Biography of Caleb K. Roswell, 1902, Baker Co., Oregon: Surnames: Roswell.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 356

Caleb K. Roswell

The enterprising business man whose name forms the caption of this brief
biographical review has for years belonged to that adventurous and daring
class of men now almost passed from the face of the earth, being supplanted by
the railroads, which have proven so useful so indispensable in the development
of remote regions. We refer to the stage drivers. Our subject's line of
activity has kept him on the frontier almost all his life, and in him are
fully developed the daring, independence of character and resourcefulness for
which pathfinders of the wilderness and pioneers of new and uncivilized
sections are renowned.

Mr. Roswell entered upon the stage of this life in Atlanta, Georgia, on May
28, 1836. His parents, N. C. and Rachel Roswell, moved to Missouri when he was
fifteen years of age, their children, of course, accompanying them, and it was
in that state that our subject received the major portion of his education,
which was confined to a common school course. When he became eighteen years
old his love of adventure could no longer be restrained and he removed to
Mexico to give inception to his career as a frontiersman. Before the year was
over we find him in an emigrant train and bound for the Pacific states. He
settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where for four years he was employed as a
stage driver, then, in 1859, he went to Pike's Peak, Colorado, and for two
years devoted himself to mining. He thereupon removed to Idaho, locating in
Boise, where for twenty-five years he was engaged in the stage business.
During his long career as a stage operator he had occasion to travel
extensively over the western part of the United States, and the topography of
this vast region is quite thoroughly known to him.

In 1895 Mr. Roswell came to Sumpter, Oregon, and again engaged in the stage
business, operating between that city and Bourne and the mines in that
vicinity. He continued to busy himself until 1897, when he opened what is
known as the Pioneer Feed Store, on the corner of Mill and Auburn streets, and
to the upbuilding and extending of this establishment he has devoted his
energies assiduously since. His enterprise is meeting with deserved success
and his trade is increasing rapidly.