Charles Francis Peterson, a young 77, died early Monday morning in the community Hospital. He has left a vacancy here that will not soon to be filled by any other one man. Whoever called him "Mister Peterson"? Young and old alike knew him with affection and respect as "Pete" or "Chief" and thus he will be long remembered.
Peterson was born August 6, 1881 in Sugarloaf (near Boulder), Colorado, one of the eight children of a pioneer Colorado family. When he was two years old, the family moved to Shirtdan, Wyoming, and he began his education in a one – school at Big Horn. He also went to school at Bozeman, Big Timber and Billings, Montana, returning later to a Congregational Academy at Big Horn.
In his teens, he herded cattle for ranchers in Wyoming, and when he was 17 herded 90 head of horses from his Parent's ranch down thru Steamboat Springs, selling as he went. He went back to Boulder and began working in the mines. In 1901 and 1905 he made trips to Searchlight and Goldfield, Nevada.
On March 16, 1903 he married a Golden girl, Hattie Claus, and the couple celebrated their 55th weeding anniversary this past year. They have a daughter Lucille Mrs. George Weidner, of Las Vegas.
The title of "chief" was first bestowed in 1901, when he was barely of age. The Mayor and Council of Netherland, Colorado has just been fired the Chief of Police. They saw Pete coming home from his work at the mines one evening, and asked him if he would take over the job. His was pinned on him there in the street, and it is reported that his first act was to stop a fight in a saloon, using his lunch bucket as a weapon!
Later he tired the Denver police department for awhile, and then stayed with the criminal department of the sheriff's office at Boulder, Colorado, from 1910 to 1915. Next, he went to weld and from there in 1918 to Rock River, Wyoming, during an oil boom. Once again he became chief of police.
In 1921, -"Uncle Sam" put him on the prohibition enforcement department, where he moved up to assistant director in 1924. In 1930 he became a special agent of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Investigation in Denver.
When this department was abolished in 1933, Pete took the job as assistant chief of the Cheyenne police department.
On January 13 1934 the government notified Pete that he had been assigned to Boulder City as a reclamation ranger.
When Bill Trimble, chief ranger, became ill in 1938, Pete took over on a temporary basis, and he was made Chief in 1939. In 1947 he was president of the Nevada Peace Officers Association. When he retired on August 31, 1951, he was president with a citation for meritorious service by Department of Interior.
At the time of his death, Peterson was serving his second term as Justice of Peace and coroner.
In all of his years here, Pete was active in the boy scouts, serving as commissioner of the Boulder Dam Area Council. He received the rare Beaver Scout award. He also helped with Girl Scouting, and other youth activities. The Old Peterson Field, the town's first ball playing field and recreation area, was named in his honor. He and Nora Poyser started the community Halloween Parades and Parties, which used to keep our children off the street, until they stopped in recent years. In 1938 he organized a group of Junior Rangers, and also worked with the Recreation Association.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, a life member of the PTA, and belonged to Rotary, Sportsmen's Association, the National Association of Retired Civil Service Employees, and was head of the local welfare committee which administers the United Fund emergency allotment. He was served on a Grand Jury, and he headed several money-raising drives, including that of the Community Hospital in 1954.
A few weeks ago, he became ill with a chest infection, and entered the Boulder City Hospital. For awhile it was hoped that new medicines had improved his condition, but he became worse. His whole family was here when he passed away.
In addition to his wife Hattie, 627 Avenue B, he is survived by his daughter Lucille Weidner; a grandson Peter MacKay of Provo, Utah; granddaughter Dawn (Mrs. Warren) Turner of San Rafael, California; and two great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mel Jones, Mrs. Hattie Staham and Mrs. Dorothy Gorton, all of Boulder Colorado.
Yes "Chief Pete", we will always remember you!
Peterson was born August 6, 1881 in Sugarloaf (near Boulder), Colorado, one of the eight children of a pioneer Colorado family. When he was two years old, the family moved to Shirtdan, Wyoming, and he began his education in a one – school at Big Horn. He also went to school at Bozeman, Big Timber and Billings, Montana, returning later to a Congregational Academy at Big Horn.
In his teens, he herded cattle for ranchers in Wyoming, and when he was 17 herded 90 head of horses from his Parent's ranch down thru Steamboat Springs, selling as he went. He went back to Boulder and began working in the mines. In 1901 and 1905 he made trips to Searchlight and Goldfield, Nevada.
On March 16, 1903 he married a Golden girl, Hattie Claus, and the couple celebrated their 55th weeding anniversary this past year. They have a daughter Lucille Mrs. George Weidner, of Las Vegas.
The title of "chief" was first bestowed in 1901, when he was barely of age. The Mayor and Council of Netherland, Colorado has just been fired the Chief of Police. They saw Pete coming home from his work at the mines one evening, and asked him if he would take over the job. His was pinned on him there in the street, and it is reported that his first act was to stop a fight in a saloon, using his lunch bucket as a weapon!
Later he tired the Denver police department for awhile, and then stayed with the criminal department of the sheriff's office at Boulder, Colorado, from 1910 to 1915. Next, he went to weld and from there in 1918 to Rock River, Wyoming, during an oil boom. Once again he became chief of police.
In 1921, -"Uncle Sam" put him on the prohibition enforcement department, where he moved up to assistant director in 1924. In 1930 he became a special agent of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Investigation in Denver.
When this department was abolished in 1933, Pete took the job as assistant chief of the Cheyenne police department.
On January 13 1934 the government notified Pete that he had been assigned to Boulder City as a reclamation ranger.
When Bill Trimble, chief ranger, became ill in 1938, Pete took over on a temporary basis, and he was made Chief in 1939. In 1947 he was president of the Nevada Peace Officers Association. When he retired on August 31, 1951, he was president with a citation for meritorious service by Department of Interior.
At the time of his death, Peterson was serving his second term as Justice of Peace and coroner.
In all of his years here, Pete was active in the boy scouts, serving as commissioner of the Boulder Dam Area Council. He received the rare Beaver Scout award. He also helped with Girl Scouting, and other youth activities. The Old Peterson Field, the town's first ball playing field and recreation area, was named in his honor. He and Nora Poyser started the community Halloween Parades and Parties, which used to keep our children off the street, until they stopped in recent years. In 1938 he organized a group of Junior Rangers, and also worked with the Recreation Association.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, a life member of the PTA, and belonged to Rotary, Sportsmen's Association, the National Association of Retired Civil Service Employees, and was head of the local welfare committee which administers the United Fund emergency allotment. He was served on a Grand Jury, and he headed several money-raising drives, including that of the Community Hospital in 1954.
A few weeks ago, he became ill with a chest infection, and entered the Boulder City Hospital. For awhile it was hoped that new medicines had improved his condition, but he became worse. His whole family was here when he passed away.
In addition to his wife Hattie, 627 Avenue B, he is survived by his daughter Lucille Weidner; a grandson Peter MacKay of Provo, Utah; granddaughter Dawn (Mrs. Warren) Turner of San Rafael, California; and two great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mel Jones, Mrs. Hattie Staham and Mrs. Dorothy Gorton, all of Boulder Colorado.
Yes "Chief Pete", we will always remember you!
Charles Francis Peterson, a young 77, died early Monday morning in the community Hospital. He has left a vacancy here that will not soon to be filled by any other one man. Whoever called him "Mister Peterson"? Young and old alike knew him with affection and respect as "Pete" or "Chief" and thus he will be long remembered.
Peterson was born August 6, 1881 in Sugarloaf (near Boulder), Colorado, one of the eight children of a pioneer Colorado family. When he was two years old, the family moved to Shirtdan, Wyoming, and he began his education in a one – school at Big Horn. He also went to school at Bozeman, Big Timber and Billings, Montana, returning later to a Congregational Academy at Big Horn.
In his teens, he herded cattle for ranchers in Wyoming, and when he was 17 herded 90 head of horses from his Parent's ranch down thru Steamboat Springs, selling as he went. He went back to Boulder and began working in the mines. In 1901 and 1905 he made trips to Searchlight and Goldfield, Nevada.
On March 16, 1903 he married a Golden girl, Hattie Claus, and the couple celebrated their 55th weeding anniversary this past year. They have a daughter Lucille Mrs. George Weidner, of Las Vegas.
The title of "chief" was first bestowed in 1901, when he was barely of age. The Mayor and Council of Netherland, Colorado has just been fired the Chief of Police. They saw Pete coming home from his work at the mines one evening, and asked him if he would take over the job. His was pinned on him there in the street, and it is reported that his first act was to stop a fight in a saloon, using his lunch bucket as a weapon!
Later he tired the Denver police department for awhile, and then stayed with the criminal department of the sheriff's office at Boulder, Colorado, from 1910 to 1915. Next, he went to weld and from there in 1918 to Rock River, Wyoming, during an oil boom. Once again he became chief of police.
In 1921, -"Uncle Sam" put him on the prohibition enforcement department, where he moved up to assistant director in 1924. In 1930 he became a special agent of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Investigation in Denver.
When this department was abolished in 1933, Pete took the job as assistant chief of the Cheyenne police department.
On January 13 1934 the government notified Pete that he had been assigned to Boulder City as a reclamation ranger.
When Bill Trimble, chief ranger, became ill in 1938, Pete took over on a temporary basis, and he was made Chief in 1939. In 1947 he was president of the Nevada Peace Officers Association. When he retired on August 31, 1951, he was president with a citation for meritorious service by Department of Interior.
At the time of his death, Peterson was serving his second term as Justice of Peace and coroner.
In all of his years here, Pete was active in the boy scouts, serving as commissioner of the Boulder Dam Area Council. He received the rare Beaver Scout award. He also helped with Girl Scouting, and other youth activities. The Old Peterson Field, the town's first ball playing field and recreation area, was named in his honor. He and Nora Poyser started the community Halloween Parades and Parties, which used to keep our children off the street, until they stopped in recent years. In 1938 he organized a group of Junior Rangers, and also worked with the Recreation Association.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, a life member of the PTA, and belonged to Rotary, Sportsmen's Association, the National Association of Retired Civil Service Employees, and was head of the local welfare committee which administers the United Fund emergency allotment. He was served on a Grand Jury, and he headed several money-raising drives, including that of the Community Hospital in 1954.
A few weeks ago, he became ill with a chest infection, and entered the Boulder City Hospital. For awhile it was hoped that new medicines had improved his condition, but he became worse. His whole family was here when he passed away.
In addition to his wife Hattie, 627 Avenue B, he is survived by his daughter Lucille Weidner; a grandson Peter MacKay of Provo, Utah; granddaughter Dawn (Mrs. Warren) Turner of San Rafael, California; and two great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mel Jones, Mrs. Hattie Staham and Mrs. Dorothy Gorton, all of Boulder Colorado.
Yes "Chief Pete", we will always remember you!
Peterson was born August 6, 1881 in Sugarloaf (near Boulder), Colorado, one of the eight children of a pioneer Colorado family. When he was two years old, the family moved to Shirtdan, Wyoming, and he began his education in a one – school at Big Horn. He also went to school at Bozeman, Big Timber and Billings, Montana, returning later to a Congregational Academy at Big Horn.
In his teens, he herded cattle for ranchers in Wyoming, and when he was 17 herded 90 head of horses from his Parent's ranch down thru Steamboat Springs, selling as he went. He went back to Boulder and began working in the mines. In 1901 and 1905 he made trips to Searchlight and Goldfield, Nevada.
On March 16, 1903 he married a Golden girl, Hattie Claus, and the couple celebrated their 55th weeding anniversary this past year. They have a daughter Lucille Mrs. George Weidner, of Las Vegas.
The title of "chief" was first bestowed in 1901, when he was barely of age. The Mayor and Council of Netherland, Colorado has just been fired the Chief of Police. They saw Pete coming home from his work at the mines one evening, and asked him if he would take over the job. His was pinned on him there in the street, and it is reported that his first act was to stop a fight in a saloon, using his lunch bucket as a weapon!
Later he tired the Denver police department for awhile, and then stayed with the criminal department of the sheriff's office at Boulder, Colorado, from 1910 to 1915. Next, he went to weld and from there in 1918 to Rock River, Wyoming, during an oil boom. Once again he became chief of police.
In 1921, -"Uncle Sam" put him on the prohibition enforcement department, where he moved up to assistant director in 1924. In 1930 he became a special agent of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Investigation in Denver.
When this department was abolished in 1933, Pete took the job as assistant chief of the Cheyenne police department.
On January 13 1934 the government notified Pete that he had been assigned to Boulder City as a reclamation ranger.
When Bill Trimble, chief ranger, became ill in 1938, Pete took over on a temporary basis, and he was made Chief in 1939. In 1947 he was president of the Nevada Peace Officers Association. When he retired on August 31, 1951, he was president with a citation for meritorious service by Department of Interior.
At the time of his death, Peterson was serving his second term as Justice of Peace and coroner.
In all of his years here, Pete was active in the boy scouts, serving as commissioner of the Boulder Dam Area Council. He received the rare Beaver Scout award. He also helped with Girl Scouting, and other youth activities. The Old Peterson Field, the town's first ball playing field and recreation area, was named in his honor. He and Nora Poyser started the community Halloween Parades and Parties, which used to keep our children off the street, until they stopped in recent years. In 1938 he organized a group of Junior Rangers, and also worked with the Recreation Association.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, a life member of the PTA, and belonged to Rotary, Sportsmen's Association, the National Association of Retired Civil Service Employees, and was head of the local welfare committee which administers the United Fund emergency allotment. He was served on a Grand Jury, and he headed several money-raising drives, including that of the Community Hospital in 1954.
A few weeks ago, he became ill with a chest infection, and entered the Boulder City Hospital. For awhile it was hoped that new medicines had improved his condition, but he became worse. His whole family was here when he passed away.
In addition to his wife Hattie, 627 Avenue B, he is survived by his daughter Lucille Weidner; a grandson Peter MacKay of Provo, Utah; granddaughter Dawn (Mrs. Warren) Turner of San Rafael, California; and two great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mel Jones, Mrs. Hattie Staham and Mrs. Dorothy Gorton, all of Boulder Colorado.
Yes "Chief Pete", we will always remember you!
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