Honorable James B. Arthur
“Entrepreneur, Pioneer, Statesman”
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Born 1835, Ireland
- Colorado Pioneer of 1860
- Entrepreneur in the hay and livestock business in Larimer County
- 1862 created private ditch from the Cache La Poudre River now known as the “Arthur Ditch”
- Director of the Poudre Valley Bank
- Director of the Empson Packing Company, Longmont
- Entrepreneur in the gypsum and plaster quarry business
- Vice-president of the Consolidated Plaster Company which encompassed quarries in Loveland, Denver, and Colorado Springs
- Larimer County Commissioner
- 1893-1895 Served as mayor of Fort Collins
- 1901-1902 Served as state Senator (Legislator Record)
- Served as past master for the Masons in Fort Collins and Greeley
- Vestryman in Episcopal Church