Show Colorful Eastern Utah Pioneer Passes Away in Fruita Hospital I Gilmore Anderson Ink Harris 85 and one of the very last of the old time and pioneers pioneers pioneers pio pio- of Eastern Utah died at atthe atthe atthe the Fruita hospital Sunday eve eve- ning Living as he did through one of the most colorful eras of the West Vest Mr Harris did his share to settle and civilize this country when bad men both red and white made the livestock business hazardous Gilmore Anderson Harris was born in Roanoke Virginia April 18 48 1873 ie e family coming west and settling at Trinidad Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado when he was a child They moved their cattle from Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad Trini Trini- dad to this section in 1888 crossIng crossing crossing cross cross- ing the Green River with head Among the crew that came with the cattle were Bob Fuller a Texas cowboy who later married married mar mar- ried ned Mr Harris is' sister Florence and became a well known tock stocks man of western Colorado and John Griffith Blue nIue John who later joined the Robbers Roost gang and rode with the wild bunch for several years He lie had the peculiar marking of one blue blueeye blueeye eye and one brown and Inks Ink's father nicknamed him Blue John After the Harris' Harris crossed the Green they heard a lot about the area around Woodside so that was where they took the cattle They stayed there theto only about a month prospecting the range then moved to San Rafael The San Rafael desert was wonderful range In those days with sand grass stirrup high an 1 other feeds as lush Vast herds of antelope ranged the desert and hunters killed them by the wagon load to take into Grand Junction to sell The Harris' Harris built cabins on the Harris Bottoms but also established established established est est- est est- a stage station on Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot- Cot at what is now known as Old Woman wash where the stages headed for Eagle City on the Henry mountains stopped to change horses Jack Summers had struck It U rich at the Bromide Bro Dro mide and people we were going across the desert on foot toot and by burro and stage The stages ran every day with several changes of horses across the desert desert desert des des- ert the main stop being at Cot Cot- Ink freighted h in hay hayand hayand hayand and supplies from Ferron FenOn down Iron Spring wash When the gold boom in the Henry mountains mountain folded the famIly family fam lam ily fly moved their cattle to West West- water near Cisco and ran them I there and on Ph Pinion ion mesa On I February 22 1901 Ink married Clara Larsen at Moab who was from one of the leading families of the area and together they established an outfit north of I Thompson with a homestead in inI I Floy canyon Ink sold out and amI retired several years ago making I his home with at Cisco I There were seven children born borni i to them two of whom died in inand infancy and Larry was killed Inaction in inaction inaction action at Guadalcanal in 1942 I Mrs Harris died several years I I ago Survivors are Mrs Byron j Dangler Danger of Grand Junction Mrs Horace Ekker of Hanksville Mrs Una Thomas of Moab and Ballard Ballard Ballard Bal- Bal lard Harris of Cisco and several grandchildren Funeral services were held Wednesday In Green River at atthe atthe atthe the church at 2 42 o'clock with In the Elgin cem cern |