FORMER EDITOR OF TIMES-LEADER DIES IN DENVER
E . H . Godfrey was a progressive citizen and early booster and promoter of Southern Routt County
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Eugene Harland Godfrey, 76, for the past seven or eight years a resident of Denver at 930 Ogden St. died Thursday, November 5th of a heart ailment which has been troubling him for years. He was the former editor of the Yampa Leader and later the editor of the consolidated papers. The Oak Creek Times and Yampa Leader published in Oak Creek.
Mr. Godfrey was a native of Minniapolis, Minesota [Minneapolis, Minnesota], where his grandfather was a pioneer settler and built the first cabin on the present city site in 1846, and which is still maintained in a park for historical purposes.
Eugene Godfrey was a graduate of the Minneapolis Law School in 1891 and was admitted to practice in the same year. He stayed in the east until 1898 and was editing a slick magazine called The United Order of American Mechanics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was doing a brilliant job. However, in 1898 the headquarters of the magazine was established in Denver and he came to Colorado where he has lived for the past 45 years. In 1904 he became interested in what is now Southern Routt county and moved his family out to settle in Yampa. That was only a short time after the railroad had commenced building out of Denver and four years before it arrived in this country.
He took a keen interest in local and national politics and was considered quite an authority.
Upon his arrival in this district he became one of the most enthusiastic boosters. He held many appointments and offices. Chief among them was the post of United States Land commissioner which he held in Yampa for 20 years, water commissioner for the district, Yampa postmaster, Justice of the peace, editor of the Yampa Leader, etc. He was also a life member of the Yampa Masonic lodge.
From the time he arrived he took an active interest in the development of the country and did considerable promoting. In 1914 he purchased the Yampa Leader, and ran the paper with considerable success.
In 1924 Mr. Godfrey moved to Oak Creek and acquired the Oak Creek Times from Mr. Woods. The two papers were combined to form The Oak Creek Times and Yampa Leader. He was editor of this paper until 1937 until his health broke down and he moved to Denver where he lived the rest of his life. One of the greatest monuments to Mr. Godfrey's initiative was the starting of lettuce growing in commercial quantities in this district. He was instrumental in organizing the Yampa Lettuce Growers Association, which flourished under his presidency for a number of years. Everyone in the valley began growing lettuce and shipping it to the sheds built at Yampa, Trappers and Oak Creek. From this start the industry has continued to grow and in later years branched out to cover spinach growing.
Mr. Godfrey also recognized the importance of good roads and was instrumental in getting a considerable appropriation through for the improvement of the Gore pass. One can truly say that throughout his residence In Routt county Mr. Godfrey was a consistent booster for the district. The development of the country was his life work.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hettie [Lettie] Adams Godfrey; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia McConnell of Hiawatha, Utah; and four grandchildren, Norman Moore Stillman, John Moore, Charles Eugene McConnell, and Tommy McConnell. -- The Oak Creek Times, November 11, 1943.
E . H . Godfrey was a progressive citizen and early booster and promoter of Southern Routt County
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Eugene Harland Godfrey, 76, for the past seven or eight years a resident of Denver at 930 Ogden St. died Thursday, November 5th of a heart ailment which has been troubling him for years. He was the former editor of the Yampa Leader and later the editor of the consolidated papers. The Oak Creek Times and Yampa Leader published in Oak Creek.
Mr. Godfrey was a native of Minniapolis, Minesota [Minneapolis, Minnesota], where his grandfather was a pioneer settler and built the first cabin on the present city site in 1846, and which is still maintained in a park for historical purposes.
Eugene Godfrey was a graduate of the Minneapolis Law School in 1891 and was admitted to practice in the same year. He stayed in the east until 1898 and was editing a slick magazine called The United Order of American Mechanics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was doing a brilliant job. However, in 1898 the headquarters of the magazine was established in Denver and he came to Colorado where he has lived for the past 45 years. In 1904 he became interested in what is now Southern Routt county and moved his family out to settle in Yampa. That was only a short time after the railroad had commenced building out of Denver and four years before it arrived in this country.
He took a keen interest in local and national politics and was considered quite an authority.
Upon his arrival in this district he became one of the most enthusiastic boosters. He held many appointments and offices. Chief among them was the post of United States Land commissioner which he held in Yampa for 20 years, water commissioner for the district, Yampa postmaster, Justice of the peace, editor of the Yampa Leader, etc. He was also a life member of the Yampa Masonic lodge.
From the time he arrived he took an active interest in the development of the country and did considerable promoting. In 1914 he purchased the Yampa Leader, and ran the paper with considerable success.
In 1924 Mr. Godfrey moved to Oak Creek and acquired the Oak Creek Times from Mr. Woods. The two papers were combined to form The Oak Creek Times and Yampa Leader. He was editor of this paper until 1937 until his health broke down and he moved to Denver where he lived the rest of his life. One of the greatest monuments to Mr. Godfrey's initiative was the starting of lettuce growing in commercial quantities in this district. He was instrumental in organizing the Yampa Lettuce Growers Association, which flourished under his presidency for a number of years. Everyone in the valley began growing lettuce and shipping it to the sheds built at Yampa, Trappers and Oak Creek. From this start the industry has continued to grow and in later years branched out to cover spinach growing.
Mr. Godfrey also recognized the importance of good roads and was instrumental in getting a considerable appropriation through for the improvement of the Gore pass. One can truly say that throughout his residence In Routt county Mr. Godfrey was a consistent booster for the district. The development of the country was his life work.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hettie [Lettie] Adams Godfrey; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia McConnell of Hiawatha, Utah; and four grandchildren, Norman Moore Stillman, John Moore, Charles Eugene McConnell, and Tommy McConnell. -- The Oak Creek Times, November 11, 1943.
FORMER EDITOR OF TIMES-LEADER DIES IN DENVER
E . H . Godfrey was a progressive citizen and early booster and promoter of Southern Routt County
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Eugene Harland Godfrey, 76, for the past seven or eight years a resident of Denver at 930 Ogden St. died Thursday, November 5th of a heart ailment which has been troubling him for years. He was the former editor of the Yampa Leader and later the editor of the consolidated papers. The Oak Creek Times and Yampa Leader published in Oak Creek.
Mr. Godfrey was a native of Minniapolis, Minesota [Minneapolis, Minnesota], where his grandfather was a pioneer settler and built the first cabin on the present city site in 1846, and which is still maintained in a park for historical purposes.
Eugene Godfrey was a graduate of the Minneapolis Law School in 1891 and was admitted to practice in the same year. He stayed in the east until 1898 and was editing a slick magazine called The United Order of American Mechanics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was doing a brilliant job. However, in 1898 the headquarters of the magazine was established in Denver and he came to Colorado where he has lived for the past 45 years. In 1904 he became interested in what is now Southern Routt county and moved his family out to settle in Yampa. That was only a short time after the railroad had commenced building out of Denver and four years before it arrived in this country.
He took a keen interest in local and national politics and was considered quite an authority.
Upon his arrival in this district he became one of the most enthusiastic boosters. He held many appointments and offices. Chief among them was the post of United States Land commissioner which he held in Yampa for 20 years, water commissioner for the district, Yampa postmaster, Justice of the peace, editor of the Yampa Leader, etc. He was also a life member of the Yampa Masonic lodge.
From the time he arrived he took an active interest in the development of the country and did considerable promoting. In 1914 he purchased the Yampa Leader, and ran the paper with considerable success.
In 1924 Mr. Godfrey moved to Oak Creek and acquired the Oak Creek Times from Mr. Woods. The two papers were combined to form The Oak Creek Times and Yampa Leader. He was editor of this paper until 1937 until his health broke down and he moved to Denver where he lived the rest of his life. One of the greatest monuments to Mr. Godfrey's initiative was the starting of lettuce growing in commercial quantities in this district. He was instrumental in organizing the Yampa Lettuce Growers Association, which flourished under his presidency for a number of years. Everyone in the valley began growing lettuce and shipping it to the sheds built at Yampa, Trappers and Oak Creek. From this start the industry has continued to grow and in later years branched out to cover spinach growing.
Mr. Godfrey also recognized the importance of good roads and was instrumental in getting a considerable appropriation through for the improvement of the Gore pass. One can truly say that throughout his residence In Routt county Mr. Godfrey was a consistent booster for the district. The development of the country was his life work.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hettie [Lettie] Adams Godfrey; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia McConnell of Hiawatha, Utah; and four grandchildren, Norman Moore Stillman, John Moore, Charles Eugene McConnell, and Tommy McConnell. -- The Oak Creek Times, November 11, 1943.
E . H . Godfrey was a progressive citizen and early booster and promoter of Southern Routt County
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Eugene Harland Godfrey, 76, for the past seven or eight years a resident of Denver at 930 Ogden St. died Thursday, November 5th of a heart ailment which has been troubling him for years. He was the former editor of the Yampa Leader and later the editor of the consolidated papers. The Oak Creek Times and Yampa Leader published in Oak Creek.
Mr. Godfrey was a native of Minniapolis, Minesota [Minneapolis, Minnesota], where his grandfather was a pioneer settler and built the first cabin on the present city site in 1846, and which is still maintained in a park for historical purposes.
Eugene Godfrey was a graduate of the Minneapolis Law School in 1891 and was admitted to practice in the same year. He stayed in the east until 1898 and was editing a slick magazine called The United Order of American Mechanics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was doing a brilliant job. However, in 1898 the headquarters of the magazine was established in Denver and he came to Colorado where he has lived for the past 45 years. In 1904 he became interested in what is now Southern Routt county and moved his family out to settle in Yampa. That was only a short time after the railroad had commenced building out of Denver and four years before it arrived in this country.
He took a keen interest in local and national politics and was considered quite an authority.
Upon his arrival in this district he became one of the most enthusiastic boosters. He held many appointments and offices. Chief among them was the post of United States Land commissioner which he held in Yampa for 20 years, water commissioner for the district, Yampa postmaster, Justice of the peace, editor of the Yampa Leader, etc. He was also a life member of the Yampa Masonic lodge.
From the time he arrived he took an active interest in the development of the country and did considerable promoting. In 1914 he purchased the Yampa Leader, and ran the paper with considerable success.
In 1924 Mr. Godfrey moved to Oak Creek and acquired the Oak Creek Times from Mr. Woods. The two papers were combined to form The Oak Creek Times and Yampa Leader. He was editor of this paper until 1937 until his health broke down and he moved to Denver where he lived the rest of his life. One of the greatest monuments to Mr. Godfrey's initiative was the starting of lettuce growing in commercial quantities in this district. He was instrumental in organizing the Yampa Lettuce Growers Association, which flourished under his presidency for a number of years. Everyone in the valley began growing lettuce and shipping it to the sheds built at Yampa, Trappers and Oak Creek. From this start the industry has continued to grow and in later years branched out to cover spinach growing.
Mr. Godfrey also recognized the importance of good roads and was instrumental in getting a considerable appropriation through for the improvement of the Gore pass. One can truly say that throughout his residence In Routt county Mr. Godfrey was a consistent booster for the district. The development of the country was his life work.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hettie [Lettie] Adams Godfrey; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia McConnell of Hiawatha, Utah; and four grandchildren, Norman Moore Stillman, John Moore, Charles Eugene McConnell, and Tommy McConnell. -- The Oak Creek Times, November 11, 1943.
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