Niobrara County WY Archives Biographies.....Lusk, Frank S. 1857 - 
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Author: A. W. Bowen (Publisher)

FRANK S. LUSK.

   One of the leading citizens of Wyoming, after whom was named the thriving
city of Lusk in Converse county, is the subject of this review. He is a native
of the state of New York, born in the city of Buffalo, on April 27, 1857, the
son of James W. and Cornelia Marion (Stillman) Lusk. the former a native of New
York and the latter of Ohio. His father, when a young man. removed from his
native state to Ohio, where he established his residence, and where he became a
member of the well-known firm of  Bryant, Lusk & Stratton. He was an unusually
fine penman, and during the latter years of his life was connected with the
publishing house of Ivison & Phinney, of New York city. During a visit to
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1863, he was taken suddenly ill, and passed away from earth.
Two children survived him. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Lusk were John and
Sarah M. (Doty) Stillman, the former a native of Connecticut, and the latter of
New York. The latter is still living at over ninety years of age, and in the
enjoyment of perfect health. After the death of his father, the mother of Mr.
Lusk removed with her family to Cleveland, Ohio, where his education was
obtained in the public schools. Upon leaving school he entered the employ of the
firm of Hanna & Co., where he continued until 1876, when he resigned this
position, and in the company of a friend came to the new state of Colorado. In
the spring of 1877 he embarked in the business of raising cattle, and in 1880 he
removed his operations to the territory of Wyoming. Here he became the manager
of the Western Live Stock Co., which carried on an extensive and successful
cattle business with its headquarters at the present site of the city of Lusk.
In 1886, the Wyoming Central Railroad, a branch of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway, was extended to this locality and a townsite was laid out, and in honor
of the subject of this memoir, the city was given the name of Lusk. In 1887 Mr.
Lusk was here joined by his mother, who has since made her home with him, and is
the owner of extensive property interests in her own name. Mr. Lusk continued in
the cattle business up to the later nineties, when he disposed of the greater
portion of his holdings, although he is still largely interested in real estate.
During recent years, in partnership with Mr. D. D. Streeter, he has engaged
extensively in railroad contracting in various sections of the West, and has met
with great success. In 1894 he was united in marriage to Miss Louise B. Findley.
a native of San Francisco, California, and the daughter of Thomas Findley, a
prominent citizen and former treasurer of that state, and their home is one of
the finest in the city of Lusk. Mr. Lusk is one of the foremost men of his
section of the West, and his business energy and enterprise have contributed
much to the development and upbuilding, not only of Wyoming, but of the
adjoining states.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
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CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN &CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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