W. H. H. LARIMER PASSES AWAY
HE WAS ONE OF LEAVENWORTH'S EARLY SETTLERS.
SON OF GEN. WM. LARIMER
Came Here in 1858--Soon Went West and Started Denver But Returned to Leavenworth--Will be Buried Here.
W[illiam] H[enry] H[arrison] Larimer, one of the early settlers of Leavenworth, died at his home in Kansas City this morning. He was 70 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Larimer came to Leavenworth from Omaha in 1858. Prior to that time he had lived at Pittsburg, Pa., but in 1854 financial reverses drove his father, Gen. Wm. Larimer, to the West, and his son came with him. A few months after they came to Leavenworth, the father and son started for the mountains in search of the gold fields that were reputed to be there waiting to yield up their wealth to the first comer.
The party traveled along the old Santa Fe wagon trail and had numerous adventures with the Indians. Mr. Larimer saw his first live buffalo, he says in his memories, on this trip. After forty-six days of hardship the gold seekers caught their first glimpse of the Rockies.
When they reached the present site of Denver they decided to build a town there, partly because winter was rapidly approaching and partly because of the beauty of the place. They met a party of Georgia citizens returning to their state in disgust. The mountains had failed to inspire them in any dreams of the country's future. A town company was formed, of which Mr. Larimer's father was elected secretary. The settlers named the camp Golden City, but later the name was changed to honor James W. Denver, the second to the last governor of the territory of Kansas, of which Colorado at that time was a part.
The house Gen. Larimer built in Denver was a one-story log cabin and stood beside the government road that wound up to the mountains and on to Salt Lake City. The site of the cabin now is at the intersection of Fifteenth and Larimer streets. Larimer street, and also the county in which Denver is, were named in honor of General Larimer.
Mr. Larimer was a freighter on the plains until 1864, when he returned to Leavenworth. The lure of the West drew him to Montana several years later. The Union Pacific railroad had just been built to Cheyenne a few months before, and Mr. Larimer was among the first to take the trip back to Leavenworth from the West by rail.
In 1871 he married Miss Martha Montgomery in St. Joseph. Shortly afterwards he moved to Independence, Kansas, where he lived seventeen years. In 1887 he moved to Kansas City and engaged in the live stock and commission business. He was for years president of the Larimer Commission company.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Gallagher, and a son, Harry, a member of the live stock firm of Greer & Co. One brother, Thomas Larimer, lives in Leavenworth. Mr. Larimer was a nephew of the late James I. Larimer of this city.
The funeral will occur on Friday. Services will be held at the residence in Kansas City, after which the body will be shipped to this city and will be interred in the family lot at Mt. Muncie. The body of Gen. William Larimer was interred in this lot, but after the death of his wife, who died among her relatives in Pennsylvania, the remains were taken up and shipped to that state.
From The Leavenworth Post (Leavenworth, Kansas), Wednesday, May 25, 1910.
HE WAS ONE OF LEAVENWORTH'S EARLY SETTLERS.
SON OF GEN. WM. LARIMER
Came Here in 1858--Soon Went West and Started Denver But Returned to Leavenworth--Will be Buried Here.
W[illiam] H[enry] H[arrison] Larimer, one of the early settlers of Leavenworth, died at his home in Kansas City this morning. He was 70 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Larimer came to Leavenworth from Omaha in 1858. Prior to that time he had lived at Pittsburg, Pa., but in 1854 financial reverses drove his father, Gen. Wm. Larimer, to the West, and his son came with him. A few months after they came to Leavenworth, the father and son started for the mountains in search of the gold fields that were reputed to be there waiting to yield up their wealth to the first comer.
The party traveled along the old Santa Fe wagon trail and had numerous adventures with the Indians. Mr. Larimer saw his first live buffalo, he says in his memories, on this trip. After forty-six days of hardship the gold seekers caught their first glimpse of the Rockies.
When they reached the present site of Denver they decided to build a town there, partly because winter was rapidly approaching and partly because of the beauty of the place. They met a party of Georgia citizens returning to their state in disgust. The mountains had failed to inspire them in any dreams of the country's future. A town company was formed, of which Mr. Larimer's father was elected secretary. The settlers named the camp Golden City, but later the name was changed to honor James W. Denver, the second to the last governor of the territory of Kansas, of which Colorado at that time was a part.
The house Gen. Larimer built in Denver was a one-story log cabin and stood beside the government road that wound up to the mountains and on to Salt Lake City. The site of the cabin now is at the intersection of Fifteenth and Larimer streets. Larimer street, and also the county in which Denver is, were named in honor of General Larimer.
Mr. Larimer was a freighter on the plains until 1864, when he returned to Leavenworth. The lure of the West drew him to Montana several years later. The Union Pacific railroad had just been built to Cheyenne a few months before, and Mr. Larimer was among the first to take the trip back to Leavenworth from the West by rail.
In 1871 he married Miss Martha Montgomery in St. Joseph. Shortly afterwards he moved to Independence, Kansas, where he lived seventeen years. In 1887 he moved to Kansas City and engaged in the live stock and commission business. He was for years president of the Larimer Commission company.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Gallagher, and a son, Harry, a member of the live stock firm of Greer & Co. One brother, Thomas Larimer, lives in Leavenworth. Mr. Larimer was a nephew of the late James I. Larimer of this city.
The funeral will occur on Friday. Services will be held at the residence in Kansas City, after which the body will be shipped to this city and will be interred in the family lot at Mt. Muncie. The body of Gen. William Larimer was interred in this lot, but after the death of his wife, who died among her relatives in Pennsylvania, the remains were taken up and shipped to that state.
From The Leavenworth Post (Leavenworth, Kansas), Wednesday, May 25, 1910.
W. H. H. LARIMER PASSES AWAY
HE WAS ONE OF LEAVENWORTH'S EARLY SETTLERS.
SON OF GEN. WM. LARIMER
Came Here in 1858--Soon Went West and Started Denver But Returned to Leavenworth--Will be Buried Here.
W[illiam] H[enry] H[arrison] Larimer, one of the early settlers of Leavenworth, died at his home in Kansas City this morning. He was 70 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Larimer came to Leavenworth from Omaha in 1858. Prior to that time he had lived at Pittsburg, Pa., but in 1854 financial reverses drove his father, Gen. Wm. Larimer, to the West, and his son came with him. A few months after they came to Leavenworth, the father and son started for the mountains in search of the gold fields that were reputed to be there waiting to yield up their wealth to the first comer.
The party traveled along the old Santa Fe wagon trail and had numerous adventures with the Indians. Mr. Larimer saw his first live buffalo, he says in his memories, on this trip. After forty-six days of hardship the gold seekers caught their first glimpse of the Rockies.
When they reached the present site of Denver they decided to build a town there, partly because winter was rapidly approaching and partly because of the beauty of the place. They met a party of Georgia citizens returning to their state in disgust. The mountains had failed to inspire them in any dreams of the country's future. A town company was formed, of which Mr. Larimer's father was elected secretary. The settlers named the camp Golden City, but later the name was changed to honor James W. Denver, the second to the last governor of the territory of Kansas, of which Colorado at that time was a part.
The house Gen. Larimer built in Denver was a one-story log cabin and stood beside the government road that wound up to the mountains and on to Salt Lake City. The site of the cabin now is at the intersection of Fifteenth and Larimer streets. Larimer street, and also the county in which Denver is, were named in honor of General Larimer.
Mr. Larimer was a freighter on the plains until 1864, when he returned to Leavenworth. The lure of the West drew him to Montana several years later. The Union Pacific railroad had just been built to Cheyenne a few months before, and Mr. Larimer was among the first to take the trip back to Leavenworth from the West by rail.
In 1871 he married Miss Martha Montgomery in St. Joseph. Shortly afterwards he moved to Independence, Kansas, where he lived seventeen years. In 1887 he moved to Kansas City and engaged in the live stock and commission business. He was for years president of the Larimer Commission company.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Gallagher, and a son, Harry, a member of the live stock firm of Greer & Co. One brother, Thomas Larimer, lives in Leavenworth. Mr. Larimer was a nephew of the late James I. Larimer of this city.
The funeral will occur on Friday. Services will be held at the residence in Kansas City, after which the body will be shipped to this city and will be interred in the family lot at Mt. Muncie. The body of Gen. William Larimer was interred in this lot, but after the death of his wife, who died among her relatives in Pennsylvania, the remains were taken up and shipped to that state.
From The Leavenworth Post (Leavenworth, Kansas), Wednesday, May 25, 1910.
HE WAS ONE OF LEAVENWORTH'S EARLY SETTLERS.
SON OF GEN. WM. LARIMER
Came Here in 1858--Soon Went West and Started Denver But Returned to Leavenworth--Will be Buried Here.
W[illiam] H[enry] H[arrison] Larimer, one of the early settlers of Leavenworth, died at his home in Kansas City this morning. He was 70 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Larimer came to Leavenworth from Omaha in 1858. Prior to that time he had lived at Pittsburg, Pa., but in 1854 financial reverses drove his father, Gen. Wm. Larimer, to the West, and his son came with him. A few months after they came to Leavenworth, the father and son started for the mountains in search of the gold fields that were reputed to be there waiting to yield up their wealth to the first comer.
The party traveled along the old Santa Fe wagon trail and had numerous adventures with the Indians. Mr. Larimer saw his first live buffalo, he says in his memories, on this trip. After forty-six days of hardship the gold seekers caught their first glimpse of the Rockies.
When they reached the present site of Denver they decided to build a town there, partly because winter was rapidly approaching and partly because of the beauty of the place. They met a party of Georgia citizens returning to their state in disgust. The mountains had failed to inspire them in any dreams of the country's future. A town company was formed, of which Mr. Larimer's father was elected secretary. The settlers named the camp Golden City, but later the name was changed to honor James W. Denver, the second to the last governor of the territory of Kansas, of which Colorado at that time was a part.
The house Gen. Larimer built in Denver was a one-story log cabin and stood beside the government road that wound up to the mountains and on to Salt Lake City. The site of the cabin now is at the intersection of Fifteenth and Larimer streets. Larimer street, and also the county in which Denver is, were named in honor of General Larimer.
Mr. Larimer was a freighter on the plains until 1864, when he returned to Leavenworth. The lure of the West drew him to Montana several years later. The Union Pacific railroad had just been built to Cheyenne a few months before, and Mr. Larimer was among the first to take the trip back to Leavenworth from the West by rail.
In 1871 he married Miss Martha Montgomery in St. Joseph. Shortly afterwards he moved to Independence, Kansas, where he lived seventeen years. In 1887 he moved to Kansas City and engaged in the live stock and commission business. He was for years president of the Larimer Commission company.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Gallagher, and a son, Harry, a member of the live stock firm of Greer & Co. One brother, Thomas Larimer, lives in Leavenworth. Mr. Larimer was a nephew of the late James I. Larimer of this city.
The funeral will occur on Friday. Services will be held at the residence in Kansas City, after which the body will be shipped to this city and will be interred in the family lot at Mt. Muncie. The body of Gen. William Larimer was interred in this lot, but after the death of his wife, who died among her relatives in Pennsylvania, the remains were taken up and shipped to that state.
From The Leavenworth Post (Leavenworth, Kansas), Wednesday, May 25, 1910.
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