Platte-Albany County WY Archives Biographies.....Garlock, Harry C. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wy/wyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 June 19, 2009, 5:05 am Author: Bowen & Co. (1903) HARRY C. GARLOCK. No life characterized by activity and industry can fail to be instructive and useful for if merits are revealed it is a good example, if faults are conspicuous it is useful as a warning, but in the career of the enterprising young man, Harry C. Garlock, to whom this review is devoted, the reader will find much to commend and little to criticise. He belongs to that large and practical class of men whose minds and energies are enlisted in the great livestock industry. and. inheriting as he does a natural aptitude for the business, he has already won a conspicuous place among the successful cattle-raisers of his county. Wesley J. Garlock, the father of Harry, is a native of New York, removing to Michigan when a young man, and, locating in Livingston county, for many years he enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most experienced and successful stockmen of the state, and passing a goodly portion of his life there as a farmer and stockraiser, devoting especial attention to fine grades of sheep, and being the first breeder of Shropshire sheep in that state. He served as judge at many state and international fairs and expositions, and was considered one of the best judges of sheep in the whole United States. In 1893 he disposed of his interests in Michigan and coming to Wyoming took up land in Albany county and gave his attention exclusively to stockraising. He also purchased a residence property in Laramie for a winter home, but by reason of failing health was obliged to seek a more congenial clime; accordingly in 1901 he removed to California, where he now lives. His wife is a native of Scotland and a woman of character and ability. Harry C. Garlock was born in Livingston county, Mich., in November, 1875, and during his youthful years he attended the public schools, and early in life began working with his father, whose ripe experience in the livestock business early influenced the young man to turn his attention to that important and profitable industry. He accompanied his parents to Wyoming and resided with them until his twenty-first year, when he began life for himself as a mail carrier for the U. S. government, later choosing cattleraising as the surest means of acquiring a fortune. In the fall of 1897 he took up a ranch on Blue Grass Creek, twenty-four miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyo., which he stocked with cattle and on which he has since lived in the active prosecution of a business in every respect encouraging in its financial results, his estate consisting of 700 acres of meadow and 1000 acres of grazing land, unexcelled for situation and richness of herbage and the large herds of cattle which feed thereon affords abundant evidence of the continued prosperity of the enterprising proprietor. Mr. Garlock is truly a progressive young man, not only in business, but as a public spirited citizen, for he is interested in whatever tends to build up and improve the community. Thus far he has more than realized his financial expectations. and those who know him best predict for him a continued prosperity and he enjoys a large measure of public confidence and esteem. Additional Comments: Extracted from: PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING ILLUSTRATED A people who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will never achieve anything worthy to he remembered with pride by remote generations.—.MACAULAY. CHICAGO, ILL. A. W. BOWEN & CO. PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS 1903 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wy/platte/bios/garlock48nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wyfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb