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Show 458 HISTORY or SANPETE county. era business. He and his father were contractors in constructing the Rio Grande Western railway. He owns a nice farm of about 100 acres and a good residence in the town, his mother residing with him. Is one of the principal stockholders in the Gunnison Co-op store and is interested in stockraising. Was an officer for some time in the Gunnison Irrigation Company and one of the organizers. Is a member of the Mormon church and the A. o. u. w. KEARXES, HEXRY A., of Gunnison, is one of the enof the county, being extensively engaged in farming, stockraising, buying, shipping, etc., son of Hamilton H. and Orilla Kearnes, and was born March 24, 1854, in Cedar City, Iron county, Utah. His parents were among the early settlers of Gunnison, terprising men where his father died February 22, 1893, aged 77 years, and his mother now resides in Salt Lake City. His father was a leading man and influential citizen of the county, prominently connected with the Mormon church and was a bishop of Gunnison for twenty years. Henry A. was raised on the farm and received all the early training usual to pioneer life, and when he grew up to manhood engaged in merchandising, railroad contracting, etc. During the construction of the Rio Grande Western Railway he was for two years a contractor of the firm of Robbins' Sons & Kearnes. They did all the grading from the State line to Green River, sixty-five miles, and then took a $300,000 contract on the Salina branch, which they completed, but the road is now abandoned, and during this time they employed from 1,500 to 2,500 men and teams. Afterwards he engaged in raising, buying and shipping live stock from southern Utah, where he is well and favorably known. Mr. Kearnes, with James Robbins, built the Robbins & Kearnes dam, six miles south of Gunnison on the Sevier river and in this vicinity, he with the Robbins' Sons own about 3,000 acres of fine fanning and hay land. He is also a stockholder in the Gunnison City and Antelope Valley company, of which he is a director. He is a stockholder in the Gunnison Highland Canal Company, ranking among the |
