedies were applied.  He appeared to improve for a 
few hours but early in the morning grew rapidly worse.  The family physician, 
Dr. Chas. L. Bennett was called, but before he arrived, Harsha White had 
passed to his great reward.

Mr. White was born May 23, 1850, in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania.  At an 
early age he emigrated with his parents to Missouri where, although confronted 
with the difficulties of those early days, he secured a college education, graduating 
from the University of Missouri at the age of 17.

At the age of 20 he went to Oregon, making the trip overland by the way of Salt Lake 
City and traveling practically the whole way by stage coach.  He settled at 
Summerville, in the Grand Round Valley.

Owing to his superior education his services were much in demand as a teacher and 
he taught several terms in the famous Saw Buck district which now has some of the 
most highly developed schools in the state of Oregon.

In 1872 he met and married Miss Maude B. Yount, a sister of S. E. Yount, one of Clark 
County's well known mining men.  To this union two children were born, Edward and 
Della M.  Edward died in infancy.

In 1877, still being imbued with the pioneering spirit, Mr. White left Oregon with his 
wife's people and drove overland, coming to Nevada, and settling in the Pahrump Valley.  
Here they developed the famous Manse Ranch.

Mr. White accumulated a considerable fortune ranching and mining and became one of the 
principal owners of the Boss mine and owning considerable stock in the famous Yellow 
Pine mine at Goodsprings.  In 1909 he retired from active business, sold the Manse property 
and moved to Los Angeles where he made his home until his death.

Mr. White was one of the foremost men in the early upbuilding of Southern Nevada.  He was 
ever charitable, public spirited and loyal to his friends, loved and respected by all.  He was a 
prominent Mason, being a member of Vegas lodge No. 12., F. & A.M., and was also  a true Elk.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Maude B. White, of Los Angeles, and by his daughter, 
Mrs. O. J. Fisk, of Redlands, California.

The Age joins with a host of Southern Nevada friends, in expressions of deep sorrow and 
sympathy for those who are left to mourn.